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Sébastien Michel's

EDH Lazav, Dimir Mastermind

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$502.05

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Secrets of Strixhaven
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Main Deck - 88 cards, 86 distinct

Sort by:

	Name	Ed.	Price	Type	Cost	P	T
	Name	Rarity	Price	Type	Color	P	T
Creature (24)
1	Avatar of Woe		$4.67	Creature - Avatar		6	5
1	Baleful Strix		$1.03	Artifact Creature - Bird		1	1
1	Body Double		$0.12	Creature - Shapeshifter		0	0
1	Burnished Hart		$0.28	Artifact Creature - Elk		2	2
1	Clever Impersonator		$2.57	Creature - Shapeshifter		0	0
1	Consuming Aberration		$0.30	Creature - Horror		*	*
1	Dakra Mystic		$0.21	Creature - Merfolk Wizard		1	1
1	Demon of Wailing Agonies		$2.07	Creature - Demon		4	4
1	Dimir Doppelganger		$0.75	Creature - Shapeshifter		0	2
1	Disciple of Deceit		$0.19	Creature - Human Rogue		1	3
1	Duskmantle Guildmage		$1.23	Creature - Human Wizard		2	2
1	Elite Arcanist		$0.28	Creature - Human Wizard		1	1
1	Evil Twin		$0.50	Creature - Shapeshifter		0	0
1	Fog Bank		$0.11	Creature - Wall		0	2
1	Grimgrin, Corpse-Born		$1.56	Legendary Creature - Zombie Warrior		5	5
1	Guard Gomazoa		$0.29	Creature - Jellyfish		1	3
1	Guiltfeeder		$1.10	Creature - Horror		0	4
1	Havengul Lich		$0.52	Creature - Zombie Wizard		4	4
1	Jace's Phantasm		$0.36	Creature - Illusion		1	1
1	Kothophed, Soul Hoarder		$0.35	Legendary Creature - Demon		6	6
1	Lazav, Dimir Mastermind		$0.67	Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter		3	3
1	Lu Xun, Scholar General		$0.41	Legendary Creature - Human Soldier		1	3
1	Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker		$0.49	Legendary Creature - Vampire		2	4
1	Mulldrifter		$0.41	Creature - Elemental		2	2
Instant (18)
1	Archive Trap		$0.90	Instant - Trap
1	Brainstorm		$1.36	Instant
1	Clutch of the Undercity		$0.28	Instant
1	Cyclonic Rift		$31.05	Instant
1	Disdainful Stroke		$0.22	Instant
1	Dismember		$2.41	Instant
1	Essence Scatter		$0.10	Instant
1	Fact or Fiction		$0.16	Instant
1	Far // Away		$0.14	Instant // Instant	//
1	Grim Return		$0.42	Instant
1	Grisly Spectacle		$0.16	Instant
1	Hero's Downfall		$0.33	Instant
1	Impulse		$0.29	Instant
2	Induce Paranoia		$0.26	Instant
1	Lim-Dûl's Vault		$5.01	Instant
1	Malicious Affliction		$2.58	Instant
1	Murderous Cut		$0.34	Instant
Sorcery (14)
1	Damnable Pact		$0.50	Sorcery
1	Damnation		$18.88	Sorcery
1	Decree of Pain		$0.23	Sorcery
1	Despise		$0.17	Sorcery
1	Do or Die		$8.45	Sorcery
1	Essence Harvest		$0.34	Sorcery
1	Ever After		$0.33	Sorcery
1	Glimpse the Unthinkable		$3.85	Sorcery
1	Gruesome Discovery		$0.06	Sorcery
1	Hands of Binding		$0.13	Sorcery
1	Hymn to Tourach		$0.40	Sorcery
1	Life's Finale		$1.34	Sorcery
1	Mind Funeral		$1.18	Sorcery
1	Mind Grind		$5.10	Sorcery
Artifact (11)
1	Altar of Dementia		$17.55	Artifact
1	Coldsteel Heart		$1.14	Snow Artifact
1	Commander's Sphere		$0.32	Artifact
1	Darksteel Plate		$4.24	Artifact - Equipment
1	Dimir Signet		$1.19	Artifact
1	Haunted Cloak		$0.39	Artifact - Equipment
1	Keening Stone		$0.48	Artifact
1	Loxodon Warhammer		$1.49	Artifact - Equipment
1	Mask of Riddles		$0.50	Artifact - Equipment
1	Mesmeric Orb		$12.66	Artifact
1	Mindcrank		$12.10	Artifact
Enchantment (5)
1	Aqueous Form		$0.37	Enchantment - Aura
1	Bloodchief Ascension		$20.36	Enchantment
1	Dying Wish		$0.25	Enchantment - Aura
1	Greed		$0.47	Enchantment
1	Leyline of Anticipation		$8.15	Enchantment
Planeswalker (3)
1	Jace, Memory Adept		$0.92	Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
2	Liliana Vess		$8.23	Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Land (13)
1	Blighted Cataract		$0.09	Land
1	Blighted Fen		$0.13	Land
1	Command Tower		$0.44	Land
1	Dimir Aqueduct		$0.34	Land
1	Dimir Guildgate		$0.12	Land - Gate
1	Dismal Backwater		$0.24	Land
1	Drowned Catacomb		$2.01	Land
1	Evolving Wilds		$0.23	Land
1	Ghost Quarter		$0.83	Land
1	Hall of the Bandit Lord		$17.76	Legendary Land
1	Jwar Isle Refuge		$0.21	Land
1	Lonely Sandbar		$0.32	Land
1	Minamo, School at Water's Edge		$60.82	Legendary Land

