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Commander / EDH Aura Hexproof Budget Enchant Enchantment Voltron WUB (Esper)

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Land (31)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 6x Island
• 7x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Shimmerdrift Vale
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Removal (9)

• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Minimus Containment
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Reprobation
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Touch the Spirit Realm
• 1x Witness Protection

Recursion (6)

• 1x Brilliant Restoration
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Mantle of the Ancients
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Sun Titan

Toolbox (2)

• 1x Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Pillow Fort / Annoyance (14)

• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Dance of Many
• 1x Desolation
• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Stasis
• 1x Story Circle
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Web of Inertia

Buff (11)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Daily Regimen
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Face of Divinity
• 1x Michiko's Reign of Truth  ^Flip
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Phyresis

Zur Protection (3)

• 1x Curator's Ward
• 1x Timely Ward
• 1x Vanishing

Board wipe (2)

• 1x Out of Time
• 1x Winds of Rath

Commander (1)

Rock / Free Money (14)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Walking Atlas

Draw (7)

• 1x Court of Cunning
• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Ever-Watching Threshold
• 1x Staggering Insight
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Verity Circle
• 1x Wizard Class

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Maybeboard

3/5 Mid (30)

• 1x Abiding Grace
• 1x Arcanum Wings
• 1x Arrest
• 1x Azorius Cluestone
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Blessing of the Nephilim
• 1x Bonds of Faith
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Demonic Embrace
• 1x Dimir Cluestone
• 1x Edge of the Divinity
• 1x Encrust
• 1x Flickerform
• 1x Hatching Plans
• 1x Illusory Wrappings
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Mortal Obstinacy
• 1x Ordeal of Heliod
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Quag Sickness
• 1x Shadows of the Past
• 1x Sol Grail
• 1x Sol Talisman
• 1x Spectral Steel
• 1x Stupefying Touch
• 1x The Birth of Meletis
• 1x The Restoration of Eiganjo  ^Flip
• 1x Thorough Investigation
• 1x Trespasser's Curse

5/5 Political Trollface (8)

• 1x Blight
• 1x Coalition Flag
• 1x High Ground
• 1x Metamorphic Alteration
• 1x Public Enemy
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Telepathy
• 1x War Tax

0/5 Land (6)

• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Fountain of Cho
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

4/5 Shenanigans (26)

• 1x Absolute Grace
• 1x Absolute Law
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Dead Man's Chest
• 1x Deadly Designs
• 1x Empyrial Armor
• 1x Energy Flux
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Gonti's Machinations
• 1x Grave Peril
• 1x Induced Amnesia
• 1x Lunar Force
• 1x Mana Breach
• 1x Oath of Liliana
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip
• 1x Psychic Surgery
• 1x Sigil of Sleep
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x Teferi's Care
• 1x Tenuous Truce
• 1x Threads of Disloyalty
• 1x Unhallowed Pact
• 1x Virulent Plague
• 1x Visions of Brutality
• 1x Yawgmoth's Edict

2/5 Not Enough Memes (11)

• 1x Betrayal
• 1x Blanket of Night
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Hoofprints of the Stag
• 1x Promise of Bunrei
• 1x Quest for the Gravelord
• 1x Radiant Grace  ^Flip
• 1x Slash the Ranks
• 1x Sleeper's Robe
• 1x Suppression Field
• 1x Terra Eternal

"Not Budget Friendly" / Way too Expensive (21)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Daybreak Coronet
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Retether
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x Standstill
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Swift Reconfiguration

1/5 Actually Good (18)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boon of Emrakul
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Deep Freeze
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Grim Guardian
• 1x Hissing Miasma
• 1x Kasmina's Transmutation
• 1x Monologue Tax
• 1x Nomad Mythmaker
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sacred Mesa
• 1x Security Bypass
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Soul Barrier
• 1x Underworld Coinsmith

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Welcome to Zur voltron! This deck's main focus is to buff Zur the Enchanter with auras and crush your helpless opponents! Halt bothersome opponents by tutoring a Reprobation on this commander and a Rule of Law on that combo player (My personal favorite is Stasis: Everyone stops playing while you continue to play cards with Zur!).

THIS IS A BUDGET DECK. A big goal is to keep cost at a minimum, say, under $100. The lower the better. Thank you!

The strategy is as follows:

Step One - Protect Zur

A big trouble with running voltron is that it only takes one removal to destroy all your work, so we need to protect Zur ASAP. There aren't many enchantments under 3 cmc to choose from, but we'll only need three (especially since we can tutor them with Zur before combat damage is dealt); Indestructible with Timely Ward, Hexproof with Curator's Ward, and Phasing with Vanishing will do the trick.

