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Aetherdrift
releases on February 14, 2025!

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Aetherdrift
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Main Deck - 100 cards, 78 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Commander
1 Zur, Eternal Schemer
$13.61 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Creature (13)
1 Alela, Artful Provocateur
$1.48 Legendary Creature - Faerie Warlock
1 Archetype of Courage
$1.17 Enchantment Creature - Human Soldier
1 Archetype of Imagination
$0.58 Enchantment Creature - Human Wizard
1 Archon of Sun's Grace
$0.49 Creature - Archon
1 Aura Thief
$6.05 Creature - Illusion
1 Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea
$0.16 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Demigod
1 Daxos the Returned
$7.40 Legendary Creature - Zombie Soldier
1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
$0.39 Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
$1.14 Legendary Enchantment Creature - God // Legendary Enchantment Creature - Phyrexian God
1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
$6.06 Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor
1 Mesa Enchantress
$0.42 Creature - Human Druid
1 Starnheim Courser
$0.18 Creature - Pegasus
1 Underworld Coinsmith
$0.30 Enchantment Creature - Human Cleric
Instant (8)
1 Counterspell
$1.65 Instant
1 Despark
$0.51 Instant
1 Dovin's Veto
$3.98 Instant
1 Enlightened Tutor
$23.37 Instant
1 Fierce Guardianship
$36.47 Instant
1 Generous Gift
$0.83 Instant
1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.13 Instant
1 Utter End
$0.26 Instant
Sorcery (8)
1 Brilliant Restoration
$0.61 Sorcery
1 Cleansing Meditation
$1.20 Sorcery
1 Damn
$1.33 Sorcery
1 Dance of the Manse
$0.65 Sorcery
1 Extinguish All Hope
$0.30 Sorcery
1 Idyllic Tutor
$8.34 Sorcery
1 Ponder
$2.32 Sorcery
1 Toxic Deluge
$5.72 Sorcery
Artifact (4)
1 Cloud Key
$3.68 Artifact
1 Crystal Chimes
$1.10 Artifact
1 Mind Stone
$0.19 Artifact
1 Sol Ring
$1.83 Artifact
Enchantment (28)
1 As Foretold
$1.05 Enchantment
1 Aura of Silence
$3.31 Enchantment
1 Bitterblossom
$16.15 Tribal Enchantment - Faerie
1 Black Market
$2.68 Enchantment
1 Blind Obedience
$2.53 Enchantment
1 Bloodchief Ascension
$12.92 Enchantment
1 Boon Reflection
$8.31 Enchantment
1 Dictate of Heliod
$0.46 Enchantment
1 Enchanted Evening
$3.92 Enchantment
1 Ethereal Absolution
$0.38 Enchantment
1 Ghostly Prison
$5.97 Enchantment
1 Gift of Immortality
$3.36 Enchantment - Aura
1 Grasp of Fate
$0.56 Enchantment
1 Grave Pact
$13.02 Enchantment
1 Greater Auramancy
$12.34 Enchantment
1 Greed
$0.44 Enchantment
1 Hallowed Haunting
$8.33 Enchantment
1 Land Tax
$17.53 Enchantment
1 One with the Multiverse
$2.01 Enchantment
1 Propaganda
$1.87 Enchantment
1 Reconnaissance Mission
$1.16 Enchantment
1 Revel in Riches
$21.39 Enchantment
1 Rhystic Study
$52.00 Enchantment
1 Sanguine Bond
$4.43 Enchantment
1 Smothering Tithe
$35.19 Enchantment
1 Sphere of Safety
$3.34 Enchantment
1 Starfield of Nyx
$14.02 Enchantment
1 Zur's Weirding
$0.72 Enchantment
Land (38)
1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
$3.43 Land // Land
1 Command Beacon
$7.67 Land
1 Command Tower
$0.25 Land
1 Exotic Orchard
$0.18 Land
1 Godless Shrine
$12.41 Land - Plains Swamp
1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
$4.54 Legendary Land
1 Hallowed Fountain
$8.80 Land - Plains Island
7 Island
$0.14 Basic Land - Island
1 Obscura Storefront
$0.22 Land
10 Plains
$0.06 Basic Land - Plains
1 Port Town
$0.31 Land
1 Prairie Stream
$0.18 Land - Plains Island
1 Restless Fortress
$0.59 Land
1 Sunken Hollow
$0.27 Land - Island Swamp
8 Swamp
$1.33 Basic Land - Swamp
1 Watery Grave
$14.03 Land - Island Swamp
Sideboard - 9 cards, 9 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (3)
1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
$0.25 Enchantment Creature - Nymph
1 Nighthowler
$0.27 Enchantment Creature - Horror
1 Treasury Thrull
$0.22 Creature - Thrull
Sorcery (1)
1 Resurgent Belief
$0.66 Sorcery
Artifact (4)
1 Alhammarret's Archive
$13.68 Legendary Artifact
1 Arcane Signet
$0.81 Artifact
1 Bolas's Citadel
$15.02 Legendary Artifact
1 Commander's Sphere
$0.18 Artifact
Enchantment (1)
1 Omniscience
$5.26 Enchantment

