{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🍬 Trick or Treat: The Ultimate Kingmaker Traitor 🗡️"},{"insert":"\n\nMost Zur decks seek to lock out the table, tutor a fast combo finish, or build Zur into a \"voltron\" style creature. This deck plays a much more sinister game: "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"We take the role of helpful advisor, build a king, protect them, and then betray them to steal all they have built."},{"insert":"\n\nThe plan isn't to beat three players—it's to pick "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"one player"},{"insert":", turn their favorite creature into an unkillable \"Raid Boss,\" and let them sweep the rest of the table while we sit comfortably behind a massive pillowfort. Once it's down to a 1v1, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"we spring the trap"},{"insert":" and pull the rug out from under them for the win (the trick).\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🍭 Phase 1: The Treats (Building the Monster)"},{"insert":"\nWe find the player with the most threatening or interesting creature and load it up with \"gifts\":\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Forced Aggro & Evasion: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vow of Flight"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vow of Torment"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Parasitic Impetus"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coercive Impetus"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghoulish Impetus"}},{"insert":" pump their power and grant evasion, but legally prohibit them from swinging in our direction.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Diplomatic Buffs:"},{"insert":" Cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Orzhov Advokist"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nils, Discipline Enforcer"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Love Song of Night and Day"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scriv, the Obligator"}},{"insert":" provide incentive and deterrent to attacking us\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Guaranteed Survival:"},{"insert":"*We protect *their* creature from the rest of the table using "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Curator's Ward"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shielded by Faith"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Benevolent Blessing"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vanishing"}},{"insert":" , and more. They get to keep their dream threat alive while taking out our shared enemies.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🏰 Phase 2: The Security Guard (Pillowforting)"},{"insert":"\nWhile our custom-built monster is tearing through the table, we ensure the other two opponents can't retaliate against us:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Taxing the Field"},{"insert":": As we dump Auras onto the Raid Boss, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sphere of Safety"}},{"insert":" turns our field into an impenetrable tax wall.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tenuous Alliances"},{"insert":":"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tenuous Truce"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Love Song of Night and Day"}},{"insert":", and other treats keeps our \"partner\" happy and drawing cards while ensuring they remain incentivized to leave us for last.\n\n 🎃 "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Phase 3: The Ultimate Trick (The Regicide)"},{"insert":"\nOnce the rest of the pods are eliminated and it's time for the final showdown, we trigger the sting:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Payload:"},{"insert":" Before or during the endgame, we slip "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Banewasp Affliction"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dying Wish"}},{"insert":"(using "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist"}},{"insert":") , or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Death Watch"}},{"insert":" onto their massive, 20+ power monster.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Detonators:"},{"insert":" We execute our own creation with spot removal ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Go for the Throat"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seal of Doom"}},{"insert":", or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Parallax Dementia"}},{"insert":"). The moment their giant monster dies, the death triggers deal lethal damage directly to their face, instantly winning us the game (or drastically swinging it in our favor). We can then instantly put all of those auras back on the battlefield with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mantle of the Ancients"}},{"insert":", or"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hourglass of the Lost"}},{"insert":". These are also useful if our king gets taken down before our plan comes to fruition (got to have contingencies).\n Alternatively, cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eyes Everywhere"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eriette of the Charmed Apple"}},{"insert":" drain them out or take control of their fully-loaded creature right when they think they've won.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cool Tech: "},{"insert":"\nAura spells only target when they are on the stack (such as when you cast one from hand) , but Zur puts them directly on the battlefield to be attatched as you like. This bypasses shroud and hexproof! We still have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcane Lighthouse"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shay Cormac"}},{"insert":" if we need to strip protection for something in our hand though. "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"It always sucks when your commander is removed. Nothing would endear us more to our \"partner\" than giving back their commander for two mana. What a treat! "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Immortal Obligation"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sigarda's Aid"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse"}},{"insert":" allow us to hold mana up to flash in auras"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"}]}