This guy just proves that there is no selfless good deed.
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Mark Zug Is Aa Beast
ZeroSheep
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
My favorite precon Commander. The politics with this card...oh man.
Artscrafter
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Great political tool, and of course you can build around things that don't actually benefit your opponents if they control them. Grid Monitor, Steel Golem, and of course, Illusions of Grandeur come to mind. Hey, it even makes Darksteel Relic less useless (for you, anyway.)
Side note: Minotaur? That's clearly a Goat Monk.
Smauls
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
This and Homeward Path is crazy! I can't believe Political Puppets didn't include it in the original list..
You give away your walls for political/life/card advantage. Then if someone doesn't play along, you wait for them to be attacked. Once this happens, you TAP the Path to take all your walls back and they're screwed! You don't have to worry about retaliation because you have things like Ghostly Prison and if you added it, Norn's Annex, to potect you. Not to mention YOU HAVE ALL YOUR WALLS BACK!!
The path also helps if you get targeted by a kicked Gatkeeper of Malakir or the like. Just tap it to get your stuff back, sac something you didn't have anyway, and begin anew.
But Artscrafter is right, we need more offensive cards to give our opponents.
the fun list goes on and on. too bad necrotic plague is black
Atali
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(6 votes)
If you just load up on giving your opponent things that they don't want, you'll just get Zedruu killed and never benefit from his first ability. It's political, give another player a blocker at a key junction and gain an ally. Attack, then give that creature to another player so they can attack with it as well, makes ganging up on someone better. Give someone control of one of your Vows so THEY can't be attacked. This is political manipulation, not little combos with Bronze Bombshell and the like (though that's really fun too =P).
triston
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I havent played this card yet, but I am SUPER excited to.
Beastlygreen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Seems a bit ridiculous. Sure there a bunch of interactions you could do, but in the end, he could die and your opponents have your stuff. This just isn't as fun as the other commanders they've made.
Wizard-of-the-Toast
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Thank god, I've been trying to get rid of my Infernal Denizen for years, here you have him... Also as this card art looks no more threatening than Clambassadors they suit an unglued deck together, maybe with Shared Fate, Thieves' Auction and Burning Cinder Fury of Crimson Chaos Fire. Sorry folks, I just can't take this goat seriously as a commander, even though his abilities could net you great life and card draw if used well.
lol every time I read her name I think it says "Zedruu the Goat-hearted"
Sironos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is awakening the Johnny in me. People talk so much about how political puppets is the weakest deck, I want to buy it and tweek the **** out of it, just to prove that this can actually work.
@So what if he dies? You just summon him again, as I'd assume he is your general in EDH.
He has political use in multiplayer, but the REAL challenge is making him work in 1on1. A commander centered around donate, this is definitely interesting.
Feralsymphony
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Character Bio: Zedruu the Greathearted was born into a warrior family, lithe and combative like her father, but her path led her away from war. When she was young, a plague cursed her Erlundi people, leaving a wake of death. She learned painfully that not every fight can be won by the sword. In desperation, she offered her life in exchange for her people's, and thanks to her willing sacrifice, the curse was broken. Now she is revered among her people for her patience, benevolence, and hard-won wisdom.
sonorhC
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(12 votes)
Jinxed Idol isn't the best choice, since it gives your opponent a way to get rid of any creatures you might want to give to them (like, say, Steel Golem). Or even just that Gilded Drake you used to steal their general-- It's probably doing you more good than them.
Another point, though: Obviously this is great for the cursed things you'd use with Donate or whatever, but let's not also forget that there are a lot of cards out there that don't really care who their controller is, including EDH staples like Arrest or Pithing Needle. Once you've cast these things, you might as well donate them the next time you have the mana to spare, to increase your lifegain and card advantage.
@Cyberium: This wouldn't work too well with the vows, though, since the "you" in "can't attack you" is the aura's controller.
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(6 votes)
@caldur06: Maybe even "Zedruu the Goat-herded" ;)
But she indeed is greathearded: she shows that being generous improves your mental health and awareness :D
Being triple-colored i'd have liked her more without the colorless mana in the activation cost, but she has still a very interesting upkeep trigger nonetheless.
