Zedruu the Greathearted
Zedruu the Greathearted Commander Deck
This deck aims to generate long-term advantage through political permanents, control exchanges and value-oriented enchantments. Rather than focusing solely on "bad gifts," this version of Zedruu uses its commander as a powerful card-draw engine while building a network of enchantments that generate recurring value during upkeep steps. Cards such as Paradox Haze, Shadow of the Second Sun, and Sphinx of the Second Sun multiply upkeep triggers and dramatically increase the effectiveness of permanents like Court of Ardenvale, Court of Grace, Endless Horizons, Descent into Avernus, and Assemble the Legion. The deck also distributes resources around the table through cards such as Rainbow Vale, Political Trickery, Vedalken Plotter, Pendant of Prosperity, and Bucknard's Everfull Purse, turning political exchanges into card advantage through Zedruu's ability. As the game progresses, a growing enchantment package fuels Spirit and Enchantress synergies through cards like Hallowed Haunting, Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr, Court of Grace, and other token generators. The deck usually wins through: overwhelming long-term card advantage from Zedruu; large armies of flying Spirit and Angel tokens; or continuous pressure from cards such as Descent into Avernus, Spellshock, and Price of Progress. Rather than winning quickly, the deck aims to create a highly interactive political game where every upkeep generates more value than the last, eventually overwhelming the table through inevitability rather than explosiveness.
Decklist
- Fires of Invention
- Pendant of Prosperity
- Oath of Lieges
- Spellshock
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Surveyor's Scope
- Land Tax
- Fevered Visions
- Marsh Flats
- Misty Rainforest
- Wild Evocation
- Statecraft
- Kor Haven
- Vanishing
- Role Reversal
- Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- Command Tower
- Fierce Guardianship
- Rousing of Souls
- Detention Sphere
- Hallowed Fountain
- Contested War Zone
- Gilded Drake
- Political Trickery
- Illusions of Grandeur
- Omen of the Sea
- Raugrin Triome
- Words of War
- Paradox Haze
- Bazaar Trader
- Bloodstained Mire
- Flooded Strand
- Windswept Heath
- As Foretold
- Sphere of Safety
- Swan Song
- Estrid's Invocation
- Grasp of Fate
- Vedalken Plotter
- Arid Mesa
- Scalding Tarn
- Clout of the Dominus
- Endless Horizons
- Greater Auramancy
- Savor the Moment
- Jinxed Choker
- Karmic Justice
- Academy Rector
- Rainbow Vale
- Wild Research
- Court of Grace
- Archaeomancer's Map
- Wizard Class
- Bucknard's Everfull Purse
- Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr
- Haunted Library
- Touch the Spirit Realm
- Rite of the Raging Storm
- Descent into Avernus
- Teferi's Protection
- Semblance Anvil
- Hallowed Haunting
- Enlightened Tutor
- Assemble the Legion
- Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
- Promise of Loyalty
- Sphinx of the Second Sun
- Spiteful Banditry
- Hithlain Rope
- Rivendell
- Court of Ardenvale
- Counterbalance
- Keeper of the Accord
- Proft's Eidetic Memory
- Sevinne's Reclamation
- Polluted Delta
- Shifting Grift
- Claim Jumper
- Witch Enchanter
- Shadow of the Second Sun
- Volatile Stormdrake
- Powerbalance
- Horizon of Progress
- Mirage Mirror
- Price of Progress
- Terrain Generator
- Ghostly Dancers
- Sigil of the Empty Throne
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
- Forbidden Orchard
- Valakut Awakening
- Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
- Reliquary Tower
- Arcane Signet
- Ishgard, the Holy See
- PuPu UFO
- Brilliant Wings
- Iroh, Tea Master
- Generous Plunderer
- 4× Island
- 2× Mountain
- 8× Plains