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Vizier of Many Faces

Creature — Shapeshifter Cleric

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except if this creature was embalmed, the token has no mana cost, it's white, and it's a Zombie in addition to its other types.
Embalm {3}{U}{U}

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Amonkhet Remastered
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4283
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Vizier of Many Faces card art
Vizier of Many Faces copies any creature on the battlefield for four mana, and if you embalm it from the graveyard, the token enters with no memory of the original — meaning clone effects that normally care about entering fresh just see a new creature with the same stats. The cost is real: four mana is a full turn, and the embalm clause only matters if the Vizier hits the graveyard before it copies anything, which requires some setup — but in shells built around Gyruda, Doom of Depths or Felidar Guardian loops, that setup is the whole point.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Gyruda, Doom of Depths

75.0% of decks · synergy 0.72

Gyruda, Doom of Depths is the premier home for Vizier of Many Faces — Gyruda mills four cards and puts a creature onto the battlefield, and Vizier of Many Faces is an even-mana creature that can copy Gyruda itself, restarting the mill loop and frequently winning on the spot.

02
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

45.3% of decks · synergy 0.42

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist mills opponents and rewards you for having creatures hit graveyards, making Vizier of Many Faces a flexible copy effect that also feeds the graveyard-value engine with its own eventual embalm setup.

03

Aang, at the Crossroads

31.2% of decks · synergy 0.30

Aang, at the Crossroads cares about casting spells of multiple types and leveraging value creatures, and Vizier of Many Faces slots in as a clone that can mirror whatever the best threat on the board happens to be — including Aang himself if the situation calls for it.

04
Sakashima of a Thousand FacesVial Smasher the Fierce

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce

24.6% of decks · synergy 0.24

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce is the definitive clone commander, and Vizier of Many Faces earns its slot by doubling as a recursive threat — Sakashima removes the legend rule restriction, so embalming Vizier gives you a second copy of whatever you copied the first time.

05
Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi

25.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Hidetsugu and Kairi wants high-impact blue creatures that generate value when they hit the stack or leave play, and Vizier of Many Faces delivers by copying Hidetsugu and Kairi itself for a second cast trigger — the embalm clause is gravy in a deck that already benefits from creatures cycling through the graveyard.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Vizier of Many Faces earns its keep — the format's singleton rule makes copying the best creature in any given game consistently high-value, and the embalm clause gives it a second life that most clone effects can't match. Outside Commander, it sees scattered play in Legacy and Vintage, where the power ceiling of what you can copy is higher but four mana is a steep ask against faster strategies. Pioneer and Modern are theoretically legal homes, but Vizier of Many Faces competes with cheaper or more versatile clone effects in both formats and rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated graveyard or combo shells. Oathbreaker offers similar dynamics to Commander at a smaller scale, and the card functions fine there. The card is not legal in Standard or Pauper.

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Pricing data for Vizier of Many Faces isn't currently available in our feed — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures before buying. Given its role as a combo piece in Gyruda, Doom of Depths decks and its inclusion in over 3,000 Commander lists, demand is consistent enough that it rarely sits in bulk bins.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.