Confusion in the Ranks and Puca's Mischief are probably the most fun cards with this. The trick is to keep her on your side of the field then obviously...because let's face it, in the end we're not really that generous. At least not to our opponents :P
Arachibutyrophobia
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(7 votes)
red, white, and blue - AMERICA!
NocteMundi
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(10 votes)
"Play Thought Lash. Wait for your upkeep. Cumulative Upkeep on the stack. Donate Thought Lash. Donation resolves. Fail to pay the Cumulative Upkeep. Thought Lash's ability triggers, removing it's controller's library from the game. Boom. Headshot."
-A very smart man.
axiobeta
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The card is interesting but I can't get over how this Minotaur goat thing has people boobs.
yyukichigai
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Oh my god. Did... did someone actually make Rainbow Valeplayable?
It's a shame token creatures are owned by the person who puts them into play, or Varchild's War-Riders would be even more potentially broken than they already are. Still, this can provide endless hours of unbridled hilarity. Illusions of Grandeur and Delusions of Mediocrity spring to mind.
bowlofgumbo
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
I'm really glad that (finally) we have more RWU cards, but I kind of wish it was more of a Timmy and less of a Johnny personally. Lightning Angel status ...
Splizer
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Type your comment here.
TPmanW
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
A fun card to build around but please note that she's not a particularly strong commander. Someone like Damia, Sage of Stone can beat Zedruu's card drawing ability for a whole lot less effort. The lifegain is nice but not enough to make up for the over all lack of power. If Zedruu had some black in her it would be a different story though. There are a whole lot of lich effects that are just begging to run with her. Transcendence is a fun white alternative, but that's the only one I can think of.
everytime i read her effect i think of phage the untouchable
RJDroid
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(15 votes)
It is the will of Zedruu that you should have … this Howling Mine. Take it. I bequeath it to you. While you possess it, it shall draw both of us extra cards. I’m going to gain a life now. It is the will of Zedruu that you should have … these Goblin Cadets. May they serve you well. Although they flinch in battle, they occasionally reach through to an opponent. I want you to have them. I will be over here, drawing extra cards. It is the will of Zedruu that you should have … the rest of this sandwich. Do you not want the rest of this sandwich? I haven’t even eaten half of it. It is good, it is an asiago turkey club. From Panera. Right, the one near the college. It is the will of Zedruu that you should take the sandwich, and finish most of it. Take it. I insist.
Having played this as my general for a bit ... the activation cost is too high to be really useful. It would have been much better if it were three colorless, or even just a tap effect (which it is on Bazaar Trader, a clearly not-too-powerful card). As it stands, you pretty much have to build the whole deck around giving things to people in other ways, because the cost for Zedruu is just too high unless you're abusing it like you would with Donate. So Zedruu doesn't really work that well, even if it is flavorful.
Ideatog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Heheh goat bewbs...
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hey. Heeeeeey. I heard that you like Sapphire Leech. Where? Oh, around the water cooler. Playing monogreen? Ooooh, not my problem bud. Oh, and take this fruitcake elemental back. It's starting to smell. Yes, I'm paying the colored mana to give it back. Problem?
yaije9841
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ alexanderwales218
Zedruu does have one thing over Bazaar Trader, Zedruu can give away enchantments.
Though Bazaar Trader can also give yourself things that you steal away by whatever effects. (assuming the card you're targetting isn't an enchantment).
Radiant_Phoenix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ilovealara: Demonic Appetite doesn't work -- it says, "enchant creature you control," and the person you gave it to doesn't control the creature it enchants, so it just falls off and goes to the graveyard.
Mr_Hendry
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I thought to be a minotaur you had to have the head of a bull not the head of a goat?
Well anyway, cool card and useful to boot.
Minopan. That would be a more fitting name for a goat-headed man. Maybe . . .
