Lazav Dimir Mastermind by bluebird2023

Format: Commander

Commander: Lazav, Dimir Mastermind

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Lazav, Dimir Mastermind is a mill-first control deck that uses opponent libraries as its own resource. The primary plan is to mill the table with Dreamborn Muse, Mesmeric Orb, Ruin Crab, and attack triggers, then convert the filled graveyards into board presence with Phenax, Geth, or reanimation spells. The most compact finish is Duskmantle Guildmage + Mindcrank, a deterministic mill/lifeloss loop. The Mindskinner and The Water Crystal form a secondary kill by turning unblocked damage into amplified mass mill. Lazav is a flexible copy engine rather than the core: he copies the best creature that dies, but the deck can win without ever casting him. The deck also plays a meaningful instant-speed interaction suite to protect the mill and combo lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Afterlife from the Loam
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Countermand
  • 1 Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up
  • 1 Crypt Incursion
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Diluvian Primordial
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Charm
  • 1 Dimir Doppelganger
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dreamborn Muse
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Evil Twin
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geth, Lord of the Vault
  • 1 Imperious Mindbreaker
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Lazav, Wearer of Faces
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Mind Funeral
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mirelurk Hatchling
  • 1 Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
  • 1 Mothman Egg
  • 1 Nemesis of Reason
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phenax, God of Deception
  • 1 Pilfered Plans
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Psychic Spiral
  • 1 Psychic Strike
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Puppeteer Clique
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Screeching Scorchbeast
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Shadow Kin
  • 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Tricks of the Trade
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wight of Precinct Six
  • 1 Zombify