Walking Nightmare (Zurgo Helmsmasher)

Commander / EDH Aggro Artifact RBW (Mardu) Theme/Gimmick Voltron

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Land (37)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 7x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 4x Swamp

Abilities (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Tutor (4)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Tithe

Versatile (2)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Rakdos Charm

Equipment (17)

• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worldslayer

Removal (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vindicate

DoubleDamage (5)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion

Combat (2)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader

WinCon (1)

• 1x Balan, Wandering Knight

Commander (1)

Wipe (12)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cataclysm
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Worldslayer
• 1x Wrath of God

Rocks (7)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Draw (4)

• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice

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Variation from my Pauper Zurgo deck -- this one can actually pack-a-punch!

A quick rundown of the deck..

This deck is certainly Voltron and is designed to bring out Zurgo fast and hard with:

• Lots of Ramp/Rocks: (Sol Ring, Solemn Simulacrum, Boros Signet, Sword of the Animist, Worn Powerstone, etc.)

• Diverse arsenal of equipment (i.e. Sword of Fire and Ice, Loxodon Warhammer, Tenza, Godo's Maul, etc.)

Also, while we have him out it just makes sense to utilize his power by dealing double the damage! This can be done multiple ways:

• Double strike: Fireshrieker, True Conviction and Boros Charm

• Effects that double damage: Gratuitous Violence, Inquisitor's Flail, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

• Additional Combat phases: Aggravated Assault, Aurelia, the Warleader, Seize the Day

The last thing this deck excels at is wraths and removal. There are 14 boardwipes (15 if you include Vandalblast) in this deck that operate to utilize Zurgo's indestructibility on my turn.

Because of all the boardwipes, most of the other removal in this deck is exile based to remove and other threats that may survive the wraths.

FOR A LEGAL 1v1 VARIATION OF THIS DECK: - Swap out Strip Mine and Sol Ring for whatever you believe is relevant.

Comments, suggestions and +1's are always appreciated!

Comments archived on 8/9/16.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 4 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	EDH, Réfléchissement, Decks that will help me build my own, Cool decks, Inspirations, RWB, artifact, Zurgo, Idea (Others), Zurgo Voltron
Based on	Proper Pauper (Zurgo Helmsmasher) Hc_Clan EDH