Generalissimo442
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This, to me, is EDH. You use the general to back up your words of friendship, and wait for the coming Insurrection to try and take them all down. Also, before you say this underpowered, think of the possibilities with global effects. I've seen versions that can beat a tough Kaalia deck 1 V 1
nope.avi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
troll combo in edh use zedruu as your commander have a bunch of phyrexian mana things in your deck get below 20 life play transcendence donate it not sure if you would get it back when the opponent loses but if you do then keep doing it till you win edit it would be exiled the instant the player lost
The look on my opponent's face when I donate storm crow...
Scrambleverse, shared fate, psychosis crawler, grid monitor/steel golem, nevermore, exclusion ritual, oblivion ring...my idea for this deck was to make it less about winning, and more about messing with the rest of the table as much as possible. It wins a lot too though.
ScissorsLizard
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Probably not the BEST general ever printed, but he makes for very interesting deck construction, and I respect that.
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
You know, at first this doesn't seem very 'America Flavored', but then I realized, it's like you're on Wall Street, wheeling and dealing as you trade around permanents you control. You might not even care about owning the permanents themselves, so long as you have a thriving capitalist economy going on at your table netting you cards and life.
I think I'm going to make a deck called 'Stock Market Crash' designed to specifically kill her.
OpenSeasonNoobs
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Probably the most interesting of the commander set generals... Probably not the best, but he is super interesting.
gman92
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I could see this card igniting a reference to America (Red White and Blue) and our economy (giving stuff away? I don't know.) but I don't really know what reference, to be honest.
0pp0
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
From the Comprehensive Rules (May 1, 2008) 216. Tokens 216.1. Some effects put tokens into play. A token is controlled by whoever put it into play and owned by the controller of the spell or ability that created it.
Play Hunted Phantasm, Hunted Dragon, Hunted Lammasu, and Forbidden Orchard. Win so hard.
Tinno
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@0pp0
That rule was changed with M10 or something I think it was, the current ruling is this.
110.5a A token is both owned and controlled by the player under whose control it entered the battlefield.
BuffJittePLZ
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@TPmanW I do not think I have ever seen Damia, Sage of Stone survive until its owner's upkeep in a game of EDH/Commander. Also, once she dies a couple of times you are paying tons of mana to play her again.
Zedruu the Greathearted's effect is slight enough at times that she can survive for a while, and even when she does draw hate, she is low-cost enough to be re-played easily.
Zedruu can be interesting... but only if it sticks. If Zedruu gets removed, the deck effectively shuts down because you don't want any of the stuff in play under your own control. Hard to build win conditions outside of Zedruu. Combat damage is nearly out of the question in these colors. Commander damage... not a chance.
Xycolian
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
If you're gonna make an EDH deck with this as your general, then you might as well throw in a Bazaar Trader
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@eksentrysyti: the stuff you've already given your opponent is not given back to you if Zedruu is removed. Her effect does not have a "as long as Zedruu remains on the battlefield" clause.
Of course, you still stop gaining life, drawing cards, and are unable to give your opponent any more junk.
pedrodyl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When I doomblade it, I say "Zed's dead, baby."
shotoku64
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Scrambleverse. There, I said it. Her face is like "Mwahaha you let Scrambleverse resolve, did you? Foolish mortal!"
mdakw576
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Zedruu really needed some kind of protection or cost less. If was, say, a 1/3 for RWU, or a donation cost that was just 3 instead of RWU, it would be so much better. As is, it's a difficult deck to play, because any half-decent player understands the importance of card draw, so the moment you manage to donate something, she dies.
psychichobo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
... how the hell has no-one mentioned Rust Elemental yet?
TwentyFifthBaam
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Oh, you're about to die in EDH? Here - take this Lich's Mirror.
Guarantee their immortality, and at the same time make sure that if they come back they'll want revenge on the person that killed them.
Nobody seems to have noticed that it says, "Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control".
Take someone's big, mean something with Traitorous Blood. Swing away with it, and then toss it off to someone the original owner might not be getting along with. Or the guy getting pummeled. Or the hot chick.
Plus, you can always gift someone your Sorrow's Path.
Redmag3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like using her in EDH to donate Azor's Elocutors, Barren Glory, and Test of Endurance ... it nets you huge goodwill from the person you gave it to (and incentive for them to keep you alive, while subtly putting a target on their head instead)
The politics with Zedruu is amazing, your opponents like you for giving them a gleam of hope (and a huge target on their back) while you draw cards and gain life from the shadows.
