Budget Zur EDH

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

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Enchantment (27)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Curator's Ward
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Deep Freeze
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Eternal Thirst
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Inviolability
• 1x Kasmina's Transmutation
• 1x Legacy's Allure
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Seal of Doom
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Steal Enchantment
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Unquestioned Authority
• 1x Vanishing

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 9x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 6x Plains
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Transguild Promenade

Creature (6)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Benevolent Bodyguard
• 1x Manakin
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Sea Scryer

Instant (13)

• 1x Cancel
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Hindering Light
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Negate
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Turn Aside

Artifact (11)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Guardian Idol
• 1x Mana Prism
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Divination
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Winds of Rath

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Enchantment (52)

• 1x Aether Tunnel
• 1x Angelic Gift
• 1x Arrest
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Bound in Silence
• 1x Cage of Hands
• 1x Caught in the Brights
• 1x Cho-Manno's Blessing
• 1x Choking Restraints
• 1x Cowed by Wisdom
• 1x Crab Umbra
• 1x Curious Obsession
• 1x Curse of Chains
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dead Man's Chest
• 1x Desolation
• 1x Dovin's Acuity
• 1x Eel Umbra
• 1x Eland Umbra
• 1x Empyrial Armor
• 1x Encrust
• 1x Felidar Umbra
• 1x Flickerform
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Hyena Umbra
• 1x Ice Cage
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Lawmage's Binding
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Oppressive Rays
• 1x Pacifism
• 1x Pillory of the Sleepless
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Seal Away
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Soul Tithe
• 1x Spirit Link
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Telepathy
• 1x Temporal Isolation
• 1x Thopter Arrest
• 1x Triclopean Sight
• 1x War Tax
• 1x Waterknot

Instant (26)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Confound
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Dive Down
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Eyeblight's Ending
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Oona's Grace
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Power Sink
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Sinister Sabotage
• 1x Terror
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Wizard's Retort

Land (14)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Boreal Shelf
• 1x Coastal Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x Salt Flats
• 1x Salt Marsh
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 1x Vivid Creek

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Probe
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Revoke Existence
• 1x Shimmer of Possibility

Artifact (23)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Khalni Gem
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Silent Gravestone
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Creature (18)

• 1x Coalition Honor Guard
• 1x Deranged Assistant
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 2x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Monk Idealist
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Sea Scryer
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Sun Titan

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Budget Zur EDH for league. We're supposed to keep to $25 cmdr and basics not included. It's maybe not the most original concept, and I'm borrowing ideas from several resources which I'll catalog here in the description. Essentially you ramp a bit, play zur, defend him with counterspells, and cmc 3 or less enchantment your way to victory. There's not a lot for infinite combos you can do with budget cmc 3 or less enchantments, so rather than go straight for victory with combo, I think you get vanishing or diplomatic immunity on Zur, pump him up as need be, do a little disruption where appropriate, and then really start voltron'ing up Zur when you feel safe to do so. Some cheeky interactions with Zur allows you to slide Darksteel mutation or Imprisoned in the moon onto enemy commanders even through hexproof/shroud, which I thought was neat, and is especially great in cmdr where simply killing or exiling their commander isn't as impressive because now they can't use their commander OR replay them without a sac effect/enchantment removal. Nevermore lets you hose one player's commander, or a card you really don't want to see, but probably someone's commander. Sram and mesa enchantress let you draw cards while playing your enchantments, and Replenish lets you come back from pesky Tranquility like effects. I got the idea to run some tutors and transmute cards from the budget Zur EDH list linked below.

If you get Zur with vanishing, unquestioned authority, phyresis, ethereal armor and battle mastery, you can pretty much just start handing out L's to players every turn. I'm not totally sure that's the correct order or list but it seems like a good line of play to me. With hopefully a little artifact ramp you're protected killing opponents turn 8, leaving mana open almost every turn to leave up counterspells or vanishing, that seems pretty solid to me if you can manage all that consistently. I'd like to run some "can't be damaged" combos with phyrexian unlife, solemnity force bubble and things like that, but I'm not totally sure they'll fit into my budget we'll have to see.

It might need some tweaking. As I said, it's not a totally original list, I just want to "next level," this league, and Zur seems like the guy to do it. If you have suggestions or if you like the deck please comment or upvote, links below to resources I used to make the list, and due credit to them for the ideas I stole

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 43 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	2.56
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W