Lazav: Milling Cards & Filling 'Yards

Commander / EDH Mill UB (Dimir)

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Creature (19)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Bruvac the Grandiloquent
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Guiltfeeder
• 1x Imperious Mindbreaker
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nemesis of Reason
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ruin Crab
• 1x Sheoldred  ^Flip
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Terisian Mindbreaker
• 1x The Cyber-Controller
• 1x The Mindskinner
• 1x Uchuulon
• 1x Zellix, Sanity Flayer

Instant (11)

• 1x Absorb Identity
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Espers to Magicite
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Murder
• 1x Poison the Cup
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Recoil
• 1x Szat's Will

Land (35)

• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 9x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Fractured Sanity
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Maddening Cacophony
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Traumatize

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Court of Cunning
• 1x Fraying Sanity
• 1x Memory Erosion
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Psychic Corrosion

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Riddles
• 1x Matzalantli, the Great Door  ^Flip
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Resurrection Orb
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strength-Testing Hammer
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Unlicensed Hearse
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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The MTG Burgeoning Community is back to build another EDH/Commander deck! The MTGBC has selected Lazav, Dimir Mastermind as its next build-around General. This deck has a mill theme in order to take advantage of Lazav, Dimir Mastermind's shapeshifter ability. In order to strengthen the deck, there is also a small Voltron package included in order to enhance and further protect our General. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind already has hexproof, so the number of spells needed to protect him is minimal. Additionally, as our opponents' graveyards surpass their respective libraries in height, the deck has a graveyard package installed in order to help ourselves to their buried cards as well as utilize their graveyards as our win conditions. Add some Dimir-laden disruption and ramp, and we have this Lazav, Dimir Mastermind EDH/Commander build!

12 Cards That Mill Each Opponent

Altar of the Brood

Ruin Crab

Maddening Cacophony

Folio of Fancies

Manic Scribe

Mindcrank

King Narfi's Betrayal

Psychic Corrosion

Memory Erosion

Court of Cunning

Consuming Aberration

Mind Grind

12 Cards That Mill Target Opponent

Altar of Dementia

Thief of Sanity

Sphinx's Tutelage

Teferi's Tutelage

Fraying Sanity

Mind Funeral

Startled Awake

Nemesis of Reason

Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker

Enter the God-Eternals

Traumatize

Geth, Lord of the Vault

12 Cards That Focus On Graveyards

Reanimate

Bloodchief Ascension

Guiltfeeder

NIghthawk Scavenger

Extract from Darkness

Chainer, Dementia Master

Syr Konrad, the Grim

Rakshasa Debaser

Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Diluvian Primordial

Sepulchral Primordial

Rise of the Dark Realms

12 Removal/Disruption Spells

Rapid Hybridization

Absorb Identity

Drown in the Loch

Recoil

Murder

Fleshbag Marauder

Merciless Executioner

Plaguecrafter

Curtains' Call

Decree of Pain

Plague Wind

In Garruk's Wake

10 Ramp & Card-Advantage Spells

Sol Ring

Wayfarer's Bauble

Arcane Signet

Dimir Signet

Sword of the Animist

Lim-Dul's Vault

Windfall

Phyrexian Arena

Fact or Fiction

Beacon of Unrest

5 Enhancement Spells & 36 Lands

Commander's Plate:

Trailblazer's Boots:

Hero's Blade:

Mask of Riddles:

Darksteel Plate:

10 Islands:

10 Swamps:

Castle Locthwain:

Castle Vantress:

Mystic Sanctuary:

Port of Karfell:

Command Tower:

Morphic Pool:

Drowned Catacomb:

Sunken Hollow:

Tainted Isle:

Clearwater Pathway:

Sunken Ruins:

Darkwater Catacombs:

Command Beacon:

Myriad Landscape:

Nephalia Drownyard:

Rogue's Passage:

Revisions

Into the 99:

Dreadship Reef:

Watery Grave:

Underground River:

River of Tears:

Choked Estuary:

Fetid Pools:

Talisman of Dominance:

Commander's Sphere:

Pongify:

Murderous Rider:

Poison the Cup:

Baleful Mastery:

Eat to Extinction:

Szat's Will:

Necromantic Selection:

Avatar of Woe:

Lightning Greaves:

Fractured Sanity:

Bruvac the Grandiloquent:

Out of the 99:

Nephalia Drownyard:

Myriad Landscape:

Port of Karfell:

Mystic Sanctuary:

Island:

Swamp:

King Narfi's Betrayal:

Beacon of Unrest:

Manic Scribe:

Folio of Fancies:

Windfall:

Sphinx's Tutelage:

Teferi's Tutelage:

Thief of Sanity:

Decree of Pain:

Sepulchral Primordial:

Wrexial, the Risen Deep:

Mind Funeral:

Diluvian Primordial:

Deck Tech

This Lazav, Dimir Mastermind deck joins the Burgeoning Commander Catalog through this deck tech:

UP & UP Series Episode #1

Making its first appearance in the UP & UP Series, MTG Burgeoning UPdates & UPgrades this Lazav, Dimir Mastermind EDH deck:

Strength-Testing Hammer replaces Commander's Sphere.

Terisian Mindbreaker replaces Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker.

Resurrection Orb replaces Enter the God-Eternals.

Shipwreck Marsh replaces Fetid Pools.

UP & UP Series Episode #2

In this YouTube video, MTG Burgeoning UPdates & UPgrades this Lazav, Dimir Mastermind EDH deck via an appearance on the UP & UP Series:

UP & UP Series Episode #3

In the following YouTube video, MTG Burgeoning UPdates & UPgrades this build via an appearance on the channel's UP & UP Series:

The Cyber-Controller replaces Extract from Darkness.

Zellix, Sanity Flayer replaces Curtains' Call.

Cruel Somnophage replaces Baleful Mastery.

UP & UP Series Episode #4

In the following YouTube video, MTG Burgeoning UPdates & UPgrades this Lazav, Dimir Mastermind EDH deck via an appearance on the channel's UP & UP Series:

Imperious Mindbreaker replaces Rakshasa Debaser.

The Mindskinner replaces Eat to Extinction.

Espers to Magicite replaces Cruel Somnophage.

Top Ranked	Achieved #45 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #35 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mill 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH UB (Dimir) 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Cyberman, Foretell, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Horror, On an Adventure, Monarch Emblem, Thrull 0/1 B
Folders	MTG Burgeoning's EDH/Commander Decks, Burgeoning Commander Catalog, Deck Ideas