Art: Yongjae Choi · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Lazav, the Multifarious

Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter · from $0.30

When Lazav enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {X}: Lazav becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except its name is Lazav, the Multifarious, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has this ability.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

51 of 100 at $5 or less · 31 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
10	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
11	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
12	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
15	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
16	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
17	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
18	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
19	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
20	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
21	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
22	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
23	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
24	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
25	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
26	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
27	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
28	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
29	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
30	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
31	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
32	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
33	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
34	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
35	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
36	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
37	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
38	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
39	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
40	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
41	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
42	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
43	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
44	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
45	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
46	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
47	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
48	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
49	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
50	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
51	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
52	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
53	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
54	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
55	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
56	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
57	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
58	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
59	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50
60	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
61	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
62	Propaganda	Enchantment	3	$1.84
63	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
64	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
65	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
66	Mana Drain	Instant	2	$50.65
67	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
68	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
69	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
70	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
71	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
72	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
73	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
74	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
75	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
76	Underground River	Land	0	$0.51
77	Ponder	Sorcery	1	$1.82
78	Morphic Pool	Land	0	$28.50
79	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
80	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
81	Pongify	Instant	1	$2.21
82	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
83	Dimir Signet	Artifact	2	$0.27
84	Windfall	Sorcery	3	$4.78
85	Mystical Tutor	Instant	1	$14.99
86	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
87	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
88	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs	Instant	3	$9.68
89	Mystic Sanctuary	Land	0	$1.01
90	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
91	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
92	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
93	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
94	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
95	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
96	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
97	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
98	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
99	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
100	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77

Curve of these staples

Most played with Lazav, the Multifarious

The 25 most-played cards in 5 settled top-16 lists running Lazav, the Multifarious at 16+ player events since May 2, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in
1	Ancient Tomb	100% · 5 of 5
2	Bloodstained Mire	100% · 5 of 5
3	Buried Alive	100% · 5 of 5
4	Cabal Pit	100% · 5 of 5
5	Carrion Feeder	100% · 5 of 5
6	Cavern of Souls	100% · 5 of 5
7	Cephalid Coliseum	100% · 5 of 5
8	Chrome Mox	100% · 5 of 5
9	City of Brass	100% · 5 of 5
10	Command Tower	100% · 5 of 5
11	Cryptic Trilobite	100% · 5 of 5
12	Culling the Weak	100% · 5 of 5
13	Cynical Loner	100% · 5 of 5
14	Dark Ritual	100% · 5 of 5
15	Dauthi Voidwalker	100% · 5 of 5
16	Deadly Rollick	100% · 5 of 5
17	Disciple of Deceit	100% · 5 of 5
18	Drowned Catacomb	100% · 5 of 5
19	Duskmantle Guildmage	100% · 5 of 5
20	Entomb	100% · 5 of 5
21	Faerie Mastermind	100% · 5 of 5
22	Fierce Guardianship	100% · 5 of 5
23	Flare of Denial	100% · 5 of 5
24	Flooded Strand	100% · 5 of 5
25	Force of Will	100% · 5 of 5

Combos with Lazav, the Multifarious

5 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Lazav, the Multifarious + Mirror-Mad Phantasm
Infinite self-mill
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Ashnod's Altar + Butcher Ghoul + Lazav, the Multifarious + Lesser Masticore
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite surveil
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Lesser Masticore + Nardole, Resourceful Cyborg
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite surveil
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Ashnod's Altar + Butcher Ghoul + Lazav, the Multifarious + Putrid Goblin
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite surveil
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo
Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Nardole, Resourceful Cyborg + Putrid Goblin
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite surveil
How it works on Commander Spellbook
Build around this combo

Top finishes

6 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

7th of 31 — "Win-A-Dual" Commander Tournament on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 2–2–1 · by Justin Rivas
14th of 43 — Recycled Entertainment CEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 2–4–0 · by Justin Rivas
9th of 19 — "Win-A-Dual" Commander Tournament on Topdeck.ggAug 8, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Justin Rivas
13th of 21 — "Win-A-Dual" Commander Tournament on Topdeck.ggJul 11, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Justin Rivas
16th of 24 — "Win-A-Dual" Commander Tournament on Topdeck.ggJun 6, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Justin Rivas
10th of 34 — "Win-A-Dual" Commander Tournament on Topdeck.ggMay 2, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Justin Rivas

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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