Zur the Cycler

Commander / EDH Cycling WUB (Esper)

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Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 5x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 4x Plains
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Artifact (12)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fluctuator
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Thought Vessel

Creature (17)

• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Aether Channeler
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Power Taint
• 1x Astral Drift
• 1x Astral Slide
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Dying to Serve
• 1x Estrid's Invocation
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x New Perspectives

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Angelsong
• 1x Clear
• 1x Don't Blink
• 1x Easy Prey
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Wipe Clean
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Expunge
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Neutralize
• 1x Radiant's Judgment
• 1x Rebuild
• 1x Rescind
• 1x Ancient Excavation

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Wander in Death
• 1x Decree of Justice
• 1x Lorien Revealed
• 1x Akroma's Vengeance

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Zur the Cycler 40 cycling cards

I like to start out the games informing the other players this is a dumbed down Zur, not top tier doomsday Zur. This deflection works pretty well as we sneak closer to setting up our engine.

The main strategy I use is casting Zur as soon as possible and attack with him to get the pieces of the puzzle. I usually get Rhystic Study for card draw from Zur’s attack trigger. Then depending on if I have any value creatures on the board or in my hand, or if there are scary creatures on our opponent’s board, I will then tutor for Astral Drift or Astral Slide. If there are no value creatures to make use of and no opponent’s creatures seem too threatening, I tutor for whatever the situation calls for.

From there, we sit back and hold our cycling cards, casting them at the last moment and using what control pieces we have to keep everything in our favor.

The main win condition of the deck is repeatedly bouncing Gray Merchant of Asphodel to drain our opponents.

This deck is resilient and I have sweated out a few wins with the whole table trying to kill me.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 36 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.22
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B