Loopholes & Lichcraft: The Fine Art of Pact Evasion (duplicated from ReallyBadWizard) by strange.cage6648

Format: Commander

Commander: Zur, Eternal Schemer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper enchantress strategy led by Zur, Eternal Schemer. It controls early game tempo through disruptive enchantments like Blind Obedience and Propaganda while establishing steady mana velocity and card flow through Black Market Connections and Entity Tracker. Once Zur enters the battlefield, any non-Aura enchantment becomes an instant-speed combat threat that gains deathtouch, lifelink, and hexproof. The deck transitions into the mid-game by deploying high-mana Sagas, Rooms, and Overlords, animating them into massive evasive beaters that gain immense life buffers. While the list includes tactical gift exchanges such as Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant and Wrong Turn, its primary path to victory is grinding down opposing life totals with an untargetable, resilient enchantment army backed by free countermagic like Force of Will and protection like Dawn's Truce.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Vantress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Demon of Fate's Design
  • 1 Demonic Pact
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Estrid's Invocation
  • 1 Exchange of Words
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Impostor Syndrome
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 1 Invasion of Theros // Ephara, Ever-Sheltering
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Lich's Mastery
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
  • 1 Meathook Massacre II
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
  • 1 Mystic Reflection
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nefarious Lich
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 O'aka, Traveling Merchant
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
  • 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scholar of New Horizons
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Soaring Lightbringer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Starfield of Nyx
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Summon: Shiva
  • 1 Summon: Valefor
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Master of Keys
  • 1 The Trickster-God's Heist
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valkyrie's Call
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wrong Turn
  • 1 Zur, Eternal Schemer