Sideboard - 81 cards, 81 distinct

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	Name	Ed.	Price	Type	Cost	P	T
	Name	Rarity	Price	Type	Color	P	T
Creature (18)
1	Archaeomancer		$0.35	Creature - Human Wizard		1	2
1	Artisan of Kozilek		$0.50	Creature - Eldrazi		10	9
1	Bloodgift Demon		$0.78	Creature - Demon		5	4
1	Corpse Traders		$0.07	Creature - Human Rogue		3	3
1	Dinrova Horror		$0.13	Creature - Horror		4	4
1	Dralnu, Lich Lord		$0.37	Legendary Creature - Zombie Wizard		3	3
1	Dread		$8.02	Creature - Elemental Incarnation		6	6
1	Fate Unraveler		$2.44	Enchantment Creature - Hag		3	4
1	Fog Bank		$0.11	Creature - Wall		0	2
1	Guard Gomazoa		$0.29	Creature - Jellyfish		1	3
1	Hover Barrier		$0.43	Creature - Illusion Wall		0	6
1	Hoverguard Sweepers		$0.22	Creature - Drone		5	6
1	Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni		$9.76	Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja		5	4
1	Jace's Archivist		$11.46	Creature - Vedalken Wizard		2	2
1	Jace's Mindseeker		$0.40	Creature - Fish Illusion		4	4
1	Liliana's Reaver		$0.42	Creature - Zombie		4	3
1	Living Lore		$0.16	Creature - Avatar		*	*
1	Lu Xun, Scholar General		$0.41	Legendary Creature - Human Soldier		1	3
Instant (12)
1	Aetherize		$0.35	Instant
1	Arcane Denial		$1.35	Instant
1	Blue Sun's Zenith		$1.59	Instant
1	Boomerang		$0.31	Instant
1	Cackling Counterpart		$0.31	Instant
1	Disperse		$0.12	Instant
1	Evacuation		$0.35	Instant
1	Fated Return		$0.27	Instant
1	Grim Return		$0.42	Instant
1	Impulse		$0.29	Instant
1	Intellectual Offering		$0.26	Instant
1	Into the Roil		$0.09	Instant
Sorcery (16)
1	Aether Gale		$0.30	Sorcery
1	Ashen Powder		$1.13	Sorcery
1	Beacon of Unrest		$0.51	Sorcery
1	Bite of the Black Rose		$0.46	Sorcery
1	Chainer's Edict		$0.26	Sorcery
1	Curse of the Swine		$0.29	Sorcery
1	Dead Drop		$0.15	Sorcery
1	Deep Analysis		$0.24	Sorcery
1	Demonic Tutor		$61.96	Sorcery
1	Distorting Wake		$0.91	Sorcery
1	Dread Return		$0.66	Sorcery
1	Extract from Darkness		$0.25	Sorcery
1	Fabricate		$7.61	Sorcery
1	Fugue		$0.27	Sorcery
1	Gruesome Discovery		$0.06	Sorcery
1	Hypnotic Cloud		$0.07	Sorcery
Artifact (11)
1	Argentum Armor		$3.17	Artifact - Equipment
1	Armillary Sphere		$0.24	Artifact
1	Assault Suit		$0.31	Artifact - Equipment
