Zedruu the V2 GOAT by Alby7

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Zedruu the Greathearted control strategy that weaponizes political donations and asymmetric drawbacks. In the early game, it deploys efficient mana rocks and harmless permanents, quickly transferring ownership to opponents to build a recurring card advantage and life gain engine. The midgame focuses on establishing strong defenses using damage-prevention enchantments like Solemnity, Delaying Shield, and Nine Lives, while locking down dangerous opposing commanders with neutralizing Auras. Once sufficient mana is available, the deck pivots into its decisive win conditions: gifting catastrophic permanents such as Transcendence, Thought Lash, or Illusions of Grandeur. These gifts cause sudden player eliminations through life loss, state-based triggers, or complete library exile. Backed by cheap countermagic and flexible bounce spells, the deck systematically eliminates opponents one by one while keeping its own life total and resource ledger heavily protected.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blast Zone
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Bucknard's Everfull Purse
  • 1 Bulwark
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Coveted Falcon
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delaying Shield
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Detention Sphere
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drake Familiar
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Estrid's Invocation
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fateful Showdown
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Filter Out
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hithlain Rope
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Illusions of Grandeur
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jinxed Choker
  • 1 Leave // Chance
  • 1 Leave No Trace
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Planar Disruption
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Rainbow Vale
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reality Acid
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Robe of Mirrors
  • 1 Role Reversal
  • 1 Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shifting Grift
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thought Lash
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Transcendence
  • 1 Unable to Scream
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zedruu the Greathearted