Lazav is one of my favorite commanders on paper for his versatility and potential shenanigans, I just can't seem to find a really strong build for him. Originally I went the Mill route, but that had too many problems. The Mill wasn't strong enough on its own to work as a win condition, but it got me too little profit for the effort apart from enabling Lazav. The current idea is playing the enemy's stuff from the library and the graveyard and profiting again when they kill it because Lazav now transforms into it. However, it just doesn't seem to do enough. There's few powerful synergies in there, without haste and fast mana it's not very quick and it often gets stomped by green-based goodstuff decks or other decks that generate extreme value. I was hoping perhaps some of you had some ideas for a better Lazav deck or could help me spot this build's weaknesses
Lazav is one of my favorite commanders on paper for his versatility and potential shenanigans, I just can't seem to find a really strong build for him. Originally I went the Mill route, but that had too many problems. The Mill wasn't strong enough on its own to work as a win condition, but it got me too little profit for the effort apart from enabling Lazav. The current idea is playing the enemy's stuff from the library and the graveyard and profiting again when they kill it because Lazav now transforms into it. However, it just doesn't seem to do enough. There's few powerful synergies in there, without haste and fast mana it's not very quick and it often gets stomped by green-based goodstuff decks or other decks that generate extreme value. I was hoping perhaps some of you had some ideas for a better Lazav deck or could help me spot this build's weaknesses
1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Playing the enemy library
1 Mindleech Mass
1 Sphinx Ambassador
1 Lord of the Void
1 Silent-Blade Oni
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Praetor's Grasp
1 Knowledge Exploitation
1 Acquire
1 Bribery
1 Nightveil Specter
Playing the enemy graveyard
1 Puppeteer Clique
1 Scion of Darkness
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Dimir Doppelganger
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Sepulchral Primordial
1 Animate Dead
1 Necromancy
1 Rise of the Dark Realms
1 Wrexial, the Risen Deep
1 Memory Plunder
1 Spelltwine
1 Diluvian Primordial
1 Chancellor of the Spires
1 Reanimate
Control
1 Plague Wind
1 Rain of Daggers
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Overwhelming Forces
1 Dread Cacodemon
1 Pongify
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Confiscate
1 Take Possession
1 Volition Reins
1 Blatant Thievery
1 Evil Twin
1 Murder
1 Rend Flesh
1 Rhystic Study
1 Psychic Possession
1 Windfall
1 Whispering Madness
1 Mask of Riddles
1 Jace's Archivist
1 Fabricate
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
Mana
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Sol Ring
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Dimir Signet
1 Burnished Hart
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Chromatic Lantern
Other Utility
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Whispersilk Cloak
1 Darksteel Armor
Land
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Command Tower
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
1 Temple of the False God
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Vault of Whispers
1 Dimir Guildgate
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Temple of Deceit
1 Jwar Isle Refuge
1 Darkwater Catacombs
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Underground River
1 Tainted Isle
1 Ebon Stronghold
10 Island
9 Swamp