Better Off Dead

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Reanimator UB (Dimir)

TheGodofNight

Creature (29)

• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hedron Crab
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Mindshrieker
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phage the Untouchable
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vector Asp
• 1x Wall of Souls
• 1x Withered Wretch

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Training Grounds

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x High Market
• 6x Island
• 1x Salt Marsh
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Trickbind

Artifact (8)

• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Worn Powerstone

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Instant (2)

• 1x Gifts Ungiven
• 1x Tolarian Winds

Creature (2)

• 1x Diplomatic Escort
• 1x Nether Traitor

Land (1)

• 1x Underground Sea

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Lazav, the Multifarious EDH

Normally, I don't try to build competitive EDH decks, as I don't think it is fun to blow up 3+ people on turn 3 or 4 of a game when you tried to get a group together for some EDH. However, if a group wants to play a competitive game and it is established beforehand that the decks will be top tier, then I would play my Teysa deck. However, in an effort to keep it interesting, I decided to build a second competitive EDH deck, as deck ADHD is a real thing, and it can get boring playing the same deck and the same games over and over again. After reading primers, watching youTube videos, and playing some games, I stumbled upon Lazav, the Multifarious. Credit for the deck goes to both TolarianCommunityCollege for his Lazav EDH deck tech (which inspired further exploration of this commander) and the game play videos of tribakai (who's list inspired this present build).

The deck works around a couple of key combinations:

The most common win condition is to get Phyrexian Dreadnought , Invisible Stalker , & Vector Asp into the graveyard, at the end of my opponent's turn, transform Lazav, the Multifarious into Invisible Stalker , proceed to my turn, combat, declare attackers, it is unblockable, wait for declare blockers step to resolve, then transform Lazav, the Multifarious into Vector Asp (resolve), activate the infect ability, maintain priority, transform Lazav, the Multifarious into Phyrexian Dreadnought and then resolve the stack. Then proceed to damage and boom, 12 infect commander damage, game over for an opponent.

Additionally, transforming Lazav, the Multifarious into Phyrexian Dreadnought and hitting an opponent twice will result in victory through commander damage as well.

Another option is to utilize Necrotic Ooze 's ability with Grimgrin, Corpse-Born and Bloodline Keeper   in the graveyard, making Lazav, the Multifarious gigantic by tapping him to make a Vampire token, then saccing the token to untap him with Grimgrin's ability and repeating this step until you have all of the dice in the room stacked on Lazav, the Multifarious and then swinging for lethal. An added option is to also have Triskelion in the graveyard, and remove counters to ping an opponent to death without attacking.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.48
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Thopter 1/1 C, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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