I have a challenge for you. I challenge you to make a mono-red commander deck with Zo-Zu the Punisher at the head. Think you can handle it? :D
Challenge Accepted
Zo-Zu is pretty straightforward. Winning with Zo-Zu alone is pretty much impossible and it takes a long time, so the main thing we need are ways to increase our clock.
+Ankh of MIshra+Obsidian Fireheart+Burning Earth+Manabarbs
Another method is to run damage doublers:
+Grafted Exoskeleton: Technically this is a damage quadrupler, since we only need 10 damage from Zo-zu instead of 40 to kill someone+Dictate of the Twin Gods+Furnace of Rath+Gratuitous Violence+Quest for Pure Flame
There are also a couple ways to directly increase our clock:
+Armageddon Clock: It’s slow, but since we’re punishing mana, removing counters will be painful for our opponents+Sulfuric Vortex
We’ll want to encourage (or force) our opponents to play lands if they want to do anything. Land hate/destruction effects help us accomplish this.
+Omen Machine+Static Orb+Storage Matrix+Winter Orb+Magus of the Moon+Blood Moon+Impending Disaster+Boom // Bust+Decree of Annihilation+From the Ashes+Ruination+Wildfire+Storm Cauldron+Tectonic Instability+Price of Glory+War’s Toll
Since we’re hardly running any creatures, we can hate pretty hard on them as well.
+Cursed Totem+Ensnaring Bridge+Meekstone+Torpor Orb: This is the reason I’m not running any ETB land destruction. This effect too powerful to pass up.+Silent Arbiter+Smoke
Artifact mana is useful in this deck since most of our effects are symmetrical. We want to play Zo-Zu on turn 3, so we’re not going to play any that cost 3 mana.
