Lock & Load Zedruu by Croat

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 64

Deck overview

This Zedruu the Greathearted deck is a dedicated Jeskai stax and pillowfort control list. Rather than relying on fragile donating gimmicks, it uses Zedruu primarily as a political card draw engine while deploying severe lock pieces. The deck's primary route to victory is establishing asymmetric hard locks, most notably Possibility Storm paired with Drannith Magistrate or High Noon, which completely stops opponents from casting spells. Alternatively, resolving Enduring Ideal searches up a game-ending package including Dovescape, Solitary Confinement, Solemnity, Form of the Dragon, and Starfield of Nyx. Supported by premium low-cost countermagic and defensive enchantments like Humility and Delaying Shield, the deck completely neutralizes opposing interaction, slowly converting total board dominance into lethal combat and burn damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Bucknard's Everfull Purse
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Vantress
  • 1 Cursed Recording
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delaying Shield
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovescape
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Enduring Ideal
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Estrid's Invocation
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Form of the Dragon
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 High Noon
  • 1 Hithlain Rope
  • 1 Humility
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Island Sanctuary
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Luminarch Ascension
  • 1 Mistveil Plains
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Out of Time
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Possibility Storm
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shadow of the Second Sun
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Starfield of Nyx
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Zedruu the Greathearted