Aside from donating all of those permanents that does something good for you if your opponent controls them. You can also donate permanents that doesn't really matter who controls them, like Howling Mine or whatever
Rancid_Raptor
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
0/5 because its not a goat, so I can't steal it with goatnapper.
@Fallout90: Your plan consists of giving them an efficient creature? That's... interesting. Sure, it sets them back a land each turn, but they get a face-smasher.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Red White & Blue.
America likes to donate to the same people they ruin so yeah fits the theme
Salient
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
...Red, White, and Blue? Is this supposed to be Uncle Sam?
After I scratched some lint off this card it read, "At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of military bases you own in your opponents' territory. : Target opponent gains a military base you control."
Demonic_Math_Tutor
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
How to make friends and influence people:
Give them free sh*t
Problem solved
Mr_McPippens
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dominus of Fealty once per turn take control of a permanent an opponent controls, then use zedruu to give it to a different opponent permanently
I dont really like table talk, it undermines deck construction and internal strategy in my opinion, but im seriously thinking of making a zedruu edh deck for large multiplayer games.
edit: didnt know dominus came in the political puppets deck, nice combo anyway, u can also use effects like Insurrection and zedruu to line up the board as u see fit
a great thing to note, is consider a 3 player game. you as A, opponent B, opponent C. you know opponent C has the weakest deck, you conspire to kill B and do so by taking B's creatures and giving them to C with zedruu, your opponent hopefully wont realise, when B dies the creatures you gave to C are removed, if played right you will secretly set yourself up to win
Akroan Horse soon to become a great addition for this deck.
SirLibraryEater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can't tell if this is male or female and it's making me very uncomfortable.
tomato101
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Step 1)Donate an infinite reflection attached to a wormfang manta. Step 2)Give them a assemble the legion with tons of charge counters on it. Step 3)Win the game.
gprat_Abaddon
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
So i got a question if i arrest my opponents creature does that count as my opponent controling it or do i control it for Zedruu's first ability
Cyberium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Aura and permanents with global effects are perfect donate tools. Even without combo like Illusion and Steel Golem you can simply donate your aura to your opponent to get the same effect. Switching control of aura doesn't remove the benefit you get from them in most cases, and there's little harm to donate Howling Mine and its elks.
Flyinpenguin117
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(7 votes)
I love how all the cards represent America Ruhan attacks people at random Numot destroys countries This guy sells arms to your enemies.
AeroSigma
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Guys, {R}{W}{U} are obviously French colors. Zedruu is surrendering territory to the enemies, and the extra life are just kickbacks from the hostile army.
Or wait, I mean Finnish colors. Zedruu is- No, Wait! Zedruu is North Korea, OMG, obviously Russia.....
/sarcasm
If you're going to be nationalist, at least be fair about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_White_and_Blue
You could make snarky comparisons to the {R}{W}{U} cards and almost any of these countries.
... Except Sint Maarten. Sint Maarten is perfect.
endersblade
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Unless I'm missing something, wouldn't this allow you to keep any/all other players in the game indefinitely with Lich's Mirror? When they die, the mirror stays in play, since they don't own it. So as long as they control the mirror, they are essentially immortal. And using something like homeward path, you could pass it around to anyone at any time.
Pick15
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
BILLY MAYS HERE FOR CARDS YOU DON'T WANT! HERE, TAKE THIS DARKSTEEL RELIC. IT DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE OF 1 CARD AND 1 LIFE! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! ACTIVATE NOW AND WE'LL THROW IN THIS GRID MONITOR ABSOLUTELY THE SAME PRICE! ACTIVATE NOW!
