MTG EDH / Commander - Zur the Enchanter Deck Tech, aka, Zur the Broken ^_^

[botmaster5]

To all those trolls spamming up my inbox with "how can you enchant him when he has diplomatic immunity..." watch the video, its all explained.

[NarcolepZZZZZ]

how do you enchant him if you have diplomatic immunity on him ???? that makes no sense

[turbovire]

I'm missing hinder.

[imacrazypyromaniac]

Maybe I missed seeing it, but I would definitely run Rhystic Study and Mystic Remora. Gotta love Card Draw. If your opponent manages to stall you (i.e. kill Zur) it will help get you on the right track a lot quicker.

[WakeThrasher]

wow i heard you like to net deck hardcore. no mana drain = bad control deck.

[RedzicMuharem]

mana leak..really?

[botmaster5]

@RedzicMuharem well, considering that this deck can kill on turn 6 on a fairly consistent basis, mana leak is a very strong counterspell.

[RedzicMuharem]

@botmaster5 i see, how do players react when they see your zur on the table?

[HadesDoomOcculta]

this guy's good...like REALLY good...Ryan u really need to win a pro tour someday...I've never seen someone whose been able to build decks that abuse synergies in the strangest ways possible quite like u.Thanks for the vids they've helped us all.

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[MrNtwali5]

Reliquary tower maybe?

[Jaspooty]

How do you feel about Hanna? She's pretty good for recursion in a deck like this, and can recur hesitation turn after turn. I run her in mine :D

[geeman2322]

yawg will

[bubbasparxxx12]

Zur is a wizard so Riptide Laboratory works good with it, you could run some other wizards, you could do another build relying on other creatures e. g. Reveillark if Zur gets killed, to the lands you could get rid of the Dromar Cavern and use Command Tower and Volrath's Stronghold, you've one the best Enchantments "Necromancy" if you want to play or share some experiences about EDH subscribe to my youtube account Bubbasparxxx12 and suscribed to your already because you have good MtG vids

[Force4Cards]

Zur is too good! I play Teeg in my league, and I hate playing against Zur, he just laughs at me.

[ColicCrime]

pretty funny, i run zur in EDH, br vamps, and ub control in standard. seems that we have a lot of the same taste.

[johnaggron112233]

DUDE for enchantment decks always get sovereigns of lost alara and then search for a eldrazi conscription or any other high powered enchantments

[zalithnight]

try hinder instead of negate, ends their general really quick for a long time

[fattom75]

eldrazi conscription

[botmaster5]

@fattom75 that costs 8 sir...

[mavarek666]

@botmaster5 Eldrazi Conscription is a good fetch card. However if you have it in your hand it is harder to bring out it costs 8 after all. On the other hand you can only run one, hmmmmm.

[MrNtwali5]

@botmaster5 you can actually manage to get on zur with the aura swap ability from arcanum wings

[wenyi101]

Hey botmaster5 do you have a list of your current Zur edh deck? on mtgsalvation or something? or are you going to update and make a new video

[mtg4noobs]

Great deck! Zur seems really bannable sometimes, and even with my edict on a stick thraximundar cant do a thing about phasing!

[wow4lifenoobs]

RE: also i'm using academy researchers - with zur having shroud any enchant in hand cant be used on him, just makes cards in hand more worth while/no mercy - if by some freaky chance anyone is hitting you, they wont be for long / cloud cover - can stop them from tinkering with your artifacts, enchants and some of your lands you may not want to lose

[wow4lifenoobs]

Pongify is also a great card and its fun to see a one cost blue removal

[wow4lifenoobs]

cards im using in my deck - misstep - great to slow down an enemy / twincast - great card in general imo, its a counter-counter spell or double removal/ arcane laboratory - amazing to shut down combo decks and slows enemies down/ silence - ya your not playing anything for 2 turns(orim's chant)/ meekstone - zur will have vig so why not shut the enemy down even more? and trinket finds it / oppressive will - self explained/ overrule - hardcounter/ jaded response - with zur its about a hard counter

[maximus9317568]

Nice looking Zur deck. My suggestion would be that you include Hall of the Bandit Lord for another haste option (haste is so important with Zur as you know). Also maybe run Tolaria West as it is a land and a tutor for anything with CC=0 (so mox, pact, or other lands). And come on, why no Hinder?! But overall, nice looking deck. It has more emphasis on beating face than mine, I drop most of the pumping enchantments for more control. My opponents tend to lose by scooping.

[botmaster5]

@maximus9317568 this build is weak-sauce compared to what i run with now. my current zur deck is a beast. only need to swing with him 3 times.

turn 3 greaves

turn 4 hasty zur, go get diplomatic immunity

turn 5 swing and go get phyresis (now zur has infect)

turn 6 swing and get Emperyal armor.

if hes not dead by then, next turn ill go get Daybreak Coronete

[maximus9317568]

@botmaster5

yeah the infect is nasty. I'm sure change the ruling to 20 poison in EDH soon though. But have fun kicking ass until then!

[maximus9317568]

@botmaster5

Why waste time with the diplomatic immunity when he already has shroud? Yes I considered the Phyresis enchantment when I saw it on the spoiler. But my playgroup would not appreciate Zur getting any harder to beat. Not to mention I think there will be a change in the poison counter rules with EDH soon. With all the new poison stuff coming out, they'll move it to double the usual just like with life. But have fun beating face until then

[LiberFalixfer]

@botmaster5

once youve attached diplomatic immunity you cant attach anything else to zur if it targets him. when i built my zur deck i had to look for good blankets or targets to get before diplomatic immunity

[botmaster5]

@LiberFalixfer sry to poke a hole in your playing, but you are wrong on that one. As explained in the video, zur's ability does NOT cast the enchantment, it puts in it play. The only time an enchantment targets something is when it is being cast. Zur puts teh enchantment in play, and you can, for a lack of a better term, "attach" the aura

[CobraStyleDevil]

@botmaster5 why even play this? to make edh play like type 2? douche bag decks like this are going to ruin the format.

[thaprodigy58]

@LiberFalixfer Your not targeting with zur so he can target anything and not worry bout shroud

[mgcgyugitradeco]

@botmaster5 you should make a video of the updated deck

[WakeThrasher]

Hesisation is bad. Use Arcane Labatory instead.

[HafizHafiz]

have you considered use of Contamination? its a soft mana lock for non-black decks altho since u may not have that many creatures to sac perhaps u can add something that creates tokens like Nuisance Engine.

Just a thought.

[VoodooGremlin]

Cool deck, my version doesn't run as many enchantments. No Pillory, counterbalance, phyrexian arena, hesitation or battle mastery. I find the Empyrial Armor does a better job than battle mastery. I also run a sunder which also helps. It also sets up my enchantments for the soft lock with necro. The arena and pillory are redundant. Counterbalance is too inconsistent even with a top. I add more counterspells to fill that gap . I do want to add the hesitation. 

[VoodooGremlin]

I only run straight blue counterspells, i'm not a fan of undermine and absorb. I would suggest hinder and power sink. They're very good spells regardless. Also muddle the mixture for negate. It gives you a bit of flexibility with transmute. I want to try and add Inkmoth Nexus and Phyresis to give a poison alternate win.