Lazav, Familiar Stranger (Commander) - Budget

Lazav, Familiar Stranger
Rank #1,482
96decks
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Alejandro Fuentes
Mar 17, 2026
Five Different Ways to Use The Ooze in Commander
Alejandro finds the five ways to use The Ooze in Commander, from the jankiest, to the most competitive, to the most evil.
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Raven of Fell Omens
46%inclusion44 decks96 decks
46%synergy
Seize the Secrets
43%inclusion41 decks96 decks
42%synergy
Murder
43%inclusion41 decks96 decks
35%synergy
Jace's Erasure
35%inclusion34 decks96 decks
35%synergy
Desperate Bloodseeker
33%inclusion32 decks96 decks
33%synergy
Blood Hustler
32%inclusion31 decks96 decks
32%synergy
Rattleback Apothecary
30%inclusion29 decks96 decks
30%synergy
Servant of the Stinger
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
29%synergy
Nimble Brigand
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
29%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
29%synergy
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Negate
39%inclusion37 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Thought Scour
34%inclusion33 decks96 decks
28%synergy
Feed the Swarm
31%inclusion30 decks96 decks
-4%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
28%synergy
Codex Shredder
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
27%synergy
Cathartic Adept
28%inclusion27 decks96 decks
28%synergy
Tyrant's Scorn
27%inclusion26 decks96 decks
26%synergy
Pilfered Plans
27%inclusion26 decks96 decks
25%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
26%inclusion25 decks96 decks
24%synergy
Skulduggery
25%inclusion24 decks96 decks
25%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Harrier Strix
25%inclusion24 decks96 decks
24%synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
24%inclusion23 decks96 decks
22%synergy
Overzealous Muscle
24%inclusion23 decks96 decks
24%synergy
Vadmir, New Blood
23%inclusion22 decks96 decks
23%synergy
Consuming Aberration
23%inclusion22 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Ambush Gigapede
22%inclusion21 decks96 decks
22%synergy
Geyser Drake
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
20%synergy
Marauding Sphinx
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
20%synergy
Hollow Marauder
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Striped Riverwinder
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Spring Splasher
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
18%synergy
Looter il-Kor
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Kaervek, the Punisher
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
14%synergy
Daggermaw Megalodon
14%inclusion11 decks80 decks
14%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Mirrorshell Crab
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Oasis Gardener
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Scion of Darkness
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Peerless Ropemaster
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Glamermite
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Windcaller Aven
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Silver Deputy
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Vault Plunderer
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Marauding Brinefang
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Rooftop Assassin
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Forsaken Miner
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Shardless Outlander
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Veteran Ice Climber
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
-13%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
-4%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Slickshot Vault-Buster
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Gloomfang Mauler
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Tidal Terror
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Obsessive Stitcher
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Razzle-Dazzler
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Drownyard Lurker
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Loan Shark
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Saiba Cryptomancer
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Lazav, Wearer of Faces
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Ulamog's Crusher
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Balustrade Spy
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Boneyard Desecrator
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Halo Forager
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Drowner Initiate
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Skaab Goliath
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Eldrazi Devastator
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Instants
Frantic Search
24%inclusion23 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Shoot the Sheriff
24%inclusion23 decks96 decks
23%synergy
Take the Fall
24%inclusion23 decks96 decks
24%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
23%inclusion22 decks96 decks
22%synergy
Didn't Say Please
23%inclusion22 decks96 decks
18%synergy
Dream Twist
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
20%synergy
Psychic Strike
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Unsummon
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
16%synergy
Counterspell
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
-38%synergy
Essence Capture
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
16%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
16%inclusion13 decks80 decks
14%synergy
Desert's Due
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
16%synergy
Doom Blade
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Consuming Ashes
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
14%synergy
Thought Collapse
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Fleeting Reflection
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Refute
13%inclusion10 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Price of Fame
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Metamorphic Blast
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Tragic Slip
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Neutralize the Guards
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Mental Modulation
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
11%synergy
Phantom Interference
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Mana Leak
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Failed Fording
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Repulse
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Denial
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
-16%synergy
Confound
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Cancel
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Drown in the Loch
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
-10%synergy
Brainstorm
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
-22%synergy
Unauthorized Exit
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Essence Scatter
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Charm
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Consider
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
-5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
-8%synergy
Terror
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Shore Up
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Breathe Your Last
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Reasonable Doubt
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Edict
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Run Away Together
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Oblivion's Hunger
