This of course would fit right in my roommate Chuck’s Niv-Mizzet deck, but I’m going to hang on to it for now and see if I can fit it into one of my Commander decks. It includes an interesting win condition as well with Laboratory Maniac." A decent amount of counterspells were also included to not only protect myself but to counter big momentum swinging creatures and spells that can be used with Lazav’s ability and with other graveyard-oriented cards. I included a lot of big mill cards to make the potential of my deck skyrocket early on even though it’s made more for late-game play.
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Taylor Day: "My Secret Agent Lazav deck has a lot of graveyard fun. While I had to grit my teeth at the Time Walk effect just a little bit, I have to admit this was a crazy epic play in true Dimir Mastermind form! I asked Taylor to share his deck, so any Lazav, Dimir Mastermind fans be sure to check it out: I was not able to draw any cards and won the game due the Laboratory Maniac’s win condition." I then passed my turn and took my extra turn. I used his ability to draw the final card and played Temporal Mastery.
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I then dropped Laboratory Maniac, which allows me to win if I can’t draw any cards, and then dropped Jace Beleren. I cast Enter the Infinite and had just enough mana to cast Omniscience (which I got from Enter the Infinite). When my turn came back around, I swung at Rob with Lazav (who was shapeshifted as Wrexial) and did combat damage, which allowed me to cast an instant or sorcery from his graveyard. Rob was forced to mill cards due to Induced Paranoia’s other effect, and he milled Enter the Infinite. I countered this with Induced Paranoia, and Lazav became Wrexial. Rob’s turn was next, and he cast Wrexial of the Risen Deep. Taylor Day: "Late game when it was just Ian, Rob and myself, I played my Lazav, Dimir Mastermind and passed turn. Here’s what he told me went down while playing his Lazav, Dimir Mastermind deck. I asked if he could recount the play, and, sure enough, I think it showed the sort of complicated, wild, and unpredictable big plays that are the meat and potatoes of this format. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the most recent Commander tournament at Richmond Comix, but I got word that Taylor Day pulled off such a sweet play that everyone immediately wanted to nominate him for the award. So what do you think? I’m dying to hear your thoughts and suggestions in the comments below! Bennie Smith Spirit of EDH Haymaker Award Riku of Two Reflections: So each time I cast a clone I can spend two more mana to copy the clone? Don’t mind if I do! Progenitor Mimic copying Reaper King with a Mirror Gallery out? Don’t mind if I do! Mirror Gallery: I had this as a "tech" card in my original pile of cards for the Sakashima the Impostor deck, but I think it makes an even more interesting tech card in this deck under the new rules. Just this week though I came upon an interesting thought: are there any blue legends with sweet enters-the-battlefield abilities that I could copy with clones without nuking the original? Scanning through Gatherer didn’t yield up too many prospects until…īiovisionary: If I’m already running a ton of clones, why not toss in an "Oops, I win!" card? It’s why Infinite Reflection made the cut.īoldwyr Heavyweights, Weird Harvest: If you’re running a deck all about cloning stuff, then you want your opponent to have sweet stuff to clone, right? Here you go. I previously wrote about how that’s a good thing for Commander play overall, but now when I looked at my little stack of cards with Sakashima sitting on top, I’d sigh and wish I’d moved a little faster in pulling the deck together.
#REAPER KING FULL#
Of course, part of the allure in playing a Commander deck chock full of clones is that you can use the clones to keep problematic legends off the board-but under the new M14 legend rules that no longer applies.
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I’d even recently procured a copy of Sakishima’s Student-NINJA!-to put in the deck. I’d had a small stack of cards and a deck idea brewing for quite a while based around Sakashima the Impostor and the idea of building a deck based off cloning other people’s creatures. While I am by and large quite happy with the new rules changes coming with Magic 2014 regarding legends and planeswalkers, I did have a small twinge of regret.