Political Puppets

Zedruu the Greathearted Commander Deck

Zedruu the Greathearted is the engine of this deck, which focuses on donating permanents to opponents — including defensive walls, tax enchantments like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda effects, and Vow auras that buff enemy creatures while preventing them from attacking you — to accumulate a large card draw and life gain advantage each upkeep. The deck protects itself with a dense package of combat damage prevention, attack taxes, and pillow fort enchantments while using political tools like shared card draw and temporary control effects to redirect threats elsewhere. The long-game plan is to drown opponents in card advantage generated by Zedruu while overwhelming the board with Insurrection or grinding out value through Martyr's Bond punishing opponents for the inevitable removal of donated permanents.

Decklist

• Goblin Cadets
• Spurnmage Advocate
• Jötun Grunt
• Wall of Omens
• Fog Bank
• Nin, the Pain Artist
• Azorius Guildmage
• Court Hussar
• Gomazoa
• Guard Gomazoa
• Vedalken Plotter
• Wall of Denial
• Plumeveil
• Flametongue Kavu
• Windborn Muse
• False Prophet
• Brion Stoutarm
• Ruhan of the Fomori
• Chromeshell Crab
• Izzet Chronarch
• Dominus of Fealty
• Rapacious One
• Numot, the Devastator
• Arbiter of Knollridge
• Breath of Darigaaz
• Trade Secrets
• Death by Dragons
• Austere Command
• Insurrection
• Skyscribing
• Brainstorm
• Flusterstorm
• Lash Out
• Punishing Fire
• Pollen Lullaby
• Perilous Research
• Vision Skeins
• Whirlpool Whelm
• Chaos Warp
• Oblation
• Murmurs from Beyond
• Repulse
• Spell Crumple
• Wild Ricochet
• Reins of Power
• Scattering Stroke
• Sol Ring
• Armillary Sphere
• Fellwar Stone
• Howling Mine
• Lightning Greaves
• Prophetic Prism
• Champion's Helm
• Darksteel Ingot
• Dreamstone Hedron
• Soul Snare
• Journey to Nowhere
• Vow of Lightning
• Ghostly Prison
• Vow of Duty
• Propaganda
• Vow of Flight
• Prison Term
• Crescendo of War
• Martyr's Bond
• Azorius Chancery
• Boros Garrison
• Command Tower
• Evolving Wilds
• Izzet Boilerworks
• Terramorphic Expanse
• 2× Mountain
• 2× Mountain
• 2× Mountain
• 2× Mountain
• 2× Plains
• 2× Plains
• 2× Plains
• 2× Plains
• 3× Island
• 3× Island
• 3× Island
• 3× Island