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Dihada's Ploy
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Cast Down
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Spell Pierce
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Depressurize
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Jailbreak Scheme
25%inclusion24 decks96 decks
25%synergy
Duress
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
20%synergy
Binding Negotiation
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
21%synergy
Enter the Enigma
19%inclusion15 decks80 decks
15%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Mourner's Surprise
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
18%synergy
Extract from Darkness
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Heartless Pillage
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Shifting Grift
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Notion Rain
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Lively Dirge
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Diresight
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Singularity Rupture
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
-1%synergy
Treasure Cruise
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Chart a Course
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Divination
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Compelling Argument
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Wail of the Forgotten
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Rush of Dread
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Deep Analysis
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Chainer's Edict
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Plan the Heist
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Arms of Hadar
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Fell
7.9%inclusion7 decks89 decks
5%synergy
Mind Sculpt
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Reckoner Shakedown
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Compulsive Research
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Dream Harvest
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Mind Rot
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Heist
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Contract Killing
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Bone Shards
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Sleep
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Memory Sluice
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Rush of Ice
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Glasses of Urza
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
15%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Scrabbling Claws
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Boom Box
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Grindclock
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
The Key to the Vault
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Shriekhorn
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
6.9%inclusion5 decks72 decks
3%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
-1%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
-19%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Witness Protection
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
16%synergy
Aqueous Form
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Stop Cold
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
12%synergy
Tinybones Joins Up
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Stasis Field
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Drowned Secrets
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Unable to Scream
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Dead Weight
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Security Bypass
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Rakish Crew
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Chronic Flooding
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Tricks of the Trade
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Sunscorched Desert
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
17%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion13 decks96 decks
-14%synergy
Bojuka Bog
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
-26%synergy
Sandstorm Verge
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Piranha Marsh
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Skyline Cascade
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
-9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
0%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
7%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Soaring Seacliff
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
-30%synergy
Desert
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Barren Moor
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Hidden Cataract
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
The Surgical Bay
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
42%inclusion40 decks96 decks
-42%synergy
Sol Ring
32%inclusion31 decks96 decks
-56%synergy
Bandit's Haul
31%inclusion30 decks96 decks
31%synergy
Dimir Signet
26%inclusion25 decks96 decks
-33%synergy
Commander's Sphere
23%inclusion22 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Mind Stone
18%inclusion17 decks96 decks
-11%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Sky Diamond
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Bounty Board
11%inclusion11 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Locket
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
-50%synergy
Thought Vessel
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
-24%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
-24%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion96 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Island
99%inclusion95 decks96 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
58%inclusion56 decks96 decks
-29%synergy
Soured Springs
51%inclusion49 decks96 decks
48%synergy
Dismal Backwater
42%inclusion40 decks96 decks
26%synergy
Evolving Wilds
36%inclusion35 decks96 decks
20%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
29%inclusion28 decks96 decks
-9%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
14%synergy
Path of Ancestry
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
-7%synergy
Sunken Hollow
21%inclusion20 decks96 decks
-45%synergy
Conduit Pylons
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
18%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
20%inclusion19 decks96 decks
-20%synergy
Mirage Mesa
19%inclusion18 decks96 decks
19%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
6%synergy
Temple of Deceit
17%inclusion16 decks96 decks
-19%synergy
Thriving Isle
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
13%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
16%inclusion15 decks96 decks
-32%synergy
Tainted Isle
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
-30%synergy
Waterfront District
15%inclusion14 decks96 decks
11%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
8%synergy
Thriving Moor
13%inclusion12 decks96 decks
10%synergy
Sinister Hideout
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Murky Sewer
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Fetid Pools
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
-8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
4%synergy
Ash Barrens
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
8.3%inclusion8 decks96 decks
3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
-25%synergy
Hidden Grotto
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Escape Tunnel
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
-15%synergy
Obscura Storefront
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
4%synergy