Zur, Eternal Schemer
DMU · mythic · Released 2022-09-09
Power
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Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
multiple modes
broadly useful
easily answered
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Rationale
Zur, Eternal Schemer is a 3cmc Esper enchantment-matters commander: his static gives all enchantment creatures deathtouch, lifelink, and hexproof — a formidable keyword suite — while his activated ability animates any non-Aura enchantment into a creature with P/T equal to its mana value. This enables threatening board states out of stax pieces, saga payoffs, or high-MV enchantments. The deathtouch+lifelink+hexproof package on every enchantment creature makes combat virtually unwinnable for opponents, placing him squarely in enchantment-matters and voltron-adjacent strategies.
Learnings (3)
Zur's activated ability targets 'non-Aura enchantments,' meaning saga permanents, stax enchantments (Propaganda, Ghostly Prison), and enchantments like Omniscience all become creatures — a 10/10 hexproof Omniscience is a legitimate endgame.
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The hexproof granted by Zur's static applies only to enchantment creatures, NOT to Zur himself — he remains removal-vulnerable as a 1/4 flying creature with no innate protection.
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Animating a high-mana-value enchantment like Omniscience or Sandwurm Convergence produces a very large hexproof, deathtouch, lifelink body for just {1}{W}, making CMC-matters synergies (e.g. enchantments that scale with mana value) especially potent here.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #3,891