Mastermind of Crime

Commander / EDH Mill Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

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Creature (32)

• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Corrosive Mentor
• 1x Daring Thief
• 1x Deathcult Rogue
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Dunerider Outlaw
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Earwig Squad
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Frogtosser Banneret
• 1x Hada Spy Patrol
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Jhessian Thief
• 1x Lore Broker
• 1x Marchesa's Emissary
• 1x Marchesa's Infiltrator
• 1x Master Thief
• 1x Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Neurok Commando
• 1x Notion ThiefGC
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Quag Vampires
• 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
• 1x Stealer of Secrets
• 1x Stinkdrinker Bandit
• 1x Sygg, River Cutthroat
• 1x Szadek, Lord of Secrets
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Undercity Informer

Land (37)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Duskmantle, House of Shadow
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 9x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Liability
• 1x Treachery

Artifact (11)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Instant (5)

• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Murder

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Acquire
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery MP
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Knowledge Exploitation
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Stolen Goods
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Traumatize

Commander (1)

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I'm pretty Vorthos-ey, and gravitate towards decks with a theme or a tribe. So when I saw Lazav, and learned about his guild, I figured there would be enough cards to build a deck themed about crime, and almost all of the creatures are either rogues or shapeshifters.

Now, not every single card is on theme. Sometimes you do need win conditions, and that's where things like using Liability with Mindcrank come in. Though, ideally, you use your opponents best creatures against them by having Lazav turn into them. More than a few times I've milled something like an Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre or an Avacyn, Angel of Hope, and Lazav becomes both Hexproof and Indestructible, forcing someone to drop a Merciless Eviction or a Decree of Annihilation to get rid of him.

Suggestions would be welcome, since I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to this game, so if there's a card that would help the deck, and is on theme, I'd love to hear it. A lot of the creatures were thrown in just because they were rogues.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Copy Clone, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B