Once upon a time I was playing a 4 player edh match on octgn. One of the players was playing Nylea, God of the Hunt and had out a primalcrux, a Khalni Hydra, a Terra Stomper and a bunch of other scary but less notable stuff. All I had was a Celestial Dawn a Phyrexian Metamorph'd Primalcrux, and zedruu with around 3 donated cards floating around. Obviously his board position was scary, I had a choice, lock him with a celestial dawn, or lose (he was gunning for me because of a previous game) so I donated celestial dawn to him, and slapped down Solitary Confinement to stop the inevitable onslaught of hate. He didn't understand how celestial dawn prevents you from generating colored mana if you're not playing white. Once he figured it out, he got ***ed, really ***ed. He started attacking me despite the fact that it did nothing, then he made about 100 copies of celestial dawn, spelled the F word with them, dragged them over my board, passed control to me, and left the game. We couldn't finish the game because I couldn't use anything on my board. It was so funny though, and I will forever love zedruu for that moment alone. It also pretty much made me stop playing EDH, too many people who play it can't handle control or locks, and freak out like babies. It sucks, because it's a fun format, but people like that just ruin the game for me. (Sorry about the lack of autocard, on my phone)
Syrtees
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@TwentyFifthBaam Fun fact! Saving someone with Lich's Mirror when they're losing as a result of commander damage causes the mirror to FOLD TIME AND SPACE IN ON ITSELF and end the entire game in a draw. This is due to the nature of commander damage functioning similar to poison counters, two things that the mirror cannot get rid of. Therefore the game initiates an infinite loop which ends in a draw. That's right! Your hugs deck does indeed have a way to end the game.
Magus_of_Farts
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I love my Zedruu deck. I use it mainly in 1v1 EDH. My most valuable donate target: Statecraft But there are just so many excellent ones: thought lash is another, just use it to keep yourself alive then donate when you can't pay any more. Throw in paradox haze to speed things up. Throw in illusions of grandeur and venser, the sojourner for even more trix.
@mongoose, "you" refers to the controller, not the owner. Illusions of grandeur therefore would cost them 20 life! super fun.
DeathByMongoose
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Maybe I'm stupid but I really don't understand how illusions of grandeur is at all useful in this deck. You gain 20 life, pass it off to your opponent, they gain control of the upkeep... They don't pay it, you lose 20 life. Please someone explain to me how this is useful?
edit: @arazeal, ah makes sense! didn't think about the you transferring. thanks :)
j_mindfingerpainter
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
EDIT: @DeathByMongoose and @Arazeal: This is 20 life we're talking about! Like others have said, you can do better with Venser. (Donate Illusions, exile it and regain control over it, rinse and repeat).
Ooh new Zedruu tech (old cards though): Turn 1: Land, Mana Vault Turn 2: Land, Sky Swallower Turn 3: Land, Sol Ring and/or Signet Turn 4 (if both) or 5 (if one): Land, Zedruu. 3 life and 3 extra cards minimum per turn. Not to mention an 8/8
Another option would be blinking Zedruu with Venser, then casting Sky Swallower...
BlakeHN
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sorry, Zedruu the Goatheaded, but I don't buy the whole "minotaur" thing...
Comments (94)
PLZ!!!!
NOW!!!!!!!11111
If you do I'll give you one of these.....
Grid Monitor, Steel Golem, and of course, Illusions of Grandeur come to mind.
Hey, it even makes Darksteel Relic less useless (for you, anyway.)
Side note: Minotaur? That's clearly a Goat Monk.
You give away your walls for political/life/card advantage. Then if someone doesn't play along, you wait for them to be attacked. Once this happens, you TAP the Path to take all your walls back and they're screwed! You don't have to worry about retaliation because you have things like Ghostly Prison and if you added it, Norn's Annex, to potect you. Not to mention YOU HAVE ALL YOUR WALLS BACK!!
The path also helps if you get targeted by a kicked Gatkeeper of Malakir or the like. Just tap it to get your stuff back, sac something you didn't have anyway, and begin anew.
But Artscrafter is right, we need more offensive cards to give our opponents.
4/5 simply for it's Johnny appeal!!
jinxed idol,
Vedalken Plotter,
Political Trickery,
Shifting Borders,
Celestial Dawn,
thought lash,
Cultural Exchange
the fun list goes on and on. too bad necrotic plague is black
Bazaar Trader also just got a new foster parent :)
My newest find for this lovely lady is Undiscovered Paradise.
