Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
- Mana cost
- {U}{U}{B}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 3
- Set
- Gatecrash #174 (mythic)
- Price
- $0.66 USD
Hexproof
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you may have Lazav become a copy of that card, except its name is Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has hexproof and this ability.
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind has 3 printings, first in Gatecrash (2013). EDHREC ranks it #7,045 among Commander cards. It appears most in Anowon, the Ruin Thief decks (2,732 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
- Sneak Attack - Zendikar Rising Commander, led by Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Commanders that run Lazav, Dimir Mastermind most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Anowon, the Ruin Thief: 2,732 decks
- Captain N'ghathrod: 2,427 decks
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin: 866 decks
- Saruman of Many Colors: 699 decks
- Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker: 543 decks
- Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic: 520 decks
- Lazav, Wearer of Faces: 351 decks
- Lazav, Familiar Stranger: 332 decks
Often played with Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If multiple creature cards are put into an opponent's graveyard at the same time, you choose the order that Lazav's triggered abilities go on the stack.
- : Token creatures dying won't cause Lazav's triggered ability to trigger.
- : Lazav, Dimir Mastermind becomes a copy of the creature card in the graveyard. If that card is no longer in the graveyard when Lazav's ability resolves, use the characteristics of that card as it last existed in the graveyard. Notably, copy effects that applied to the creature card when it was on the battlefield won't be copied by Lazav. For example, if a Clone is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield and you use Lazav's ability, it will become 0/0. It won't become a copy of whatever Clone was copying.
- : "Enters" abilities of the creature card Lazav is copying won't trigger as Lazav is already on the battlefield when it becomes a copy of that creature card.