Lazav, the Multifarious

Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter

When Lazav, the Multifarious enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

{X}: Lazav, the Multifarious becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with converted mana cost/mana value X, except its name is Lazav, the Multifarious, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has this ability.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

legendofa on Multifarious Assassination

2 weeks ago

Reesedaniel82 If you're talking about copying Phage the Untouchable with Lazav, the Multifarious, I believe it does work. When a card refers to itself in its rules text, unless it specifically uses the wording "a card named xxx", it actually means "this card."

So Lazav would gain the abilities

"Whenever (this creature) deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. It can’t be regenerated.

Whenever (this creature) deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."

Gidgetimer on Lazav, the Multifarious repeat cloning

5 months ago

In your example Lazav, the Multifarious will gain ward, but it won't do anything in relation to spells already targeting him. Since the spells are already targeting, the trigger event of "becomes the target" doesn't happen while Lazav has ward.

702.21a Ward is a triggered ability. Ward [cost] means “Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless that player pays [cost].”

Quazer on Lazav, the Multifarious repeat cloning

5 months ago

From what I understand...

If I had Lazav, the Multifarious become a copy Sleep-Cursed Faerie in response to a spell targeting him he would gain ward 2 and the other player would need to pay to target him.

If that is the case, after the player pays the 2 and ward resolves, can I activate Lazav's ability again in response to the spell targeting him making him a new copy of Sleep-Cursed Faerie and thus making the player need to pay 2 again?

Rhadamanthus on Will-o'-the-Wisp copy with different name?

6 months ago

Yes it will still work. If an ability uses a card's name in its text and doesn't specifically say something like "a card named N" (see Mirror-Mad Phantasm for an example) then it means "this object" and it will keep that meaning if another object with a different name gets the ability. In your example that means Lazav, the Multifarious will have an ability that says "{B}: Regenerate Lazav, the Multifarious."

Quazer on Will-o'-the-Wisp copy with different name?

6 months ago

Will-o'-the-Wisp's ability calls itself out by name. if Lazav, the Multifarious was a copy of it and has his own name as he does. Would he still get regenerate?

Quazer on Lazav, the Multifarious as a …

6 months ago

If I have Mirror-Mad Phantasm in my gave and I make Lazav, the Multifarious a copy of it and activate his ability...

1. Could I send Lazav, the Multifarious to the command zone as he would enter the library and still have Mirror-Mad Phantasm's ability go off?

2. Since there would be no Mirror-Mad Phantasm in my library would I reveal my entire library and put it all into my graveyard?

Quazer on Lazav, the Multifarious as a …

6 months ago

Can someone just run through what would happen if I had Mirror-Mad Phantasm in the grave and made Lazav, the Multifarious a copy of it and activated his ability???

Quazer on Sakashima copy of Lazav, the …

6 months ago

if Sakashima the Impostor enters as a copy of Lazav, the Multifarious does Lazav's ability make Sakashima's name Lazav, the Multifarious? and if so does the legend rule suddenly apply?

Also! If Sakashima the Impostor enters as a copy of Lazav, the Multifarious while Lazav is a copy of another creature does Sakashima have Lazav's ability?