---
name: "Lazav, Familiar Stranger"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "216"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "ca60623a-1a98-4153-a0ee-2f34981de5cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lazav-familiar-stranger-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lazav, Familiar Stranger
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/4

## Oracle Text
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. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lazav, Wearer of Faces](/printing/lazav-wearer-of-faces-pmkm.md) — Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter Detective
2. [Lazav, Dimir Mastermind](/printing/lazav-dimir-mastermind-znc.md) — Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Lazav, the Multifarious](/printing/lazav-the-multifarious-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Kaervek, the Punisher](/printing/kaervek-the-punisher-potj.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
5. [Hardbristle Bandit](/printing/hardbristle-bandit-otj.md) — Creature — Plant Rogue
6. [Seize the Secrets](/printing/seize-the-secrets-otj.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #216
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`