"Here, you can have that, and you can attack other peoples with it. But if you attack me... BAM!!!"
@So what if he dies? You just summon him again, as I'd assume he is your general in EDH.
He has political use in multiplayer, but the REAL challenge is making him work in 1on1. A commander centered around donate, this is definitely interesting.
Zedruu the Greathearted was born into a warrior family, lithe and combative like her father, but her path led her away from war. When she was young, a plague cursed her Erlundi people, leaving a wake of death. She learned painfully that not every fight can be won by the sword. In desperation, she offered her life in exchange for her people's, and thanks to her willing sacrifice, the curse was broken. Now she is revered among her people for her patience, benevolence, and hard-won wisdom.
Another point, though: Obviously this is great for the cursed things you'd use with Donate or whatever, but let's not also forget that there are a lot of cards out there that don't really care who their controller is, including EDH staples like Arrest or Pithing Needle. Once you've cast these things, you might as well donate them the next time you have the mana to spare, to increase your lifegain and card advantage.
@Cyberium: This wouldn't work too well with the vows, though, since the "you" in "can't attack you" is the aura's controller.
But she indeed is greathearded: she shows that being generous improves your mental health and awareness :D
Being triple-colored i'd have liked her more without the colorless mana in the activation cost, but she has still a very interesting upkeep trigger nonetheless.
Confusion in the Ranks and Puca's Mischief are probably the most fun cards with this. The trick is to keep her on your side of the field then obviously...because let's face it, in the end we're not really that generous. At least not to our opponents :P
-A very smart man.
It's a shame token creatures are owned by the person who puts them into play, or Varchild's War-Riders would be even more potentially broken than they already are. Still, this can provide endless hours of unbridled hilarity. Illusions of Grandeur and Delusions of Mediocrity spring to mind.
If Zedruu had some black in her it would be a different story though. There are a whole lot of lich effects that are just begging to run with her. Transcendence is a fun white alternative, but that's the only one I can think of.
Take it.
I bequeath it to you.
While you possess it, it shall draw both of us extra cards.
I’m going to gain a life now.
It is the will of Zedruu that you should have … these Goblin Cadets.
May they serve you well. Although they flinch in battle, they occasionally reach through to an opponent.
I want you to have them.
I will be over here, drawing extra cards.
It is the will of Zedruu that you should have … the rest of this sandwich.
Do you not want the rest of this sandwich?
I haven’t even eaten half of it.
It is good, it is an asiago turkey club.
From Panera.
Right, the one near the college.
It is the will of Zedruu that you should take the sandwich, and finish most of it.
Take it. I insist.
http://magiclampoon.com/blog/2011/06/19/it-is-the-will-of-zedruu
I will be over here, gaining extra life.
Heeeeeey.
I heard that you like Sapphire Leech.
Where?
Oh, around the water cooler.
Playing monogreen? Ooooh, not my problem bud. Oh, and take this fruitcake elemental back. It's starting to smell.
Yes, I'm paying the colored mana to give it back. Problem?
Zedruu does have one thing over Bazaar Trader, Zedruu can give away enchantments.
Though Bazaar Trader can also give yourself things that you steal away by whatever effects. (assuming the card you're targetting isn't an enchantment).
Well anyway, cool card and useful to boot.
Minopan. That would be a more fitting name for a goat-headed man. Maybe . . .
Also, before you say this underpowered, think of the possibilities with global effects. I've seen versions that can beat a tough Kaalia deck 1 V 1
use zedruu as your commander have a bunch of phyrexian mana things in your deck get below 20 life play transcendence donate it
not sure if you would get it back when the opponent loses but if you do then keep doing it till you win
edit
it would be exiled the instant the player lost
Scrambleverse, shared fate, psychosis crawler, grid monitor/steel golem, nevermore, exclusion ritual, oblivion ring...my idea for this deck was to make it less about winning, and more about messing with the rest of the table as much as possible. It wins a lot too though.
I think I'm going to make a deck called 'Stock Market Crash' designed to specifically kill her.
216. Tokens
216.1. Some effects put tokens into play. A token is controlled by whoever put it into play and owned by the controller of the spell or ability that created it.
