Lazav the Multifarious and transform/flip cards

Asked by SpecimeN87 4 years ago

If Lazav, the Multifarious clones Elusive Tormentor  ^Flip, and then activates the transformation condition, does the transformation happen? Would Lazav then have the abilities of Insidious Mist ?

Conversely, what if I were to copy either jace, vryn prodigy or Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip? Is it now a planeswalker?

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

Only a double-faced card can actually transform. For your example with Elusive Tormentor  ^Flip, this just means nothing happens and Lazav, the Multifarious is still a copy of the Tormentor. However, for your example with Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip or Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip there's a special rule that says Lazav will go to exile and stay there.

711.8a If a player is instructed to put a card that isn’t a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, that card stays in its current zone.

October 11, 2019 5:36 p.m.