Zur, Mid/Combo (Test) (duplicated from Lysandre) by Lysandre

Format: Commander

Commander: Zur, Eternal Schemer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This Esper enchantment deck utilizes Zur, Eternal Schemer to convert utility, control, and value enchantments into formidable combat threats with deathtouch, lifelink, and hexproof. The deck ramps cleanly through cheap rocks and cost reducers like Inquisitive Glimmer, establishing a commanding mid-game presence. Its core lock leverages Parallax Wave alongside Opalescence or Zur's animation ability to permanently exile all opposing creatures at instant speed. Card velocity is fueled by powerhouse engines including Rhystic Study, The One Ring, and Mystic Remora, ensuring a steady stream of countermagic and removal. Once the board is locked down, the deck rapidly ends the game via unblockable swings from animated high-cost enchantments or infinite constellation drain from Grim Guardian. Supported by flexible recursion like Replenish and preventative protection like Grand Abolisher, the strategy offers layered resilience and oppressive board control against creature-centric and midrange opposition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Rector
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystalline Crawler
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diplomatic Immunity
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fear of Lost Teeth
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Guardian
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lotus Vale
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Opalescence
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 1 Parallax Wave
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Replenish
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Roadside Reliquary
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soldevi Excavations
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thraben Charm
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Underworld Coinsmith
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Zur, Eternal Schemer