Lazav, Dimir Mastermind

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Lazav, Dimir Mastermind: Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter, Zendikar Rising Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{U}{U}{B}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC)
Released
2020-09-25
Collector number
92
Artist
David Rapoza
Commander rank
7,045 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Hexproof
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Lazav, Dimir Mastermind

Lazav, Dimir Mastermind is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and black legendary creature from Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC), a Commander product released in September 2020. It is collector number 92 in that set, with art by David Rapoza. It costs {U}{U}{B}{B} (two blue and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Gatecrash (2013) to Zendikar Rising Commander (2020). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.86 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.86 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Lazav, Dimir Mastermind by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Lazav, Dimir Mastermind

Lazav, Dimir Mastermind has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
GRN Guild Kit (GK1) #16Mythic2018
Gatecrash (GTC) #174Mythic2013

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, newest first.

  • "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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Token creatures dying won't cause Lazav's triggered ability to trigger.

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