Lazav, Familiar Stranger

Lazav, Familiar Stranger

Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter

Mana cost: {1}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Whenever you commit a crime, put a +1/+1 counter on Lazav. Then you may exile a card from a graveyard. If a creature card was exiled this way, you may have Lazav become a copy of that card until end of turn. This ability triggers only once each turn.

triggered — puts a counter on it

triggered — brings a card back

triggered — copies a permanent

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: put a counter on anything, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, copy anything.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Lazav, Familiar Stranger is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Lazav, Familiar Stranger, it triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

When Lazav, Familiar Stranger leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

When Lazav, Familiar Stranger gets a counter:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — makes a token
  3. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  4. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage
  5. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  6. Shalai and Hallar — deals that much damage
  7. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  8. Enduring Scalelord — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  10. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card

33 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Lazav, Familiar Stranger gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a card into a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Sage's Row Denizen — Sage's Row Denizen puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  2. Exhibition Tidecaller — Exhibition Tidecaller puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  3. Tenured Oilcaster — Tenured Oilcaster puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  4. Billowing Shriekmass — Billowing Shriekmass puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  5. Devourer of Memory — Devourer of Memory puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  6. Screeching Silcaw — Screeching Silcaw puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  7. Scrabbling Skullcrab — Scrabbling Skullcrab puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  8. Hedron Crab — Hedron Crab puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  9. Ruin Crab — Ruin Crab puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back
  10. Drowner Initiate — Drowner Initiate puts cards into the graveyard that Lazav, Familiar Stranger can bring back

7,579 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

When Lazav, Familiar Stranger attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

115 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

When Lazav, Familiar Stranger attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

180 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

When Lazav, Familiar Stranger blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  5. Dwindle — kills a creature

23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — When Lazav, Familiar Stranger attacks, Mardu Ascendancy makes a token

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

When Lazav, Familiar Stranger enters:

  1. Scurry Oak — puts a counter on itself
  2. Fathom Mage — puts a counter on itself
  3. Lonis, Genetics Expert — puts a counter on itself
  4. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  5. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  6. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  7. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  8. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  9. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  10. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

300 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Lazav is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Lazav, Familiar Stranger enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

41 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.