Zangief, Indestructible Fighting

Commander / EDH* BRG (Jund)

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Sorcery (33)

• 1x Aggressive Instinct
• 1x Animist's Might
• 1x Blizzard Brawl
• 1x Bushwhack
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Devouring Tendrils
• 1x Domri's Ambush
• 1x Ent's Fury
• 1x Epic Confrontation
• 1x Flesh / Blood
• 1x Go for Blood
• 1x Hunt the Weak
• 1x Joust
• 1x Mage Duel
• 1x Nature's Way
• 1x Outmuscle
• 1x Prey Upon
• 1x Primal Might
• 1x Rabid Bite
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Ruthless Predation
• 1x Savage Punch
• 1x Savage Smash
• 1x Savage Stomp
• 1x Savage Swipe
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Smell Fear
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Spinning Wheel Kick
• 1x Struggle for Skemfar
• 1x Time to Feed
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Wild Instincts

Artifact (14)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Blazing Sunsteel
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Fiendlash
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Kusari-Gama
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mage Slayer
• 1x Nemesis Mask
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Vengeance

Instant (32)

• 1x Ambuscade
• 1x Ancient Animus
• 1x Arcbond
• 1x Back for More
• 1x Berserk
• 1x Bite Down
• 1x Bolt Bend
• 1x Clear Shot
• 1x Cosmic Hunger
• 1x Duel for Dominance
• 1x Fall of the Hammer
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Infectious Bite
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Master's Rebuke
• 1x Pit Fight
• 1x Pounce
• 1x Prizefight
• 1x Ram Through
• 1x Snakeskin Veil
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Stew the Coneys
• 1x Swift Kick
• 1x Tail Slash
• 1x Tail Swipe
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Thrash / Threat
• 1x Titanic Brawl
• 1x Unnatural Aggression
• 1x Windswift Slice
• 1x Wolf Strike

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Domri Rade
• 1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter

Land (1)

• 1x Kessig Wolf Run

Battle (1)

• 1x Invasion of Muraganda  ^Flip

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Chevill, Bane of Monsters
• 1x General Marhault Elsdragon
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1x Moraug, Fury of Akoum
• 1x Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
• 1x Neyith of the Dire Hunt
• 1x Obosh, the Preypiercer
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1x Tergrid, God of FrightGC  ^Flip
• 1x Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vigor

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Arni Slays the Troll
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Cartouche of Strength
• 1x Colossal Majesty
• 1x Eternal Thirst
• 1x Fall of Cair Andros
• 1x Gift of the Deity
• 1x Lure
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Runes of the Deus
• 1x Unnatural Growth
• 1x Warbriar Blessing

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Zangief says no toys for you!

I'm probably not going to build this deck for real, but I was curious just how many cards exist that can allow Zangief to fight, or deal damage equal to his power directly to creatures. Turns out it's a lot.

The point would be to maximize his trigger with excess damage, killing opponents creatures and also shutting down their utility cards via the sacrificing.

If I would build the deck, I'd try to include a lot of hexproof based protection for Zangief, because he's vulnerable to targeted removal on everyone else's turns, and if that removal is exile or pick up or shuffle, even on your own turn.

The higher his power is, the more likely you are to kill something when he fights it, so there's lots of stuff that adds counters or buffs until end of turn.

Also,include lots of lifelink effects to gain to a of life from all the fighting.

And trample effects so that you have a win condition beyond just not letting anyone else have creatures or non-creature non-land permanents with all the constant removal.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 41 - 0 Commons
Cards	115
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 RG, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Domri Rade, Food, Foretell, Orc Army, Treasure, Wurm 6/6 G