Step Two - Protect Yourself

Of course, part of being annoying is that your opponents can't do anything to you. Unfortunately, there aren't that many traditional pillow fort spells to choose from under 3 cmc, but the few there are happen to be quite powerful: Aura of Silence, Ghostly Prison, Pariah, Story Circle, Web of Inertia. These spells did drive up the price a bit, but I think they are definitely worthwhile. If that wasn't enough, because of the lack of instants, sorceries, and creatures in this deck Energy Field will turn you into a literal gigachad.

Step Three - Choke The Opponent

We can abuse Zur's ability to tutor cards that punish players for playing cards from hand, and avoid the aforementioned downsides with the same ability. Cards such as Desolation, Rule of Law, and Stasis will do. I added quite a few single removals similar to Banishing Light because of their general low-price and effectiveness against big creatures. Although unlikely, I chose to add removal like Seal of Cleansing in case I got a taste of my own medicine.

Step Four - Win

Now that Zur and us are safe from harm, we can buff him and win! A good strategy will be to cast buffs from hand (e.g. All That Glitters, Blessing of the Nephilim) while we use Zur to tutor our protection. Phyresis will be an absolute champ in reducing the amount of damage needed to kill an opponent by 11! This in combination with previous buffs should make life at this point a cake walk.

Side Notes / More Detail

• There is a nice convenience with Zur, in that his ability can pass over shroud as well as opponents' hexproof (placing an aura on the battlefield does not target, so permanents with shroud and hexproof are fair game). However, I chose not to use shroud auras to protect Zur (e.g. Robe of Mirrors) because we don't want to remove the option of casting auras from hand onto Zur.

• Admittedly this is a slow deck, but there should be no trouble while we take our time during setup to win the game due to our outstanding protection spells. Unfortunately, enchantment removal is unavoidable without Greater Auramancy. I feel like this won't be that much of an issue, considering most decks can't run extensive amounts of removal without being a detriment to themselves.

• There are many expensive 3 cmc buffs that just aren't necessary such as Daybreak Coronet and Felidar Umbra. Cards like Daybreak provide higher +/+ which is great and all, but we will need extra time to protect Zur and ourselves using his ability (three turns to protect Zur, and one or two turns for ourselves) so there will be plenty of time to increase his power with cheaper +1/+1 and +2/+2 auras; not to mention the cheaper varieties that already do the same / better job such as All That Glitters and Edge of the Divinity. As for Felidar and the like, many cheaper auras already provide run of the mill abilities (e.g. lifelink, flying etc.) while totem armor isn't necessary having already protected Zur.

• I included a couple board wipes incase things go south. Winds of Rath and Out of Time will not destroy Zur, though that shouldn't be much of an issue anyway. It is my personal philosophy not to play like you're going to lose, so two makes me feel plenty safe.

• In this case, I have the same opinion as above for recursion. However, there needs to be enough recursion cards that we will not completely lose hope if our protection spells waltz into the graveyard. Therefore I did not want to invest in expensive cards like Retether and Replenish. I figure six should be enough.

• Any experienced player knows the importance of draw, and although this deck's schtick is tutoring with Zur we can't rely on just that. There are plenty of good draw spells that we can use with Zur incase we need it. Fortunately I was able to choose some draw spells that doubled as pillowfort / annoyance such as Curse of Verbosity and Ever-Watching Threshold.

• Again, this is a budget deck designed to be as low-price as possible. As a student, I would like to say I understand the money struggle quite well, however, I also understand that some with more financial flexibility would like to know what other cards could work well. I've included many of the cards I considered in the maybeboard. Note that I did not have a hardcap on any individual card's price, but rather considered its' value in context of how integral it was to the success of the deck. This is why you may see more expensive cards left in, while less expensive cards are left out.

• If you have made it this far, please consider leaving a "Yooo!!!" below, and perhaps a suggestion. I'll be sure to comment back!

  Yooo!!!

Deck Edits

• 5/3/22 - Slash the Ranks for Out of Time; Mirrormade for Teferi's Care; Opal Palace for Ash Barrens; Sol Grail for Darksteel Ingot
• 5/4/22 - Radiant Grace   for Plains; Dance of Many for Swamp
• 5/6/22 - Brave the Sands for Radiant Grace  ; Ashes of the Abhorrent for Daily Regimen
• 5/14/22 - Obelisk of Esper for Dimir Cluestone
• 5/20/22 - Daily Regimen for Bonds of Faith, Nighthowler for Edge of the Divinity, Dreamscape Artist for The Birth of Meletis, Retreat to Coralhelm for The Restoration of Eiganjo  , Court of Cunning for Blessing of the Nephilim, Strionic Resonator for Demonic Embrace, Prismatic Lens for Sol Talisman, Boreas Charger for Azorious Signet, Walking Atlas for Orzhov Cluestone

Top Ranked	Achieved #45 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #36 position in Commander / EDH 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Enchant 1 year ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.74
Tokens	Copy Clone, Monarch Emblem
Folders	Potential First Decks, Would like to try, possible zur edits, Maybe buy, D, Inspiration, new decks, Liked Decks