Notes
 
Power level: 5.5 - 6.5 / Bracket 4

Overview:
This Zur, Eternal Schemer deck focuses on enchantment synergy, leveraging Zur's ability to animate non-Aura enchantments into hexproof threats. It aims to control the board with stax effects and incremental value, eventually winning through combat with buffed enchantment creatures, treasure generation via Revel in Riches, or life drain via Sanguine Bond. The deck has moderate combo potential and relies heavily on Zur's ability to protect its key pieces.

Primer:
Core Strategy: The deck operates in three phases:

Early Setup: Play low-cost enchantments like Rhystic Study and Smothering Tithe to generate value, using Zur, Eternal Schemer to animate them into hexproof blockers/attackers by turn 4-5.
Midgame Control: Deploy stax pieces like Blind Obedience and Grave Pact while building a critical mass of enchantments. Use Starfield of Nyx or Hallowed Haunting to turn enchantments into creatures.
Win Conversion: Close games through combat with buffed enchantment creatures, Revel in Riches treasure victory, or Sanguine Bond life drain synergies. Enchanted Evening enables explosive turns with Cleansing Meditation recursion.
Key Tips:

Animate key value engines like Rhystic Study first for protected card draw
Use Greater Auramancy to protect all enchantments from targeted removal
Cleansing Meditation with threshold acts as a one-sided board wipe + recursion
Prioritize tutoring Enchanted Evening for combo potential with Aura Thief
Weaknesses:
Critical:

Vulnerable to mass enchantment removal (Farewell, Cleansing Nova)
Relies on Zur staying alive to enable hexproof on key pieces
Moderate:

Slow setup against fast aggro
Limited instant-speed interaction for resolved threats
Minor:

Some high-CMC payoffs (e.g., Dictate of Heliod)
Most Important Cards:
Enchanted Evening
Starfield of Nyx
Revel in Riches
Sanguine Bond
Smothering Tithe
Rhystic Study
Greater Auramancy
Bitterblossom
Grave Pact
Zur's Weirding
Attribute Ratings:
Speed: 5/10

Goldfish win around T8-10 through combat or Revel in Riches. High-CMC payoffs like One with the Multiverse slow the clock.
Resilience: 7/10

Hexproof from Zur and Greater Auramancy provide good protection. Hall of Heliod's Generosity and Brilliant Restoration offer recursion, but relies on Zur surviving.
Consistency: 6/10

3 tutors (Enlightened Tutor, Idyllic Tutor, Zur's Weirding filtering) and card draw engines, but lacks redundancy for key combo pieces.
Interaction: 7/10

10+ targeted removal/counters (S-Tier: Fierce Guardianship, A-Tier: Swords to Plowshares, Dovin's Veto). Stax pieces provide passive disruption.
Rating Justification:
The deck sits between Optimized Casual (T8-10 wins) and Focused (T7-8) tiers. It has stronger interaction and recursion than typical precons but lacks the fast mana and compact combos of high-power decks. The reliance on combat damage through incremental value rather than deterministic combos keeps it below Focused Competitive levels. Comparable to upgraded enchantress decks with moderate stax elements.
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