Zedruu the Greathearted (Commander) - Upgraded Group Hug

Cas Hinds
Jun 8, 2026
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Lightning Greaves
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Spellbook
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Share the Spoils
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Rest in Peace
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Hive Mind
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Wild Evocation
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Test of Endurance
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Smoke
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Reliquary Tower
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Kher Keep
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Arcane Signet
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Commander's Sphere
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Pentad Prism
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Command Tower
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Island
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Plains
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Mountain
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Exotic Orchard
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Hallowed Fountain
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Glacial Fortress
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Steam Vents
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Sulfur Falls
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Raugrin Triome
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Mystic Monastery
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Sea of Clouds
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Spectator Seating
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Training Center
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Clifftop Retreat
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Adarkar Wastes
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Rainbow Vale
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Flooded Strand
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Shivan Reef
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Arid Mesa
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Scalding Tarn
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Battlefield Forge
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Azorius Chancery
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Prairie Stream
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Deserted Beach
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Stormcarved Coast
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Cascade Bluffs
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Sundown Pass
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Rugged Prairie
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Mystic Gate
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Boros Garrison
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Temple of Triumph
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Temple of Epiphany
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Temple of Enlightenment
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Forbidden Orchard
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Sink into Stupor
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Perilous Landscape
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Tundra
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Reflecting Pool
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Evolving Wilds
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Volcanic Island
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Plateau
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City of Brass
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5%synergy
Fabled Passage
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Terramorphic Expanse
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Sea Gate Restoration
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10%synergy
Skycloud Expanse
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Meticulous Archive
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