Shadow Mirror of the Dimir
Lazav, the Multifarious rewards tight play and careful graveyard construction. When Lazav, the Multifarious enters the battlefield you surveil 1 which gives a small but reliable way to smooth draws and set up future copies. The transform ability scales with investment because you pay X and copy a creature card in your graveyard with mana value X. That design makes Lazav a flexible late game threat and a recurring answer to opposing win conditions when you build around selective discard and milling.
Use Lazav, the Multifarious as a toolbox engine. It reads like a defensive commander in multiplayer or a metagame piece in two card piles. The copied creature keeps the name Lazav, the Multifarious and remains legendary while retaining its printed stats and text. That twist preserves identity while letting you reuse specific creature abilities from your graveyard. From a Ravnica perspective Lazav fits the Dimir ethos of information and imitation rather than brute force.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {U}{B}
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Card Type – Legendary Creature
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Subtypes – Shapeshifter
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – 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 mana value X, except its name is Lazav, the Multifarious, it is legendary in addition to its other types, and it has this ability.
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Power / Toughness – 1/3