I have a similar deck, might wanna add in Eidolon of Rhetoric or an Aegis of the Gods

I actually ran Aegis of the Gods in here and ended up swapping it out. In my experience it didn't really matter if I was targeted, the real threat is people targeting Zur. With that in mind I'd rather have a toolbox of protection for him instead and Eidolon of Rhetoric kind of fits that bill - I definitely like the control aspect and it fits into my lock down strategy. Thanks for the suggestions jfly517, I appreciate it!

+1 from me. I don't know if you want any defensive combos, but I have a Zur deck Zur Voltron, To win against five. that has 2 different no damage combos. Check it out and if you Like it upvote!

Hey Limo, I finally checked out your Zur build. Very different & cool choices in there, nice work!

I also built Zur in a control shell with Thopter Combo as my win con. It was super fun but drew hate like crazy. I can't recommend Vanishing highly enough as a protection piece. Nothing falls off of Zur and can be used in a pinch to protect everything attached to him.

You're right, it's a classic Zur protection staple and I played it in here for years. I ended up swapping it out at some point but don't really recall why! Likely in favour of adding a counterspell or 2 + I have ample protection options in here already. Really like the card though, phasing was such a weird mechanic.

The only thing I'd suggest is swapping out the swiftfoot boots for Curator's Ward I use it in my Zur/Haakon knights tribal deck and it works wonders. Protects Zur as well as the boots, gets tutored for, and draws you cards if they manage to boardwipe or remove him somehow.

Ooh! I've never seen Curator's Ward before, that's an excellent suggestion Aeolus-Wind-King. I'll be making that exact swap, cheers.

Library of Leng is great with Solitary Confinement you get to pitch cards you want to tutor back in library and get unlimited hand size. Then you can use Empyrial Armor and swing with lethal. I JUST switched to the shimmer storm version of Zur. Its nasty

Interesting! I hadn't considered Library of Leng before - I definitely like that interaction with Solitary Confinement coupled with the 'no max hand size' Thought Vessel style redundancy. I just replaced Empyrial Armor to make way for All That Glitters, but this has me thinking that I should possibly put it back, perhaps in place of Battle Mastery.

Cool that you went down the shimmer storm route. This deck is mean enough + I don't think my friends would forgive me if I went down the competitive Zur path, heh.

just recommending one card: Triclopean Sight.

attack, slap that puppy on him, and then Stasis and lose all your friends.

MajordomoTom - yep, I'm into that rudeness. I think I'll take out Battle Mastery to make room for this. Good suggestion, thanks!

As you can tell, I'm tuning a build to make Zur a monster.

That's a key card - giving him vigilance, even on the turn he's attacking, so that your pants aren't down until your next turn.

Do you have anywhere explaining how to play the deck?

get Zur out attack with him, slap on Triclopean Sight attack with him, slap out Stasis attack with him, slap out Eidolon of Rhetoric

have in hand Darksteel Mutation and Trapped in the Tower and Frogify and Encrust to put on the other player's commander

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MajordomoTom, lol.

Baclash - I don't have a deck guide written, but I'll talk a bit about it here.

What keeps this deck interesting is the toolbox factor. Generally you want Zur on the table and then you simply grab the tools required at the time. If there's no immediate threats, I tend to get all of my protection pieces in place first, e.g. Diplomatic Immunity, Greater Auramancy & whatever other protection pieces I may need/want (hexproof, indestructibility etc.). From there you conquer by either controlling the table into submission or throwing auras on Zur for commander damage slaps. I'm not running a competitive insta-win build by design, but there are some decent card pairings that help steer Zur to victory (e.g. Necropotence + Solitary Confinement . Probably not the in depth guide you seek, but if you look at the card categories I've listed you'll start to get a picture of what this deck is capable of.

yeah, I'm not one of those "infinite loop" builders, either.

Just 21, straight to the face. Commander damage, just take it.

And if you somehow protect yourself from losing life, I'll make it infect tokens instead.

Whatever it takes, Zur can deliver it.

Glistening Oil

enough said.

Ha, yeah. I used to run Phyresis in here too. That was popular.

I came across a recent fact about how cumulative upkeep works that makes Zur even nastier... almost too nasty.

Cumulative upkeep states "At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it."

Enter Solemnity, which is Zur pullable. If you stop the age counter from being placed, you never have to pay the upkeep cost...

Thus, Tidal Control and Inner Sanctum become super mean. Also, Energy Storm is an option, and you can use Reconnaissance to deal with untapping as well.