#zurgo

Sarkhan: If I saw a dragon, nobody would be able to stop me.

Zurgo: Stop you from what.

Sarkhan:

@mtggaydaily Not exactly fanart, but you can’t post a picture of a guy sitting and not expect shit posters to photoshop them on the iron throne.

Some high synergy cards for Zurgo, Helmsmasher EDH. I have played Zurgo EDH for 5 years now and I always forget that I have my current list under the tribal hub of Tappedout because it's boardwipe tirbal.

Zurgo Helmsmasher (Board Wipe Edition) 

Someone gave me an idea for this gem, it sounds absurd and grindy I know. But it has the potential to be quite effective, since Zurgo is indestructible during your turn you can just clear the board of threats and keep beating face unimpeded. Eventually people will get the message and just not commit to the board any more. And It only takes three hits to kill a player with this monster. Lets see what I can do. 

Oh Look, the world ended...Again

I did suggest this would be a board wipe tribal which does mean that any creatures we do put in the deck are either expendable or have indestructible themselves. There aren’t many creatures that are innately indestructible though, just Stuffy Doll, Tajic, Blade of the Legion, Avacyn, Angel of Hope and the gods, there are a few Darksteel creatures that are indestructible too, but they’re a bit expensive and lets not forget Blightsteel Colossus if you’re that desperate to win. Anya, Merciless Angel is also indestructble if an opponent is at half their starting life total. 

Complete Destruction 

There are a lot of board wipes out there now, most just get rid of creatures, which we will have in abundance, But there are some that are tailored to get rid of certain things like Austere Command and Sudden Demise, which can be tailored to deal with artifacts or enchantments as well as creatures of high or low CMC or even creatures of a certain color. Merciless Eviction can be used to get rid of any card type permanently. And End Hostilities gets rid of Equipment and Enchantments that are attached to creatures too. I was going to put in land destruction too, but then I hate it when that happens, so I didn’t. 

I need things to hit you with 

So now everything’s gone, hopefully we still have some useful equipment lying around that the survivors can use to get their own back, while your opponent’s are at a disadvantage. First we have Open the Armory and Steelshaper’s Gift as well as Stonehewer Giant or Stoneforge Mystic to help us go and find this awesome stuff. You know, like a cool Sword or Cloak or Battering Ram, or even an overpowered God Spear thing (You know what I mean). Also with Sigarda’s Aid you can have angels handing zurgo this stuff at instant speed. 

Elspeth, Gideon and Nahiri  

I don’t usually use planeswalkers if I can help it. But these might be useful here. Elspeth, Sun’s Champion can help us clear some of the bigger threats if the game drags on for a while. Gideon, Ally of Zendikar and Gideon of the Trials can both become powerful indestructible creatures that can probably get a bit of extra damage in if Zurgo isn’t around. Nahiri the Lithomancer is always useful in an equipment deck as she can avoid mana costs for equipment and even return them from the graveyard, as well as make an indestructible Stoneforged Blade with grants +5/+5 and Double Strike to the wielder. 

And Finally...