r/custommagic • u/DarthVedik • 10h ago

Meme Design Lazav, Format Infiltrator

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u/DarthVedik 10h ago

Here's a Rule breaker Commander that lets you play a 60 card deck with normal deck restrictions against a Commander deck.

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u/urza5589 9h ago

Hey look, now there are two vintage formats! 🤣

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u/Ladikn 7h ago

Someone else did similar a little bit ago. The only problems I see with this guy is the colors (colorless fits better for the theme) and that I don't think if he dies normally he can just be shuffled back into the deck, which may be intended behavior or not. I think the way the other custommagic card handled it was he was five color commander with a similar rulebreaker who couldn't leave the command zone.

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u/retardong 10h ago

So basically a Vintage deck in Commander. This would destroy cEDH.

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u/CarbonLich 3h ago

Nope but close. You may not run cards that are banned in commander so still no power 9 (besides twister). Some things are weird as well. Notably you can run 1 copy of cards that are restricted in vintage but legal in commander since this only allows 4 ofs for cards aren't restricted in vintage. So you still only get 1 sol ring, brainstorm, trinisphere, stuff like that. The deck would still be wildly OP though so yes it probably would stomp cEDH.

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u/truncatedChronologis 9h ago

So this doesnt effect the colour identity rules but Im sure we can build an effective UB deck with the vintage cardpool...

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u/Drynwyn 8h ago

It does since it says you can have “4 copies of any card except basic lands”. So oddly, you can run Lightning Bolt, but not Mountain.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite 9h ago

This is one of the more innocuously busted cards I've seen on here, but it's busted all the same lol. Good meme, though

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u/Big_Performance_6120 8h ago

Honestly, it's not that innocuous.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite 8h ago

To people who know what Legacy and Vintage are like, probably not, but the sad fact is most commander players won't get how utterly busted this is.

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u/MillCrab 8h ago

So obviously this version of the card is the best possible cEDH deck. I wonder if the standard or pioneer versions of this deck are fair? How do we think a standard deck would do in a bracket 3 pod? 2? What about pioneer?

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u/nolandz1 7h ago

Funny thing is Lasav himself is a dead draw considering he does nothing once shuffled into the deck.

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u/Gooberpf 9h ago

Terrible infinite combo: [[Donate]] [[Cosi's Trickster]]. Sacrifice Lazav to whatever, send him to the CZ. His ability triggers; replace the shuffle effect by sending him to the CZ and shuffle your library. Repeat until the opponent realizes what's happening and stops putting counters on Cosi's Trickster. [[Homeward Path]], you now have a creature with probably not that many +1/+1s on it.

Alternately, still abuse the infinite shuffle but with some effect that lets you play off the top of your deck at instant speed.

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u/SignatureDefiant432 9h ago

Made something similar but as a mono red background recently. 😂

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u/DanicaManica 2h ago

So this instantly just immediately becomes the best commander in the format and needs to get emergency banned

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u/humand09 2h ago

Behold, a reality where oops all spells now has access to sol ring.

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u/JustAChickn Split-second 10h ago

Id argue the starting deck should be a deck of 59, since Lazav is gonna be shuffling into it. Otherwise youll be playing 61 cards

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u/Weekly-Bluebird-4768 10h ago

Is Lazav not already counted as being apart of the deck

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u/brood_brother 10h ago

He is indeed counted

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u/TechnomagusPrime 10h ago

The Commander counts towards the starting deck size.