rust elemental is pretty weak as far as things to donate go. In many cases, its just a dead slot that will get removed or just ignored at worst, and a 4 mana shatter at best. The slot can most certainly be filled with something far nastier if you wanted to go the donate route, or just something in general more effective.
To be honest though, I think going in an "all in" strategy for zedruu is not the way to roll with her. A more effective way, in my opinion, is to utilize a more controlling RUW shell with zedruu as a CA engine. I mean this deck will just get face planted when zedruu starts getting targeted with a bit of removal.
Cards that i think you are missing that you most certainly should run-
Sun Titan
Phantasmal image
Phyrexian metamorph
treachery
Venser the sojourner
wrath of god
blasphemous act
VICIOUS SHADOWS
Rite of replication
swords to plowshares and path to exile (never underestimate spot removal)
btw, tossing in a sunforger and a stoneforge mystic is pretty hot for RUW as well.
It probably would not hurt to add a bit more artifact ramp.
I've run most of those cards in the past, Zedruu is a lot more fun as an all or nothing, and you are much more effective politically with benign cards that keep you under the radar till you can sneak in that win condition. Rite of replication is one of those cliche' blue cards I'm avoiding (I've enough already), whilst swords to plowshares, path to exile and blasphemous act type cards are currently being cycled as trial cards. Obviously any Zedruu deck will get face-planted if Zedruu is targeted. Besides, I want a Zedruu deck, not a RUW control deck with Zedruu in it:)
Rust elemental is pretty bad, you are correct, his slot is still under debate.
Works a lot better. Some new key heroes are extra turn cards, Delaying Shield and Form of the Dragon
Insurrection and Acquire are on the chopping block next.
1 Zedruu the Greathearted
Creatures
1 Wall of Omens
1 Auramancer
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Gilded Drake
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Steel Golem
1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
1 Consecrated Sphinx
Instants
1 Chaos Warp
1 Capsize
1 Argivian Find
1 Spell Crumple
1 Cryptic Command
1 Force of Will
1 Dissipate
1 Counterspell
1 Return to Dust
Sorceries
1 Insurrection
1 Recall
1 Austere Command
1 Shattering Spree
1 Bribery
1 Donate
1 Devil's Play
1 Time Warp
1 Recurring Insight
1 Time Stretch
1 Acquire
Enchantments
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Hobble
1 Prison Term
1 Fath's Fetters
1 Arrest
1 Clout of the Dominus
1 Rhystic Study
1 Copy Enchantment
1 Aura of Silence
1 Statecraft
1 Sacred Ground
1 Impending Disaster
1 Illusions of Grandeur
1 Pyromancer's Swath
1 Celestial Dawn
1 Transcendence
1 Propaganda
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Form of the Dragon
1 Delaying Shield
1 Leyline of Anticipation
1 Mind Unbound
1 Delaying Shield
1 Arena of the Ancients
1 Meekstone
1 Library of Lang
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Azorius Signet
1 Izzet Signet
1 Boros Signet
1 Darksteel Ingot
Tutors
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Gamble
1 Idyllic Tutor
1 Wild Research
1 Academy Rector
1 Muddle The Mixture
Land(ish)
1 High Market
1 Strip Mine
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Kher Keep
1 Command Tower
2 Plains
2 Island
1 Mountain
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Clifftop Retreat
1 Plateau
1 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
1 Arid Mesa
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Steam Vents
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Marsh Flats
1 Rugged Prairie
1 Cascade Bluffs
Old List:
Pure Zedruu
Commander
1 Zedruu the Greathearted
Creatures
1 Wall of Omens
1 Spellskite
1 Vedalken Plotter
1 Auramancer
1 Rust Elemental
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Gilded Drake
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Bazaar Trader
1 Steel Golem
Instants
1 Chaos Warp
1 Into the Roil
1 Capsize
1 Dismantling Blow
1 Argivian Find
1 Spell Crumple
1 Cryptic Command
1 Force of Will
Sorceries
1 Insurrection
1 Recall
1 Austere Command
1 Shattering Spree
1 Bribery
1 Donate
Enchantments
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Hobble
1 Prison Term
1 Fath's Fetters
1 Pacifism
1 Arrest
1 Clout of the Dominus
1 Paradox Haze
1 Rhystic Study
1 Copy Enchantment
1 Aura of Silence
1 Land Tax
1 Stranglehold
1 Crackdown
1 Words of War
1 Statecraft
1 Thought Lash
1 Sacred Ground
1 Impending Disaster
1 Illusions of Grandeur
1 Pyromancer's Swath
1 Celestial Dawn
1 Transcendence
1 Propaganda Artifacts
1 Arena of the Ancients
1 Meekstone
1 Library of Lang
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
Tutors
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Gamble
1 Idyllic Tutor
1 Wild Research
1 Academy Rector
Land(ish)
1 High Market
1 Azorius Signet
1 Boros Signet
1 Izzet Signet
1 Sol Ring
1 Felwar Stone
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Strip Mine
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Kher Keep
1 Command Tower
4 Plains
3 Island
3 Mountain
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Clifftop Retreat
1 Plateau
1 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
1 Arid Mesa
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Steam Vents
1 Boros Garrison
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Celestial Colonna
rust elemental is pretty weak as far as things to donate go. In many cases, its just a dead slot that will get removed or just ignored at worst, and a 4 mana shatter at best. The slot can most certainly be filled with something far nastier if you wanted to go the donate route, or just something in general more effective.
To be honest though, I think going in an "all in" strategy for zedruu is not the way to roll with her. A more effective way, in my opinion, is to utilize a more controlling RUW shell with zedruu as a CA engine. I mean this deck will just get face planted when zedruu starts getting targeted with a bit of removal.
Cards that i think you are missing that you most certainly should run-
Sun Titan
Phantasmal image
Phyrexian metamorph
treachery
Venser the sojourner
wrath of god
blasphemous act
VICIOUS SHADOWS
Rite of replication
swords to plowshares and path to exile (never underestimate spot removal)
btw, tossing in a sunforger and a stoneforge mystic is pretty hot for RUW as well.
It probably would not hurt to add a bit more artifact ramp.
Rust elemental is pretty bad, you are correct, his slot is still under debate.
Thanks for the tips and time:)