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Hello, Just looking for some help with my Zur the Enchanter EDH deck. My group is Competitive, but we also like to have fun. I'm usually targeted first due to playing lockout cards so Im looking to make this deck the best I can to protect myself. Any Ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!


General
Zur the Enchanter

Instants

• Enlightened Tutor
  
• Vampiric Tutor
  
• Oblation
  
• Path to exile
  
• Swords to Plowshares

Sorceries/ Artifacts/ Planeswalkers

• Winds of Rath
  
• Vindicate
  
• Route
  
• Hallowed Burial
  
• Supreme Verdict
  
• Austere Command
  
• Diabolic Tutor
  
• Demonic Tutor
  
• Decree of Pain
  
• Wrath of God
  
• Increasing Ambition
  
• Replenish
  
• Crucible of Worlds
  
• Elspeth, Knight Errant

Creatures

• Hannah Ship's Navigator
  
• Thraben Doomsayer
  
• Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  
• Sun Titan
  
• Ertai, The Corrupted
  
• Academy Rector
  

Enchantments

• Moat
  
• Steel of the Godhead
  
• Necropotence
  
• Ghostly Prison
  
• Aura of Silence
  
• Empyrial Armor
  
• Soothsaying
  
• Threads of Disloyalty
  
• Copy Artifact
  
• Vanishing
  
• Solitary Confinement
  
• Contamination
  
• Planer Collapse
  
• Intruder Alarm
  
• Alexi's Cloak
  
• Detention Sphere
  
• Prison Term
  
• Blind obedience
  
• Copy Enchantment
  
• Oblivion Ring
  
• Eldrazi Conscription
  
• Bitterblossom
  
• Karmic Justice
  
• Chains of Mephistopheles
  
• Phyrexian Reclamation
  
• Greater Auramancy
  
• Ethereal armor
  
• Stony Silence
  
• Nether Void
  
• Daybreak Coronet
  
• Diplomatic Immunity
  
• Animate Dead
  
• Crackdown

Lands

• Scrubland
  
• Underground Sea
  
• Tundra
  
• Glacial Fortress
  
• Isolated Chapel
  
• Hallowed Fountain
  
• Watery Grave
  
• Godless Shrine
  
• Polluted Delta
  
• Marsh Flats
  
• Flooded Strand
  
• Misty Rainforest
  
• Windswept Heath
  
• Bloodstained Mire
  
• Verdant Catacombs
  
• Arid Mesa
  
• Reflecting Pool
  
• Command Tower
  
• Serra's Sanctum
  
• Flagstone of Trokair
  
• Cabal Coffers
  
• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  
• Petrified Field
  
• Dustbowl
  
• Kor Haven
  
• Hall of the Bandit Lord
  
• Bojuka Bog
  
• Wasteland
  
• Maze of Ith
  
• Cavern Of Souls
  
• Rishadan Port
  
• Reliquery Tower
  
• Volrath's Stronghold
  
• The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
  
• 5 Island
  
• 1 Swamp
  
• 1 Plains

Since money doesnt appear to be an issue maybe Imperial Seal? Any reason you arnt running geddon effects?

Destroying opponents lands seems like a crappy move . I don't mind locking people out if I can to the best of my ability but just straight up destroying all of their lands is just Unfun . I'd rather kill them with combo first . Lol

Pro tip: Use the deck tags. Between that and organizing your list into sections, like you have done, it makes for much easier reading.

To get the autocard function to work with the deck tags, put a number in front of each card, and each card on it's own line. Words without numbers are assumed to be section headings.

For example:
[deck*]General
1 Zur the Enchanter

Lands
1 Swamp
1 Plains
1 Island

Creatures
1 Sun Titan[/deck]

Would look like this, if you drop the *:


You seem to be missing a few cards:
Spellskite - Quite typical of Zur lists, "I'm sorry, was that removal spell meant for Zur?".
i Am suPerman - This is a standard protection for Zur. Far better than Alexi's Cloak. Shroud, untap, and stat redistribution on demand.
Phyrexian Arena - I think this is what you meant by Phyrexian Reclamation. Pretty handy with Solitary Confinement. But anti-synergy with Chains of Mephistopheles.
Rhystic Study - Liable to draw you a few cards per turn cycle. How dare your opponents do things without offering you a tribute! But anti-synergy with Chains of Mephistopheles.
Anvil of Bogardan - Combos with Chains of Mephistopheles. Let's get derpy!
Angelic Renewal - A neat little insurance policy for your favorite creature. Pretty funny with Sun Titan too.
Sol Ring - This is a standard auto-include for EDH. I understand why you might not want to run it, but it's worth it even if it does little more than push a guy out a turn sooner.
Sensei's Divining Top - Also a standard auto-include for EDH. I think you're using Soothsaying for the same purpose, but this is better, unless disabled.

I'm sure there's more, but let's see what you do with these first.

I haven't seen Zur place in any events in a while, however I don't see it on the list of banned cards. Is there a reason he isn't placing anymore? (I think competitive EDH is silly, but I just want to make sure there isn't anything wrong with my deck)

Zur was recently banned in 1vs1 French list. In multiplayer people are probably afraid to play Zur because of the stigma he has.

I don't play the artifacts because of stony silence.

The reclamation is for late game when I have stuff in the yard.

Chains is there because we have a lot of blue players that abuse card draw and sit and wait to counter all your good stuff.

Thanks for the suggestions though! Its nice to get an outside look from someone else.

Also I appreciate the tips on how to format the deck for easy reading. I should have separated them by function instead of card type, but it was late.

Any other suggestions are welcome. Thanks everyone.

Quote from psilocybianth

Zur was recently banned in 1vs1 French list. In multiplayer people are probably afraid to play Zur because of the stigma he has.

Does this French List affect anything like LGS or anything like that? I've never played EDH outside my playgroup.

We banned extra turn effects in our playgroup. Also sorin and magister a sphinx are frowned upon.