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Zur, Eternal Schemer

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Flying
Enchantment creatures you control have deathtouch, lifelink, and hexproof.
{1}{W}: Target non-Aura enchantment you control becomes a creature in addition to its other types and has base power and base toughness each equal to its mana value.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}
Color identity
BUW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Dominaria United Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#3836
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Zur, Eternal Schemer card art
Zur, Eternal Schemer turns every enchantment you control into a threat by granting deathtouch, lifelink, or hexproof based on its mana value — the payoff for going wide with cheap enchantments is immediate and requires no additional mana. The cost is a five-mana legend in three colors who does nothing if the board is already empty, and cards like Central Elevator // Promising Stairs and Aminatou, Veil Piercer expose just how deep the enchantment synergy pool runs when you're willing to build around him.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Aminatou, Veil Piercer

Aminatou, Veil Piercer

46.5% of decks · synergy 0.43

Aminatou, Veil Piercer runs Zur, Eternal Schemer in nearly half her decks because she wants as many enchantments as possible to trigger her curse-removal ETB, and Zur converts that enchantment density into a combat clock with deathtouch and lifelink baked in.

02
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

33.6% of decks · synergy 0.30

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin churns out Shrine enchantment tokens every upkeep, and Zur, Eternal Schemer makes each of those tokens a deathtouch blocker that gains life — the token flood becomes a defensive wall that also closes out games.

03
The Master of Keys

The Master of Keys

29.5% of decks · synergy 0.26

The Master of Keys cares about artifacts and enchantments hitting the battlefield, and Zur, Eternal Schemer ensures every enchantment in that engine immediately threatens combat damage with hexproof or deathtouch depending on its cost.

04

Terra, Magical Adept

21.4% of decks · synergy 0.18

Terra, Magical Adept casts spells from unusual zones and rewards enchantment density, so Zur, Eternal Schemer slots in as a force multiplier that makes every enchantment Terra resolves pull double duty as a buffed attacker or blocker.

05
Zur the Enchanter

Zur the Enchanter

12.5% of decks · synergy 0.09

Zur the Enchanter tutors enchantments directly onto the battlefield, and Zur, Eternal Schemer immediately grants those fetched enchantments relevant keywords — the two cards form a natural value loop where every attack with the Enchanter arms the Schemer's board.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Zur, Eternal Schemer does his real work — enchantment-heavy builds in Esper colors have the density of cheap auras and constellation payoffs to make his keyword grants matter from the first few turns. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer he's legal but sees essentially no play: five mana for a do-nothing-on-entry creature is too slow without the redundancy and synergy density that Commander enables. Legacy and Vintage have access to him but have no reason to look; those formats don't want a five-mana enchantment synergy lord when faster wins are available. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Zur, Eternal Schemer is worth a conversation, particularly as a signature spell target or a companion piece to an enchantment-focused planeswalker, but Commander remains the clear home.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Zur, Eternal Schemer isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given that he's a multicolor five-drop with narrow synergy requirements, he typically sits in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up for any Esper enchantment build regardless of price point.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.