The Shimmering Taint of Zur

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Control Necropotence WUB (Esper)

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Instant (34)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Silence
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Creature (3)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Shimmer Myr

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

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Shimmer Zur in all its glory. Cast Zur, get Necro, draw 30~ cards, then attempt to sculpt into a Demonic Consultation/Tainted Pact win with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, or cast Shimmer Myr and storm off at end of turn and win via AEtherflux Reservoir.

Old Doomsday Description

For the most part, this is your standard, "Tutor and cast Ad Nauseam or Doomsday " Zur list that uses tutored Necropotence as backup.

Casting Ad Nauseam or drawing 20+ cards off of Necropotence is typically enough to get a way into Doomsday , which gets you Laboratory Maniac , which gets you the win. Pull from Eternity is backup in case Lab Man gets exiled, which you can then use to build your Doomsday pile.

Demonic Consultation is there for a quick and dirty Lab Man win, or to dig straight to a needed card if Pull is in hand.

Random pile ideas

General piles: Gush > Lion's Eye Diamond > Gitaxian Probe > Yawgmoth's Will > Laboratory Maniac . Cast any cantrip ( Preordain for example) to draw Gush, which draws you the next two cards. Cast LED, then Probe, and crack LED for in response. Spend the black mana to cast Yawgmoth's Will, re-cast LED from the graveyard and crack it for UUU, re-cast Probe to draw Lab Man, cast Lab Man, and then re-cast Ponder for the win. Requires , 4 life and 2 Islands on the battlefield.

Another is Predict > Laboratory Maniac > Gitaxian Probe > Lion's Eye Diamond > Yawgmoth's Will . Also requires , 4 life, and is usable without 2 Islands on the battlefield.

Simple pile to avoid discarding your hand and you control 2 Islands: Night's Whisper > Mana Crypt > Gush > Gitaxian Probe > Laboratory Maniac . Requires 1UB (technically 3UB, but Crypt pays for 2 of it), 4 life.

Basic protection pile: Gush > Pact of Negation > Frantic Search > Gitaxian Probe > Laboratory Maniac . 2 life, 2U, 2 Islands, and discarding 2 cards.

If you don't want to discard your hand and have more than 2 cards in it you'd like to use for protection, there's: Frantic Search > Mana Crypt > A spell that draws 2 cards ( Gush or Night's Whisper depending on board) > Gitaxian Probe > Laboratory Maniac . Requires to start, you rebate up to 3 mana from lands, but only one is required. Gush draws the last two cards, Crypt and at least 1 of your rebated mana casts Maniac, and Probe wins the game.

If grave hate is on board: Gush > LED > Night's Whisper > Lab Man > Gitaxian Probe works. Cast Gush, pay 1B to cast Night's Whisper and with it on the stack crack LED for blue. Let Whisper resolve, drawing both Lab Man and Probe. Cast both to win.

If you have enough mana and need protection, you can change the order and use Pact of Negation by slotting in Frantic Search or Night's Whisper.

There's a ton of piles that can be used, but I don't really feel like typing them all out. It's a pretty fun deck to experiment with, that's for sure.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.77
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Owned Commander Decks