1	Basilisk Collar		$4.92	Artifact - Equipment
1	Bident of Thassa		$0.56	Legendary Enchantment Artifact
1	Bonehoard		$0.35	Artifact - Equipment
1	Crucible of Worlds		$33.44	Artifact
1	Dimir Keyrune		$0.24	Artifact
1	Elixir of Immortality		$0.47	Artifact
1	Fireshrieker		$0.23	Artifact - Equipment
1	Lightning Greaves		$3.72	Artifact - Equipment
Enchantment (8)
1	Animate Dead		$3.97	Enchantment - Aura
1	Dissipation Field		$2.35	Enchantment
1	Haunted Crossroads		$4.58	Enchantment
1	Helm of the Ghastlord		$9.18	Enchantment - Aura
1	Infinite Reflection		$0.20	Enchantment - Aura
1	Jace's Erasure		$0.33	Enchantment
1	Larceny		$0.29	Enchantment
1	Liliana's Caress		$11.04	Enchantment
Land (16)
1	Academy Ruins		$5.55	Legendary Land
1	Arcane Lighthouse		$1.61	Land
1	Barren Moor		$0.31	Land
1	Bojuka Bog		$0.47	Land
1	Buried Ruin		$0.54	Land
1	Command Tower		$0.44	Land
1	Crypt of Agadeem		$1.19	Land
1	Dimir Aqueduct		$0.34	Land
1	Dreadship Reef		$0.22	Land
1	Drowned Catacomb		$2.01	Land
1	Encroaching Wastes		$0.27	Land
1	Evolving Wilds		$0.23	Land
1	Ghost Quarter		$0.83	Land
1	Halimar Depths		$0.45	Land
1	Haunted Fengraf		$0.24	Land
1	Lonely Sandbar		$0.32	Land

Notes

Infinite combos / one turn kill combos for competitive play :
- Undead Alchemist + Altar of the Brood
- Mindcrank + Bloodchief Ascenscion / Duskmantle Guildmage
- Tunnel Vision + Any tuck spell

Comments

Sébastien Michel | 04-Sep-2014 20:48

Notes after playtesting 2 games against Colas (Zegana):
- Need more removal, or ways to prevent opponents from attacking to early (such as Propaganda)
- Ways to discard/cycle my own hand when needed earlier / more often or tutors
- Less mill, more draw/discard?
- Mana base seems OK
- Brainstorm is awesome
- Snappy and Archy are very helpful
Sébastien Michel | 25-Aug-2014 10:30

Some tips:
- Play cards with flashback or other forms of recursion since I will end up putting a lot of cards in my own graveyard too.
Sébastien Michel | 25-Aug-2014 10:29

Main Strategy:
- Put creatures in graveyard by discarding/milling/destroying, copy them with Lazav and swing.
Additional strategies:
- Hurt players the more they discard/draw/mill/search their libraires
- Additional copy effects
- Reanimation

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