Zur the Enchanter by Wellbang0kay

Format: Commander

Commander: Zur the Enchanter

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Voltron Control strategy commanded by Zur the Enchanter. The game plan accelerates Zur onto the battlefield on Turn 3 using two-mana artifact ramp, then attacks on Turn 4 to trigger his repeatable tutor ability. Zur searches the library for enchantments with mana value three or less and puts them directly onto the battlefield without paying mana costs. The deck quickly establishes protection using Diplomatic Immunity or Shielded by Faith, applies pressure with aggressive auras like Steel of the Godhead, Battle Mastery, and Phyresis, and controls the table with stax elements such as Rule of Law and Aura of Silence. Because Zur bypasses mana costs for permanent deployment, the pilot keeps mana open on every opponent's turn to disrupt threats using ten counterspells, efficient removal, and board wipes. The deck finishes games by eliminating opponents one by one through unblockable commander damage and infect.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani's Chosen
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battle Mastery
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Daybreak Coronet
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Detention Sphere
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diplomatic Immunity
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Justice
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Oblivion Ring
  • 1 Obscura Charm
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resurgent Belief
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Sovereigns of Lost Alara
  • 1 Staggering Insight
  • 1 Steel of the Godhead
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turn Aside
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter