Disruption and control with Zurgo (MLD/stax)

Commander / EDH Competitive Land Destruction RBW (Mardu) Stax Voltron

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Creature (26)

• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Mindblade Render
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Samurai of the Pale Curtain
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Tajic, Legion's Edge
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Planeswalker (7)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Gideon Blackblade
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Stolen Strategy

Land (29)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 2x Mountain
• 4x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 4x Swamp

Instant (11)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wear / Tear

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Destructive Force
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Obliterate
• 1x Wildfire

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This is the essence of the strategies I thrive with. Stopping wincons from your opponents and creating a smothering board presence to win.

Zurgo was one of my first decks using this strategy, and it was based on a Ruric Thar list I had. Mardu has all the interaction you need, a lot of white for hate pieces and standalone cards that build board and steadily set you ahead if left unchecked. The goal is to win either that way or to basically cast one of the MLD spells while making sure you get out of it ahead (either by having planeswalkers, zurgo or other indestructible permanents).

My only advice is that you make sure you analyze the meta at your LGS and optimize the hate. Likewise, you might need to lighten the manabase if there's too many blood moon/back to basics players.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.18
Tokens	Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 R, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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