Zur Second Chance

Commander / EDH WUB (Esper)

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Lands (31)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Other (6)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Staggering Insight
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Windfall

Reactive control (counter, removal) (20)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Negate
• 1x Silence
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Fast mana (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Wincon (3)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Second Chance

Commander (1)

Proactive control (stax pieces) (15)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
• 1x Verity Circle

Deck smoothing (11)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Other (36)

• 1x Act of Authority
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Delay
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Estrid's Invocation
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gideon of the Trials
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Legacy's Allure
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Massacre
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Mystical Dispute
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Steal Enchantment
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Tocatli Honor Guard
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Tymaret, Chosen from Death
• 1x Whirlwind Denial

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Control Zur for the post-Hulk meta. Everybody is on A+B combo (Consultation), so 1-spell-per-turn effects are actually effective.

I run the 3 white ROL effects and not Arcane Lab mostly because Mistveil Plains requires white permanents. If fetching with Zur, Eidolon of Rhetoric is a great Tymna blocker.

Ghostly Prison over Solitary Confinement for 2 reasons:

• It does not require you to discard, meaning your effective handsize is 7 instead of 6 when Necropotence is in play. This also means the prison is probably better when behind.

• It still gets the job done. If people are paying 2 mana to draw a card, you're in good shape.

Slow the game down with Rule of Law, Aven Mindcensor, Hushbringer, etc. and counterspells, the specifics of which should be tailored to your meta.

Win with Hall of Heliod's Generosity or Mistveil Plains, combined with Second Chance, with Necropotence to bring your life total down for infinite extra turns. These combos are very slow, but still kills faster than RIP-Helm, and remarkably resilient if graveyard hate (RIP and LotV to be precise) is not present.

Notably, the first combo mentioned dodges an opposing Mindcensor, while the last is unaffected by graveyard disruption. The Mistveil Plains line is the weakest, but also the easiest to tutor for since it is a Plains. Most importantly, no spell cast are required for the win or recovery, so you can do it all under ROLs, with protection.

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.00
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure