old post the enchanter by user1023156

Format: Commander

Commander: Zur the Enchanter

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 92

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized competitive Commander build led by Zur the Enchanter. It functions primarily as a fast combo deck that leverages dense 0-1 CMC acceleration, unconditional low-cost tutors, and compact win lines. Its primary strategy pairs Thassa's Oracle with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact to exile the library and win on the spot with zero opponent response cycles. If the fast combo is contested, the deck generates massive card advantage through Ad Nauseam, Peer into the Abyss, or Zur tutoring Necropotence directly to the battlefield. A premier suite of free and efficient counterspells like Force of Will, Pact of Negation, and Mental Misstep shields winning turns while disrupting opposing strategies. Asymmetric hate pieces like Opposition Agent and Notion Thief punish opposing development, while backup lines like Power Artifact with Basalt Monolith provide resilient, independent paths to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hurkyl's Recall
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Power Artifact
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scout's Warning
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter