MTG Salvation

So here is my Zedruu, the Greathearted group-hug-esque edh. Like many of the group hugs that exist, this deck kinda has a lot of weird plays. I think most the effects can be split into 3 groups; the pillows, the hugs and the gifts.

My favourite part about this deck though is that many opposing players have a tough time figuring out what to do with it. It is quite unintuitive to play against, simply because a lot of the group-hug aspects are actually what causes all the other players to suffer against Zedruu!



Some basic notes on some of the card choices and engines:
- homeward path and puca's mischief = gain control of an opposing non-creature, non-land permanent once an upkeep.
- bazaar trader and dominus of fealty = give to any player (including yourself) any artifact, creature or land any player controls once per turn!
- zedruu or bazaar trader plus grid monitor, steel golem, akron legionnaire, illusions of grandeur or delusions of mediocrity
- zur's weirding is a brilliant control card by itself. Since zedruu has a low threat density in the deck, it would almost never be denied. That and it can be donated for some smug card drawing and life gaining from zedruu.
- font of mythos, howling mine, a donated forced fruition, thought reflection and venser's journal combined with niv-mizzet, the firemind, laboratory maniac and/or braids, conjurer adept. For the games when it just goes on for too long.

Against control, possibility storm and zur's weirding are alright, but the best ability would be my political clout of being able to say: "look, im helping you guys draw so many cards! surely there is something you can do about that polar kraken that has been triple-pumped with wine of blood and iron".

But against ramp, oath of lieges is brilliant. i WAS thinking about adding cataclysm (not just because it is a brilliant card) to punish those who'd over-extend the lieges' usage (or over ramping themselves). But in the end, cataclysm just felt too mean.

I can say that as a deck, it runs quite alright. Some cards like dreamscape artist and zur's weirding are absolute all-stars. it's never won with laboratory maniac though, but it has won on a wild ricochet-ed kicked rites of replication aiming at a blightsteel colossus.

Not sure what other people here think about storm herd and isperia, supreme judge though. i don't think they do that great a job. I added storm herd and beacon of immortality as game-ending conditions, but its never really worked.

Uh, I see a Seedborn Muse... Did you mean Windborn Muse?