Volrath, who? I'm lazav or am I? Clone deck

Commander / EDH* BUG (Sultai) Casual Theme/Gimmick

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Land (38)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Homeward Path
• 9x Island
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Removal (9)

• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Sudden Substitution
• 1x Willbreaker
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x In Garruk's Wake

Ramp (8)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Urban Evolution

WinCon (3)

• 1x Biovisionary
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Willbreaker

Proliferation (2)

• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit

Copy effect (18)

• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Spawnwrithe
• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Mercurial Pretender
• 1x Repudiate / Replicate
• 1x The Mimeoplasm
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Diluvian Primordial

Best (13)

• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x The Mimeoplasm
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1x Vigor

CounterSelf (6)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Thought Sponge
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x The Mimeoplasm
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana

Other (5)

• 1x Vivien's Arkbow
• 1x Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
• 1x Elusive Tormentor  ^Flip
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Necromantic Summons

Commander (1)

Counter (14)

• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Cytoplast Root-Kin
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Serrated Arrows
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1x Vigor

Draw (8)

• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Thought Sponge
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Urban Evolution

Protection (6)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Repudiate / Replicate
• 1x Vorapede
• 1x Vigor

Grave hate (2)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger

Counterspell (1)

• 1x Mystic Snake

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Sideboard

Protection (2)

• 1x Insidious Mist  ^Flip
• 1x Predator Ooze

Counter (1)

• 1x Loyal Guardian

CounterSelf (1)

• 1x Predator Ooze

WinCon (2)

• 1x Nacatl War-Pride
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth

Best (1)

• 1x Insidious Mist  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Counter (30)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Evolutionary Escalation
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 1x Lead by Example
• 1x Obsessive Skinner
• 1x Pollenbright Druid
• 1x Power Conduit
• 1x Zameck Guildmage
• 1x Curse of Predation
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Leech Bonder
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Phantom Nantuko
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Sporeback Troll
• 1x Unity of Purpose
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Novijen Sages

WinCon (5)

• 1x Loyal Subordinate
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Cultivator of Blades
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Giant Adephage

Land (3)

• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Counterspell (2)

• 1x Frilled Mystic
• 1x Draining Whelk

Best (1)

• 1x Praetor's Grasp

Copy effect (19)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Cryptoplasm
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Covetous Urge
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Shapeshifter's Marrow
• 1x Talent of the Telepath
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Fiend of the Shadows
• 1x Psychic Intrusion
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Spitting Image

Draw (8)

• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Loyal Drake
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Novijen Sages

Ramp (5)

• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Traverse the Outlands

Value (4)

• 1x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Demon of Wailing Agonies
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Versatile (3)

• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Covetous Urge

Token (1)

• 1x Nest of Scarabs

Protection (16)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Troll Ascetic
• 1x Witchstalker
• 1x Endling
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Marchesa's Emissary
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Thornling
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word

CounterSelf (8)

• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Lighthouse Chronologist
• 1x Witchstalker
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Wickerbough Elder
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Removal (7)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Viridian Corrupter
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Wickerbough Elder
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Other (4)

• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Clone Legion

Proliferation (3)

• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid

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Deck featuring Volrath, the Shapestealer, the idea is to make a deck that is able to function at a large range of power level. The theme of the deck is to put counter on all creatures, copy these with Volrath then make some copies of volrath with shapeshifter. And if we play against spellslinger deck try to get their spell in their graveyard.

Copy, copy and win with the opponant best creature and spell.

So far, have been a blast to play, not strong by any mean, you see the play coming from far away, but so versatile. Like, I have milled a mill deck, cursed people, getting more squid token than the group hug deck, and getting bigger plant than a land deck and having 4 Gonti, Lord of Luxury on the battlefield.

The deck however feel a bit slow as I don't have much ramp, a quite high CMC list (as usually each clone cost 4 mana and you put your threat one by one in the early game). It can really shine when it get more than 12 mana but getting to that point is the hard part.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 3 Rares 15 - 2 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.20
Tokens	Copy Clone
Folders	Decks