Zedruu Fun Control

Commander / EDH* Control Lifegain Multiplayer RUW (Jeskai, America)

Benchwarmer247

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Aggressive Mining
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Puca's Mischief
• 1x Pyromancer's Swath
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Smothering TitheGC
• 1x Statecraft
• 1x Test of Endurance
• 1x Thought Lash

Artifact (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Pentad Prism
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Sphere of the Suns
• 1x Thought Vessel

Instant (18)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Negate
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Shifting Borders
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's ProtectionGC
• 1x Wear / Tear

Creature (10)

• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Bazaar Trader
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Goblin Cadets
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Steel Golem
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vedalken Plotter

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Political Trickery

Commander (1)

Land (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 12x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 8x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rainbow Vale
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

---

This is hands down my absolute favorite deck to play.

I owe a lot of the way it turned out to Arcwell's Zedruu Political Control deck, though I looked at a ton of other Zedruu decks and styles before settling on this part control, part political, part pillow fort, mostly fun deck that can also win.

I've found that Zedruu is really Mana hungry - if you want to donate something, play something, and leave Mana open for a counter later, that's on average 8-10 Mana with three colors necessary.

This deck is different from Arcwell's in that it has a lot of the more fun Zedruu cards like Humble Defector and Akroan Horse thrown in and does not have many of the really mean Pyromancer's Swath type cards thrown in. EDIT: I PUT THEM IN LOL

The games I've played have always been very fun and political, but the deck surprised me at how competitive it can be.

One other thing of note is that Zedruu really only needs a few things donated (or swapped) to work well (lands are the most common thing that change control, believe it or not). Three cards donated and a Paradox Haze on the board means you gain 6 life and 6 cards drawn. I've found the no maximum hand size cards in here really valuable.

Hope you enjoy looking at the deck and making suggestions as much as I love playing and tinkering with it!

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Lifegain 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RUW (Jeskai, America) 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.74
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Gold, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure