Lazav, the Multifarious

Lazav, the Multifarious card image

Lazav, the Multifarious: Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. When Lazav enters, surveil 1. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{U}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
1/3
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
214
Artist
Yongjae Choi
Commander rank
8,997 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Surveil
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Lazav, the Multifarious

Lazav, the Multifarious is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and black legendary creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 214 in that set, with art by Yongjae Choi. It costs {U}{B} (one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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

{X}: 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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (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, the Multifarious by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Lazav, the Multifarious

Lazav, the Multifarious has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #196Rare2024
Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #371Rare2024
Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #371zRare2024
The List (PLST) #GRN-184Mythic2020
Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #184Mythic2018
Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) #184sMythic2018

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Lazav, the Multifarious, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • If a card in your graveyard has {X} 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.
  • 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.

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