Zedruu Keeps Buying Strange Gifts

Commander / EDH* Casual Group Hug Jank RUW (Jeskai, America) Theme/Gimmick

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Land (31)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Idyllic Beachfront
• 1x Molten Tributary
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Rainbow Vale
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sacred Peaks
• 5x Snow-Covered Island
• 5x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 5x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls

Instant (11)

• 1x Brand
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Wrong Turn
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Shifting Borders
• 1x Sudden Substitution
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Artifact (17)

• 1x Avarice Totem
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Bucknard's Everfull Purse
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Pentad Prism
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Jeskai Banner
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Grafted Skullcap

Creature (15)

• 1x Bazaar Trader
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Avaricious Dragon
• 1x Cinder Giant
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Goldnight Castigator
• 1x Rust Elemental
• 1x Body of Knowledge
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x The Locust God

Commander (1)

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Clout of the Dominus
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Share the Spoils
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Moderation
• 1x Nine Lives
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Aggressive Mining
• 1x Delusions of Mediocrity
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Lightmine Field
• 1x Powerstone Minefield
• 1x Puca's Mischief

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Donate
• 1x Harmless Offering
• 1x Political Trickery
• 1x Role Reversal
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Legerdemain
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Modify Memory
• 1x Switcheroo

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My goal with this deck is to pass cards around to my opponents and try to create some fun chaos.

Laboratory Maniac and Nine Lives are some of the win conditions at the moment.

However, while I think there should be a few ways to win, I want to lean more towards giving "strange" cards to my opponents such as Bucknard's Everfull Purse rather than cards that try to completely lock players out of the game like Steel Golem.

My reasoning is that giving every player "only" bad gifts will just have everyone focus on taking me down. By having some strange and even helpful gifts, I want to be able to give good and bad gifts to players based on the situation.

I don't want to leave myself too vulnerable though. That's why cards like Brand are intended to pull control away from permanents if needed. As another example, I could use Wrong Turn to give an attacking creature to another player, removing it from combat.

Body of Knowledge + Cinder Giant or Cinder Giant + Flumph are some neat combos that let me draw some cards if they're both stuck under my control.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	10 months
Key combos	Body of Knowledge + Cinder Giant Cinder Giant + Flumph
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Elephant 3/3 G, Insect 1/1 UR, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure