Council of Zur

Commander / EDH Council's Dilemma Curse Will of the Council WUB (Esper)

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Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 6x Island
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 6x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Crescendo of War
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Curse of Echoes
• 1x Curse of Shallow Graves
• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Deadly Designs
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Statecraft
• 1x Vow of Duty
• 1x Vow of Flight
• 1x Vow of Malice

Creature (20)

• 1x Archangel of Strife
• 1x Azor's Elocutors
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Ballot Broker
• 1x Brago's Representative
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Council Guardian
• 1x Custodi Squire
• 1x Dawnbreak Reclaimer
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Grudge Keeper
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Hunted Lammasu
• 1x Hunted Phantasm
• 1x Lieutenants of the Guard
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Mercurial Pretender
• 1x Messenger Jays

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Alliance of Arms
• 1x Bite of the Black Rose
• 1x Capital Punishment
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Tempt with Glory
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Tempt with Reflections
• 1x Tyrant's Choice

Instant (6)

• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Illusion of Choice
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Split Decision

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Budget friendly Zur "political" deck that's packed to the gills with Will of the Council, Tempting Offer, Join Forces, and Council's Dilemma cards. Goal is to ramp into Zur as quickly as possible, then swing at the weakest target and start getting enchantment value. If you're behind on lands, Land Tax as a first pull works pretty well, or if you're set on those you can start building up the Ghostly Prison/Propaganda pillow fort and force some hard decisions on everyone else. Tutors can pull up the Isochron/Illusion of Choice combo to ensure every vote goes your way. Ballot Broker and Brago's Rep give you extra votes, which can mean extra triggers for Council's Dilemma cards. Copy effects can hit those two in order to give even more votes. Statecraft can allow you to swing with Zur with no repercussions, at which point you can start throwing out Curses or Vows to get the ball rolling between everyone else. If you go that route, keep Chain of Vapors handy so that you can remove it once everyone's done beating on everyone else. Crescendo of War on top of whatever tokens you've been getting from temptations or curses can lead to a big, potentially game winning swing. Or you can just Filibuster the win with Azor's Elocutors.

This deck is super casual, but it's fun and explores some card types that aren't that prevalent. It's also easy on the wallet. If you want to make this super budget, just replace Mystic Tutor with a slower, more expensive tutor, like Demonic Collusion or Mastermind's Acquisition. Land Tax, while a nice first pull, can be replaced with Gift of Estates for the same effect (though you'll need to burn a tutor for it if you really need it). Expropriate is fun and devastating if we have extra votes, but you can win just by using Rite of Replication on the biggest thing out there and swinging with 5 of those for the same mana cost. Coercive Portal can also be replaced with more traditional removal. Sub out lands/ramp to fit your budget.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Centaur 3/3 G w/ Pro Black, Copy Clone, Goblin 1/1 R, Horror 4/4 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B