Brandon Zhu's Deck

UB
Commander 👑Paper 🎴Placement: 4Record: 1-1-1
Player:Brandon Zhu
Tournament:Magic Stronghold cEDH Tuesday
Date:2026-05-27

Art by Seb McKinnon

2 decklist errors: Not enough mainboard cards. Current: 99; Min: 100 · Missing commander

Decklist (99)

$14,482.91+

Creature

(18)

$404.48

1

Cephalid Illusionist

1U

$0.37

1

Diamond Lion

2

$0.40

1

Mai, Scornful Striker

1B

$1.46

1

Orcish Bowmasters

GC1B

$175.63

1

Pollywog Prodigy

1U

$6.03

1

Thassa's Oracle

GCUU

$88.41

1

Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

3

$8.58

1

Shimmer Myr

3

$0.61

1

Valley Floodcaller

2U

$5.57

1

Clever Impersonator

2UU

$2.66

1

Phyrexian Metamorph

3UP

$2.50

1

Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

2UUU

$0.77

1

Consecrated Sphinx

GC4UU

$33.26

1

Sire of Stagnation

4UB

$7.31

1

Doctor Octopus, Master Planner

5UB

$4.45

1

Nezahal, Primal Tide

5UU

$8.97

1

Astral Dragon

6UU

$42.41

1

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

8UU

$15.09

Instant

(27)

$1,727.03

1

Pact of Negation

0

$108.08

1

Cut Down

B

$5.61

1

Dark Ritual

B

$111.80

1

Demonic Consultation

B

$149.45

1

Dispel

U

$1.23

1

Entomb

B

$17.80

1

Essence Flux

U

$1.69

1

Flusterstorm

U

$51.57

1

Mental Misstep

UP

$172.79

1

Mystical Tutor

GCU

$18.90

1

Swan Song

U

$11.69

1

Vampiric Tutor

GCB

$53.57

1

Cabal Ritual

1B

$60.49

1

Cyclonic Rift

GC1U

$42.60

1

Daze

1U

$1.84

1

Disrupting Shoal

XUU

$40.66

1

Planar Incision

1U

$1.85

1

Tainted Pact

1B

$509.99

1

Fierce Guardianship

GC2U

$73.48

1

Force of Negation

1UU

$58.25

1

Frantic Search

2U

$1.32

1

Ghostly Flicker

2U

$1.14

1

Mindbreak Trap

2UU

$112.63

1

Snuff Out

3B

$22.99

1

Force of Will

GC3UU

$67.99

1

Misdirection

3UU

$12.64

1

Commandeer

5UU

$14.98

Sorcery

(5)

$292.89

1

Imperial Seal

GCB

$181.91

1

Reanimate

B

$16.41

1

Scheming Symmetry

B

$15.54

1

Demonic Tutor

GC1B

$78.66

1

Step Through

3UU

$0.37

Artifact

(20)

$6,390.91

1

Chrome Mox

GC0

$214.68

1

Lion's Eye Diamond

GC0

$809.21

1

Lotus Petal

0

$148.79

1

Mox Diamond

GC0

$1,119.70

1

Mox Opal

0

$259.39

1

Paradise Mantle

0

$8.75

1

Expedition Map

1

$1.78

1

Mana Vault

GC1

$157.33

1

Shuko

1

$0.73

1

Sol Ring

1

$2.01

1

Arcane Signet

2

$0.65

1

Fellwar Stone

2

$1.00

1

Grim Monolith

GC2

$3,483.66

1

Lightning Greaves

2

$4.42

1

Mesmeric Orb

2

$23.68

1

Moonsilver Key

2

$43.30

1

Talisman of Dominance

2

$9.22

1

Wishclaw Talisman

1B

$1.98

1

Basalt Monolith

3

$97.77

1

Bender's Waterskin

3

$2.86

Enchantment

(3)

$100.40

1

Mystic Remora

U

$14.71

1

Necromancy

2B

$18.29

1

Rhystic Study

GC2U

$67.40

Land

(26)

$5,567.20+

1

Ancient Tomb

GC

$127.87

1

Bloodstained Mire

$20.58

1

Cavern of Souls

$54.03

1

City of Brass

$120.97

1

City of Traitors

$553.14

1

Clearwater Pathway

$4.92

1

Command Tower

$0.29

1

Flooded Strand

$17.33

1

Forbidden Orchard

$9.87

1

Gemstone Caverns

$64.78

1

Mana Confluence

$35.32

1

Marsh Flats

$37.92

1

Mishra's Workshop

GC

$3,925.00

1

Misty Rainforest

$43.66

1

Morphic Pool

$29.18

1

Multiversal Passage

$6.92

1

Polluted Delta

$22.01

1

Scalding Tarn

$42.32

1

Starting Town

$17.28

1

Tarnished Citadel

$358.81

1

Undercity Sewers

$17.78

1

Underground River

$5.24

1

Underground Sea

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1

Vault of Whispers

$5.02

1

Verdant Catacombs

$36.94

1

Watery Grave

$10.02

Tokens (4)

$0.24+

1

Bird

Created by

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1

Copy

Created by

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1

Orc Army

Created by

$0.24

1

Spirit

Created by

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Mana Spectrum

Card Types

Instant27 cards (27%)
Land26 cards (26%)
Artifact25 cards (25%)
Creature18 cards (18%)
Sorcery5 cards (5%)
Enchantment3 cards (3%)

Mana Curve

Average mana value (nonlands): 2.48