Lazav, the Multifarious

Commander / EDH*

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Land (34)

• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial ChasmGC
• 1x Homeward Path
• 6x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial SealGC
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Pieces of the Puzzle
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Whelming Wave
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Creature (16)

• 1x Blood Pet
• 1x Cephalid Illusionist
• 1x Consecrated SphinxGC
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Vector Asp
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista

Instant (15)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x IntuitionGC
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Trickbind
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lion's Eye DiamondGC
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Torpor Orb

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Training Grounds

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cEDH.

Combos:

Lazav, the (Vector) Dreadnought

• COMMONLY SETUP BY: Buried Alive, Entomb
• HAND: No Requirement
• MANA REQUIREMENT: 1 for Phyrexian Dreadnaught, 3 for Vector Asp + Phyrexian Dreadnaught
• BATTLEFIELD: Lazav, the Multifarious
• GRAVEYARD: Phyrexian Dreadnaught, (Vector Asp)

Lazav, the Blood Ballista

• COMMONLY SETUP BY: Burried Alive
• HAND: (Reanimate OR Animate Dead OR Victimize OR Mikaeus, the Unhallowed)
• MANA REQUIREMENT: (B OR 1B OR 2B OR 3BBB) + 1
• BATTLEFIELD: Lazav, the Multifarious AND (Mikaeus, the Unhallowed)
• GRAVEYARD: Blood Pet, Walking Ballista, (Mikaeus, the Unhallowed)

Step 1: Reanite Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Step 2: Shift Lazav, the Multifarious into Blood Pet for (1) Step 3: Sacrifice Lazav as Blood Pet for B --->Undying Trigger (Lazav Back as Lazav with +1/+1 Counter) Step 4: Pay 0 to shift Lazav into Walking Ballista Step 5: Remove Counter from Walking Ballista to ping opponent Step 6: Use floating black generated above to shift Lazav back into Blood Pet Goto Step 3

Lazav, the Ooze

• COMMONLY SETUP BY: Buried Alive, Cephalid Mill
• HAND: No Requirement
• MANA REQUIREMENT: (4) OR Training Grounds + (2)
• BATTLEFIELD: Lazav, the Multifarious OR Necrotic Ooze
• GRAVEYARD: Walking Ballista,Phyrexian Devourer,(Necrotic Ooze) Step 1: ? Step 2: ?

Lazav, the Cephalid Maniac

• COMMONLY SETUP BY: Surveil, Burried Alive, Entomb, Greaves in hand
• HAND: (Cephalid Illusionist), (Lightning Greaves)
• MANA REQUIREMENT: 3 for Cephalid + 3 to become lab man + cantrip = 6-7 mana
• BATTLEFIELD: Lazav, the Multifarious OR (Cephalid Illusionist) + Lightning Greaves + 1 other creature
• GRAVEYARD: (Cephalid Illusionist)

Step 1: Get Cephalid Illusionist out and attach greaves infinitely to mill library. Step 2: (3 mana to become lab man + Git probe) OR (6 mana = 3 to become Lab Man + 3 for Think Twice Flashback)

Doomsday

• COMMONLY SETUP BY: Mystical Tutor, Personal Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Tutor
• HAND: Pile Opener (Ponder,Gitaxian Probe,Gush)
• MANA REQUIREMENT: BBB+4 islands - BBB + UUU
• BATTLEFIELD: Lazav, the Multifarious OR Necrotic Ooze
• GRAVEYARD: Walking Ballista,Phyrexian Devourer,(Necrotic Ooze) Step 1: ? Step 2: ?

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• NOTE: Total Deck CMC = 5 + 25 + 27 + 13 + 62 = 132
• NOTE: Subtract hand, graveyard, and exile from 132. If total is greater than current life on board, kill
• NOTE: Otherwise, swing in to reduce totals and kill at instant speed, watching out for split second.

Best initial entomb target = Phyrexian Dreadnought

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.86
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U
Folders	Decks