Zur Cycle Control 2.0

Commander / EDH*

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Land (37)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 4x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Compelling Argument
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Creature (22)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Architects of Will
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Eternal Dragon
• 1x Glassdust Hulk
• 1x Horror of the Broken Lands
• 1x Jhessian Zombies
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Noble Templar
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Palace Jailer
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x River Serpent
• 1x Sanctum Plowbeast
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Undead Gladiator
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Winged Shepherd

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Astral Slide
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Lay Claim
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

Commander (1)

Instant (18)

• 1x Akroma's Blessing
• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Backslide
• 1x Censor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Expunge
• 1x Fade from Memory
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Mage's Guile
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Radiant's Judgment
• 1x Rapid Decay
• 1x Scarab Feast
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (6)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 1x Complicate
• 1x Gleam of Resistance
• 1x Rebuild
• 1x Rescind
• 1x Resounding Wave
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Spell Snip
• 1x Swat
• 1x Traumatic Visions
• 1x Wipe Clean

Enchantment (2)

• 1x New Perspectives
• 1x Power Taint

Creature (9)

• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Oketra's Attendant
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Shoreline Ranger
• 1x Slipstream Eel
• 1x Twisted Abomination
• 1x Wasteland Scorpion
• 1x Yoked Plowbeast

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Decree of Justice
• 1x Ichor Slick
• 1x Marshaling Cry
• 1x Migratory Route
• 1x Sacred Excavation
• 1x Stir the Sands
• 1x Wander in Death

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Angelsong
• 1x Backslide
• 1x Clear
• 1x Gilded Light

Artifact (1)

• 1x Fluctuator

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Compelling Argument
• 1x Dirge of Dread
• 1x Unburden
• 1x Unearth

Creature (2)

• 1x Drifting Djinn
• 1x Viscera Dragger

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Refining the deck:

Right now I want add 1-2 cycling cards for consistency's sake. I just realized that the cycling dual lands Irrigated Farmland and Fetid Pools have the basic land types. This makes Shoreline Ranger that much better. The 2nd cycling card I want to add is Rebuild to at least have a single option against weird artifact combo decks. Another idea is actually cutting some cyclers and rely more on card draw to find my cycling spells. For now I think the deck will lose a lot of its flow and become clunky and harder to manage than this version, but it is worth a shot to learn more about how this deck functions.

Other great blinkers to add to the deck are Duplicant and Fiend Hunter, though Fiend Hunter is only good when Astral Slide is out.

Cycling spells that cost 1 mana to cycle are way stronger in this version of the deck than 2 mana cyclers, even though the might not have a 2nd modus. Worst cyclers in this deck are probably Expunge , Lay Claim, Forsake the Worldly , Jhessian Zombies , Miscalculation , Radiant's Judgment , Rapid Decay . There are also two cyclers that rarely are cycled in Decree of Pain and Decree of Silence.Their main modus (non-cycling modus) are pretty strong though, and may warrant their inclusion in the deck. If I am going to cut any 1 mana cyclers it would have to be the ones with no other application what so ever. Those would be: Backslide , Compelling Argument and Censor.

When it comes to ramp cards, there are additional rocks this deck could use to get Zur out earlier. The rocks I am thinking about adding to the deck are: Coldsteel Heart, Mind Stone, Thought Vessel, Worn Powerstone, Thran Dynamo, Hedron Archive and Gilded Lotus.

Intro:

2nd Zur Cycle version. This deck will focus more on having more flexible and/or cheaper cycling cards. Found a card for the first deck Twilight's Call.

Gonna have some fun with Arcane Laboratory, which is really good in this deck, and Jace, Unraveler of Secrets .

Cycling enablers:

• Drake Haven
• Astral Slide
• Faith of the Devoted
• Archfiend of Ifnir
• Horror of the Broken Lands
• Curator of Mysteries
• Fluctuator ?
• New Perspectives ?

Zur Package:

• Arcane Laboratory
• Grasp of Fate
• Imprisoned in the Moon
• Phyrexian Arena

Other

• There are some rune cards that give protection as well as creatures with protection against spesific colour that also have cycling. These are possible additions to keep in mind.
• Cyclers that cycle for lands will in the long run end my cycling chain. The need good reason to stay in the deck. Cards like Shoreline Ranger and Twisted Abomination which has little other use than for cycling should probably be replaced.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 7 Rares 23 - 6 Uncommons 30 - 16 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.73
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 1/1 W, Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Oketra's Attendant 3/3 W, Soldier 1/1 W, The Monarch, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	zur