Enchantment nonsense with Zur by UrzaRuinerOfFun

Format: Commander

Commander: Zur, Eternal Schemer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 74

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Enchantment Combo-Control strategy helmed by Zur, Eternal Schemer. The primary objective is to leverage high-velocity fast mana and efficient card advantage engines like Rhystic Study, Esper Sentinel, and Trouble in Pairs to sculpt a protected hand. The deck runs asymmetric stax pieces such as Drannith Magistrate, Blind Obedience, and Leyline of the Void to slow down aggressive opponents while setting up one of two primary infinite combos: Heliod, Sun-Crowned with Walking Ballista, or Exquisite Blood paired with life-drain effects like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Sanguine Bond. Zur, Eternal Schemer provides utility by animating utility enchantments into resilient hexproof, lifelink, deathtouch threats that stabilize life totals and pressure the board. Backed by elite free countermagic and proactive silence effects like Grand Abolisher and Ranger-Captain of Eos, the deck executes clean, same-turn table finishes on Turn 4.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Aminatou, Veil Piercer
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Estrid's Invocation
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leyline Binding
  • 1 Leyline of the Void
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Replenish
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Serra's Sanctum
  • 1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter
  • 1 Zur, Eternal Schemer