Lazav, Dimir Mastermind

Commander / EDH* UB (Dimir)

Snarwin

Land (38)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 9x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Recursion (7)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Trophy (5)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

Copy (3)

• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Graveyard (3)

• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces
• 1x Wonder

Wheel (3)

• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Interaction (22)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Far / Away
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Seer's Vision
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victim of Night
• 1x Withered Wretch

Mill (7)

• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Thief of Sanity

Trinket (5)

• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Sol Ring

Selection (4)

• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain

Graveyard Value (3)

• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces
• 1x Wonder

Commander (1)

Mana (9)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Draw (8)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x Notion Thief

Steal (6)

• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Thief of Sanity

Tutor (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage

Protection (3)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

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Roughly speaking, there are two ways to win with this deck:

1. The clone-and-steal plan.

   This is the main one. Using either Lazav himself, or cards like Sepulchral Primordial , Geth, Lord of the Vault , and Rise of the Dark Realms , we can turn our opponents' win conditions against them!

   Since fueling this plan involves filling our opponents' graveyards, we've got plenty of graveyard hate too: Withered Wretch , Nihil Spellbomb , and of course Bojuka Bog will make sure the Golgari player at your table doesn't get too out of hand.

2. The commander damage plan.

   Suit Lazav up with Sword of Light and Shadow or Sword of Body and Mind and smash away. Transforming Lazav into something big, flying, and trample-y helps a lot, but isn't strictly necessary. Rogue's Passage lets you sneak in for the last few points.

Tying it all together is a classic blue-black control shell, with favorites like Fact or Fiction , Counterspell , Decree of Pain , and Cyclonic Rift .

Date added	11 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Copy Clone, Human 2/2 G, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	like