New Untitled Deck by radagastly

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a political control and 'bad gifts' strategy commander deck led by Zedruu the Greathearted. The primary game plan focuses on deploying low-cost mana rocks, establishing early exchange permanents, and utilizing Zedruu's activated ability to transfer control of harmless or burdensome cards to opponents. In return, Zedruu's upkeep ability generates substantial card advantage and life gain each turn. A robust pillowfort package featuring Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Solitary Confinement deters aggression and protects the player's life total while the engine operates. The deck converts this resource superiority into victory through alternate win conditions, principally Felidar Sovereign at 40 or more life and Approach of the Second Sun, supported by punishing donation plays like Illusions of Grandeur and Nine Lives. Efficient spot removal and flexible control pieces keep opposing combo and aggro threats in check until the late-game locks are secured.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroan Horse
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bazaar Trader
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Coveted Falcon
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Curse of Verbosity
  • 1 Daring Thief
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
  • 1 Harmless Offering
  • 1 Hithlain Rope
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Illusions of Grandeur
  • 1 Iroh, Tea Master
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Khârn the Betrayer
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 1 Perplexing Chimera
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Puca's Mischief
  • 1 Rainbow Vale
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Role Reversal
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shifting Grift
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Starke of Rath
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
  • 1 Sudden Substitution
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Vedalken Plotter
  • 1 Venser, the Sojourner
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Wrong Turn
  • 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron
  • 1 Zedruu the Greathearted
  • 1 Zidane, Tantalus Thief