Zedruu Master Politician

Commander / EDH Control Group Hug Multiplayer RUW (Jeskai, America) Superfriends Theme/Gimmick

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Instant (8)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Decree of Annihilation
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Terminus

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Aggressive Mining
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mystic Barrier
• 1x Power Artifact
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x Statecraft
• 1x Telepathy
• 1x War's Toll

Artifact (15)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Winter Orb

Planeswalker (8)

• 1x Ajani Vengeant
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Ral Zarek
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Creature (15)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Bazaar Trader
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Fatespinner
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Grid Monitor
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Rust Elemental
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Steel Golem
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 6x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 4x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Tundra

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Path to Exile

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thought Lash

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Maybeboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Brand
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Spell Crumple

Sorcery (5)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Banefire
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x From the Ashes
• 1x Red Sun's Zenith

Enchantment (28)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Bitter Feud
• 1x Burning Earth
• 1x Celestial Dawn
• 1x Confusion in the Ranks
• 1x Crackdown
• 1x Crescendo of War
• 1x Delusions of Mediocrity
• 1x Form of the Dragon
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Hive Mind
• 1x Illusory Gains
• 1x Manabarbs
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Meishin, the Mind Cage
• 1x Null Chamber
• 1x Opalescence
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Puca's Mischief
• 1x Rivalry
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Shimmering Wings
• 1x Spellshock
• 1x Tectonic Instability
• 1x Transcendence
• 1x Well of Ideas
• 1x Zur's Weirding

Artifact (4)

• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Venser's Journal

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Chandra, the Firebrand
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept

Creature (10)

• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Diaochan, Artful Beauty
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Ruhan of the Fomori
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Stuffy Doll

Land (5)

• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Volcanic Island

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Overview

This deck aims to add a multitude of choices and consequences to a multiplayer EDH game, as well as increase the political intensity of the game.

Zedruu the Greathearted works well as the general for this deck by allowing for unique interactions with my opponents. I can give them ugly stuff like Illusions of Grandeur or Steel Golem. I can also help them if I so choose.

Additional Details and Strategy

This deck is full of political cards. One element of the decks strategy is to give cards to my opponents with Zedruu as needed. Principle "gifts" are:

• Illusions of Grandeur -> Make them possibly take a 20 life loss
• Aggressive Mining -> stop them from playing lands
• Steel Golem -> no more creatures
• Statecraft -> creature neutralization
• Rust Elemental -> start getting rid of their artifacts

In addition to shenanigans with Zedruu, the deck also has other political options. These include cards like Mycosynth Lattice, Nevinyrral's Disk, and Fatespinner among others.

Controlling the game

This deck tries to control the progress of the game. Winter Orb helps by slowing the game down and punishing some strategies. This deck can actually work pretty well with a Winter Orb in play due the mana rocks and planewalkers in the deck. Another card that helps with the control scheme is Ensnaring Bridge. This can help prevent the effectiveness of creature based damage.

The deck does include a few wall in it to provide some early powerful blockers. Wall of Denial and Wall of Frost are hard to get through early in the game. Fog Bank also does a excellent job of neutralizing an early attacker. Maze of Ith also helps with the creature attacker defense strategy.

The deck also includes a small counterspell package to provide some additional measures of control.

How to win

The primary win conditions of the deck are:

• Beating face with Iona, Shield of Emeria, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, or Wurmcoil Engine
• Infinite Mana combo with Power Artifact + Basalt Monolith
• Planeswalker interactions

Thanks for looking. Feedback would be greatly appreciated!!!

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	23 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 1 Rares 18 - 2 Uncommons 4 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Elemental 5/1 R, Soldier 1/1 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	EDH, EDH, Fun EDH, (B) Other players' EDH decks., Things I want, A EDH Playtest, Deck References, Cool EDH, Zedruu Commander, EDH