Short question, if Lazav copys something with an ability that refers to its own name, will that abilty still work or will it do nothing becouse the name (Lazav) is not the same as the name of the card that he copied?
Short question, if Lazav copys something with an ability that refers to its own name, will that abilty still work or will it do nothing becouse the name (Lazav) is not the same as the name of the card that he copied?
It will work. Everything that refers to itself by name really means "this card", unless it specifically uses the word "name".
if you copy Etrata, the silencer with lazav, and get through for the damamge, would the etrata trigger force you to shuffle in lazav? i cant think of a way to avoid it without blink, or maybe changing into a creature with shroud in responce
Short question, if Lazav copys something with an ability that refers to its own name, will that abilty still work or will it do nothing becouse the name (Lazav) is not the same as the name of the card that he copied?
It will work. Everything that refers to itself by name really means "this card", unless it specifically uses the word "name".
if you copy Etrata, the silencer with lazav, and get through for the damamge, would the etrata trigger force you to shuffle in lazav? i cant think of a way to avoid it without blink, or maybe changing into a creature with shroud in responce
Yes, you would indeed have to shuffle Lazav back into your library. As mentioned above, whenever a card's text refers to itself, such as on Etrata, it means "this permanent". So the ability will shuffle Lazav into your library.
Changing Lazav from Etrata to something with shroud won't help. The Etrata ability only targets the creature it exiles, so giving Lazav shroud doesn't change anything about what the ability does. You need to bounce/blink Etrata (or Lazav pretending to be her) to avoid shuffling it into your library.
Lazav does have some really fun interactions that conditionally make him a little more durable than his 4 mana version. While you need a stocked graveyard and mana to make him hexproof, you also have the option to alternate between persist and undying creatures to net a bunch of surveil triggers. You can even dodge the likes of Terminus by becoming Thassa, God of the Sea or another Theros god with insufficient devotion.
In some aspects, this is actually superior to Lazav, Dimir Mastermind. 2 less power for 2 less cost, hexproof traded for surveil, a repeatable activatable ability instead of a triggered do-or-don't one.
All for only 9 mana, after you get Phage from your library or hand into your graveyard. Which for Modern will very likely take so many turns that you've probably already lost the game. Another EPIC FAIL.
In some aspects, this is actually superior to Lazav, Dimir Mastermind. 2 less power for 2 less cost, hexproof traded for surveil, a repeatable activatable ability instead of a triggered do-or-don't one.
All for only 9 mana, after you get Phage from your library or hand into your graveyard. Which for Modern will very likely take so many turns that you've probably already lost the game. Another EPIC FAIL.
I don't see hin talking about modern... nice try, try again
if you copy Etrata, the silencer with lazav, and get through for the damamge, would the etrata trigger force you to shuffle in lazav? i cant think of a way to avoid it without blink, or maybe changing into a creature with shroud in responce
Yes, you would indeed have to shuffle Lazav back into your library. As mentioned above, whenever a card's text refers to itself, such as on Etrata, it means "this permanent". So the ability will shuffle Lazav into your library.
Changing Lazav from Etrata to something with shroud won't help. The Etrata ability only targets the creature it exiles, so giving Lazav shroud doesn't change anything about what the ability does. You need to bounce/blink Etrata (or Lazav pretending to be her) to avoid shuffling it into your library.
All for only 9 mana, after you get Phage from your library or hand into your graveyard. Which for Modern will very likely take so many turns that you've probably already lost the game. Another EPIC FAIL.
I don't see hin talking about modern... nice try, try again
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