Lazav, Wearer of Faces
Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter Detective
Whenever Lazav attacks, exile target card from a graveyard, then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you may have Lazav become a copy of a creature card exiled with it until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #13350
Lazav, Wearer of Faces lets you copy any creature in any graveyard for a single blue mana, making it one of the most mana-efficient clone effects ever printed. The catch is that it only stays as that copy until end of turn and requires Lazav himself to already be on the battlefield — but one mana to become the best creature that's died all game is a deal Inquisitor Greyfax decks and graveyard-heavy tables will take every time.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Inquisitor Greyfax
Inquisitor Greyfax runs Lazav, Wearer of Faces as a flexible answer that doubles as a threat — for a single blue mana, Lazav can copy whatever high-value creature hit a graveyard that turn and immediately contribute to the board, all while Greyfax keeps the pressure on.
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind already lives in the graveyard-mining space, and Lazav, Wearer of Faces acts as a parallel copy engine — where the Mastermind needs creatures to mill in, the Wearer of Faces can snap-copy anything that's already died, giving the deck redundancy across both graveyard axes.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Lazav, Wearer of Faces earns its slot — multiplayer tables mean graveyards fill fast, so one blue mana to copy a Blightsteel Colossus or Toxrill, the Corrosive mid-combat is a genuine swing-the-game moment. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, the end-of-turn limitation and the requirement to already have Lazav in play are real constraints; dedicated clone and graveyard decks there usually want permanent copies rather than a flicker. Legacy and Vintage have access to broken enough graveyards to make the effect live, but faster, cheaper threats push Lazav, Wearer of Faces to the fringe. Standard is its most accessible environment outside Commander, where the card pool is shallow enough that a one-mana copy of the format's best creature can be legitimately threatening.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Lazav, Wearer of Faces is bulk — there's no price barrier to picking up copies. Bulk rares with narrow conditions rarely spike unless a specific combo or meta deck adopts them, so this is a safe pickup at cost rather than a speculative hold.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.