(Opened June 1, 2015)
I opened this pack while I was on a holiday in Japan for my birthday. Jeskai Runemark reminded me of a very unique Zedruu the Greathearted Commander deck. The decklist can be found at the end of this article:
http://www.gatheringmagic.com/carlosgutierrez-09132014-five-decks-you-cant-miss-this-week/
This Zedruu Voltron build caught my eye because it's precisely the opposite of what most people would expect of a Zedruu Commander deck. It's easy for people to assume based on the minotaur monk's ability that its controller will be piloting a "group hug" deck that tries to win favors from its opponents by giving them free stuff.
The giving doesn't stop in this build, but the stuff that it gives to people are precisely stuff that they can't use while still benefiting the Zedruu player: creature auras. Because the enchantment cards say "enchanted creature gets...", it wouldn't matter if the enchantment switched controllers: the creature would still get the buff. As a result, the deck ended up with lots of cheap and cost-efficient auras that easily suited up Zedruu for battle while netting its control extra life (to last through the game) and extra cards (to further fuel the aura chain).
The fact that this deck even managed to find a use for obscure cards such as the scarabs from Ice Age just speaks genius.
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