Budget Zedruu by Buddadragon

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Zedruu the Greathearted donate/control deck centered on gifting permanents to opponents via effects like Harmless Offering and Role Reversal to fuel Zedruu's draw and life gain engine. The strategy builds value through "whenever you draw" creatures (Alandra, Sky Dreamer, Chasm Skulker, Nadir Kraken) while deploying stax pieces (Nine Lives, Solitary Confinement, Windborn Muse) to slow opponents. Primary win conditions are alternate wincons via Laboratory Maniac or Triskaidekaphile, life loss from Psychosis Crawler, or locking opponents out with tax effects and Baird, Steward of Argive. Zedruu is essential as the core engine and must be protected or recast repeatedly; no hidden commanders exist.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aggressive Mining
• 1 Akroan Horse
• 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
• 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archon of Absolution
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chasm Skulker
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Coveted Falcon
• 1 Detective of the Month
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Emrakul's Messenger
• 1 Ethereal Investigator
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Goblin Cadets
• 1 Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1 Harmless Offering
• 1 Hithlain Rope
• 1 Homunculus Horde
• 7 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Jinxed Idol
• 1 Keeper of the Accord
• 1 Laboratory Maniac
• 1 Mana Leak
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mischievous Mystic
• 1 Moderation
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Monastery
• 1 Nadir Kraken
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nine Lives
• 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 5 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
• 1 Prismatic Lens
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Pyromancer's Swath
• 1 Role Reversal
• 1 Rust Elemental
• 1 Shifting Grift
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solitary Confinement
• 1 Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Temple of Triumph
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Time Wipe
• 1 Triskaidekaphile
• 1 Vedalken Plotter
• 1 Volatile Stormdrake
• 1 Wall of Omens
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Wrong Turn
• 1 Zedruu the Greathearted
• 1 Zidane, Tantalus Thief