- You enjoy milling your opponent.
- You want to play a control deck.
- You want your opponents to have a hard time interacting with you.
- You want to punish your playgroup for running large, inefficient creatures.
Strategy
The goal of the deck is to control what your opponents have in their hand, on the battlefield, and most importantly no longer in their library. This is primarily a mill strategy focused deck, arguably the worst EDH strategy but a fun one. Because of that, this is probably the worst EDH deck I have made, but if your opponents aren't using their graveyard as an extension of their hand (for some reason) or they are play insanely large, greedy creatures this deck will fair very well.
This is the actual deck that I own. It is slowly building toward the decklist above. I am a fan of pimping decks and I am unemployed currently, so it is a slow process. Probably not going to update this very much. I am constantly building for the deck above though.
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
UUBBCommanderUUBB
Why Play Lazav?
- You enjoy milling your opponent.
- You want to play a control deck.
- You want your opponents to have a hard time interacting with you.
- You want to punish your playgroup for running large, inefficient creatures.
Strategy
The goal of the deck is to control what your opponents have in their hand, on the battlefield, and most importantly no longer in their library. This is primarily a mill strategy focused deck, arguably the worst EDH strategy but a fun one. Because of that, this is probably the worst EDH deck I have made, but if your opponents aren't using their graveyard as an extension of their hand (for some reason) or they are play insanely large, greedy creatures this deck will fair very well.
Deck List
Creature (20)
01 Baleful Strix
02 Consecrated Sphinx
03 Consuming Aberration
04 Crypt Ghast
05 Doomed Necromancer
06 Evil Twin
07 Geth, Lord of the Vault
08 Jace's Archivist
09 Lighthouse Chronologist
10 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
11 Mindslicer
12 Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
13 Mulldrifter
14 Notion Thief
15 Phenax, God of Deception
16 Sepulchral Primordial
17 Sheoldred, Whispering One
18 Snapcaster Mage
19 Thassa, God of the Sea
20 Triskelion
Instant (9)
21 Archive Trap
22 Cyclonic Rift
23 Fact or Fiction
24 Force of Will
25 Go for the Throat
26 Hinder
27 Lim-Dûl's Vault
28 Spin into Myth
29 Tragic Slip
30 Vampiric Tutor
Sorcery (10)
31 Damnation
32 Demonic Tutor
33 Diabolic Tutor
34 Exsanguinate
35 Glimpse the Unthinkable
36 Increasing Confusion
37 Mind Grind
38 Pilfered Plans
39 Toxic Deluge
40 Traumatize
41 Animate Dead
42 Bloodchief Ascension
43 Breathstealer's Crypt
44 Leyline of Anticipation
45 Phyrexian Arena
46 Rhystic Study
Artifact (10)
47 Dimir Keyrune
48 Dimir Signet
49 Elixir of Immortality
50 Mesmeric Orb
51 Mistvein Borderpost
52 Nihil Spellbomb
53 Relic of Progenitus
54 Sensei's Divining Top
55 Sol Ring
56 Tormod's Crypt
Planeswalker (5)
57 Jace Beleren
58 Jace, Memory Adept
59 Liliana of the Veil
60 Liliana Vess
61 Sorin Markov
Land (38)
62 Bad River
63 Bojuka Bog
64 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
65 Cabal Coffers
66 Command Tower
67 Darkslick Shores
68 Darkwater Catacombs
69 Deserted Temple
70 Drowned Catacomb
71 Duskmantle, House of Shadow
72 Evolving Wilds
73 Halimar Depths
74 Maze of Ith
75 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
76 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
77 Mystifying Maze
78 Nephalia Drownyard
79 Polluted Delta
80 Reliquary Tower
81 Rogue's Passage
82 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
83 Sunken Ruins
84 Tainted Isle
85 Temple of Deceit
86 Temple of the False God
87 Terramorphic Expanse
88 Thespian's Stage
89 Underground River
90 Underground Sea
91 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
92 Watery Grave
93 Island
94 Island
95 Island
96 Island
97 Swamp
98 Swamp
99 Swamp
My Current Deck List
This is the actual deck that I own. It is slowly building toward the decklist above. I am a fan of pimping decks and I am unemployed currently, so it is a slow process. Probably not going to update this very much. I am constantly building for the deck above though.
01 Avatar of Woe
02 Baleful Strix
03 Consuming Aberration
04 Crypt Ghast
05 Diluvian Primordial
06 Evil Twin
07 Fleshbag Marauder
08 Havengul Lich
09 Lord of the Void
10 Mindslicer
11 Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
12 Nighthowler
13 Sepulchral Primordial
14 Vela the Night-Clad
15 Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Instant (13)
16 Counterspell
17 Cyclonic Rift
18 Doom Blade
19 Fact or Fiction
20 Far // Away
21 Go for the Throat
22 Howl from Beyond
23 Psychic Spiral
24 Rapid Hybridization
25 Spell Crumple
26 Rewind
27 Spin into Myth
28 Sudden Spoiling
Sorcery (16)
29 Diabolic Revelation
30 Diabolic Tutor
31 Distress
32 Exsanguinate
33 Foresee
34 Increasing Ambition
35 Increasing Confusion
36 Mind Grind
37 Mind Shatter
38 Nightmare Void
39 Pilfered Plans
40 Ponder
41 Sadistic Sacrament
42 Stolen Identity
43 Temporal Mastery
44 Windfall
45 Breathstealer's Crypt
46 Dauthi Embrace
47 Phyrexian Arena
Artifact (12)
48 Dimir Keyrune
49 Dimir Signet
50 Elixir of Immortality
51 Geth's Grimoire
52 Lightning Greaves
53 Mistvein Borderpost
54 Nihil Spellbomb
55 Relic of Progenitus
56 Sol Ring
57 Swiftfoot Boots
58 Tormod's Crypt
59 Whispersilk Cloak
Planeswalker (2)
60 Jace, Architect of Thought
61 Jace, Memory Adept
Land (38)
62 Bojuka Bog
63 Darkslick Shores
64 Dimir Aqueduct
65 Dimir Guildgate
66 Drowned Catacomb
67 Evolving Wilds
68 Halimar Depths
69 Jwar Isle Refuge
70 Nephalia Drownyard
71 Reliquary Tower
72 Tainted Isle
73 Temple of the False God
74 Thespian's Stage
75 Watery Grave
76 Island
77 Island
78 Island
79 Island
80 Island
81 Island
82 Island
83 Island
84 Island
85 Island
86 Island
87 Island
88 Swamp
89 Swamp
90 Swamp
91 Swamp
92 Swamp
93 Swamp
94 Swamp
95 Swamp
96 Swamp
97 Swamp
98 Swamp
99 Swamp
Card Choices
WIP
WIP
Changes
Born of the Gods
- Ambassador Laquatus
- Hell's Caretaker
+ Doomed Necromancer
+ Phenax, God of Deception
WWUGeist of Saint TraftUWW
UUBBLazav, Dimir MastermindBBUU
BRMalfegorRB
RGThromok the InsatiableGR
GGWWTrostani, Selesnya's VoiceWWGG
WBTeysa, Orzhov ScionBW
BGGGlissa, the TraitorGGB
GGUUPrime Speaker ZeganaUUGG
URJhoira of the GhituRU
RRWWAurelia, the WarleaderWWRR
UBRJeleva, Nephalias ScourgeRBU