Play Hunted Phantasm, Hunted Dragon, Hunted Lammasu, and Forbidden Orchard.
Win so hard.
That rule was changed with M10 or something I think it was, the current ruling is this.
110.5a A token is both owned and controlled by the player under whose control it entered the battlefield.
Zedruu the Greathearted's effect is slight enough at times that she can survive for a while, and even when she does draw hate, she is low-cost enough to be re-played easily.
"I use Pacifism on your Gilded Drake. And it's all yours. Aren't I generous? I think I'm going to give you that Curse of Bloodletting too.
And now to bask in the spirit of giving."
Of course, you still stop gaining life, drawing cards, and are unable to give your opponent any more junk.
There, I said it.
Her face is like "Mwahaha you let Scrambleverse resolve, did you? Foolish mortal!"
Guarantee their immortality, and at the same time make sure that if they come back they'll want revenge on the person that killed them.
Ah, politics.
Take someone's big, mean something with Traitorous Blood. Swing away with it, and then toss it off to someone the original owner might not be getting along with. Or the guy getting pummeled. Or the hot chick.
Plus, you can always gift someone your Sorrow's Path.
To keep people from attacking me I run tax/stall effects like Propaganda, Norn's Annex and a donated Ensnaring Bridge
The politics with Zedruu is amazing, your opponents like you for giving them a gleam of hope (and a huge target on their back) while you draw cards and gain life from the shadows.
America likes to donate to the same people they ruin so yeah fits the theme
After I scratched some lint off this card it read, "At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of military bases you own in your opponents' territory.
Give them free sh*t
Problem solved
once per turn take control of a permanent an opponent controls, then use zedruu to give it to a different opponent permanently
I dont really like table talk, it undermines deck construction and internal strategy in my opinion, but im seriously thinking of making a zedruu edh deck for large multiplayer games.
edit: didnt know dominus came in the political puppets deck, nice combo anyway, u can also use effects like Insurrection and zedruu to line up the board as u see fit
a great thing to note, is consider a 3 player game. you as A, opponent B, opponent C. you know opponent C has the weakest deck, you conspire to kill B and do so by taking B's creatures and giving them to C with zedruu, your opponent hopefully wont realise, when B dies the creatures you gave to C are removed, if played right you will secretly set yourself up to win
Step 2)Give them a assemble the legion with tons of charge counters on it.
Step 3)Win the game.
Ruhan attacks people at random
Numot destroys countries
This guy sells arms to your enemies.
Or wait, I mean Finnish colors. Zedruu is- No, Wait! Zedruu is North Korea, OMG, obviously Russia.....
/sarcasm
If you're going to be nationalist, at least be fair about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_White_and_Blue
You could make snarky comparisons to the {R}{W}{U} cards and almost any of these countries.
... Except Sint Maarten. Sint Maarten is perfect.
*Cardsyoudon'twantwillnotdoanythinggoodforyouandyouwillnotenjoythegame
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It also pretty much made me stop playing EDH, too many people who play it can't handle control or locks, and freak out like babies. It sucks, because it's a fun format, but people like that just ruin the game for me.
(Sorry about the lack of autocard, on my phone)
My most valuable donate target: Statecraft
But there are just so many excellent ones: thought lash is another, just use it to keep yourself alive then donate when you can't pay any more. Throw in paradox haze to speed things up. Throw in illusions of grandeur and venser, the sojourner for even more trix.
Besides that just donate your junk that doesn't care who has it: moat,oblivion ring,faith's fetters
"you" refers to the controller, not the owner. Illusions of grandeur therefore would cost them 20 life! super fun.
edit: @arazeal,
ah makes sense! didn't think about the you transferring. thanks :)
Ooh new Zedruu tech (old cards though):
Turn 1: Land, Mana Vault
Turn 2: Land, Sky Swallower
Turn 3: Land, Sol Ring and/or Signet
Turn 4 (if both) or 5 (if one): Land, Zedruu. 3 life and 3 extra cards minimum per turn. Not to mention an 8/8
Another option would be blinking Zedruu with Venser, then casting Sky Swallower...