First printed in Guilds of Ravnica (2018)
All 7 prints
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Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
When Lazav enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
: 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.
1/3
- Illustrated by
- Yongjae Choi
- Watermark
- Dimir
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (6)
- Lazav copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics it specifically modifies. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
- Because Lazav isn't entering the battlefield when it becomes a copy of a card, any "When this enters the battlefield" or "This enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied card won't apply.
- Any effects that applied to Lazav before it becomes a copy of another card will continue to apply once it's become a copy. The same is true of any counters that are on Lazav.
- If a card in your graveyard has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- If the copied card has an ability that can be activated only once each turn, copying that card a second time will allow you to activate the new instance of that ability.
- You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.007 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
Combos
13 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite self-mill: Lazav, the Multifarious + Mirror-Mad Phantasm
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Butcher Ghoul + Lazav, the Multifarious + Lesser Masticore
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Lesser Masticore + Nardole, Resourceful Cyborg
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Butcher Ghoul + Lazav, the Multifarious + Putrid Goblin
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Nardole, Resourceful Cyborg + Putrid Goblin
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Safehold Elite + Young Wolf
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Safehold Elite + Strangleroot Geist
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Nardole, Resourceful Cyborg + Safehold Elite
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Lesser Masticore + Young Wolf
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Lazav, the Multifarious + Lesser Masticore + Strangleroot Geist
