Keep the Change by mwdishaw

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Zedruu the Greathearted control build centered on political Bad Gifts and pillowfort resilience. The strategy focuses on establishing early mana development and deploying Zedruu alongside defensive enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda. Once online, the deck donates severe asymmetric drawbacks like Steel Golem, Grid Monitor, and Aggressive Mining to neutralize threatening opponents while gaining substantial life and card advantage each upkeep. High-impact card engines like Trouble in Pairs and Rhystic Study keep the hand full of cheap interaction, including Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Swords to Plowshares. The deck finishes games by converting its accumulated life buffer into a win via Felidar Sovereign, Test of Endurance, or Aetherflux Reservoir, or by resolving Approach of the Second Sun. It controls the table through targeted resource denial while steadily advancing toward an alternate win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Aggressive Mining
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bazaar Trader
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bronze Bombshell
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Donate
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Embargo
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grid Monitor
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmless Offering
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Illusions of Grandeur
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Khârn the Betrayer
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Puca's Mischief
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reins of Power
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Role Reversal
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shifting Grift
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Steel Golem
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tamiyo's Compleation
  • 1 Taniwha
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Treachery
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Zedruu the Greathearted
  • 1 Zidane, Tantalus Thief