We have investigated the effect of copper substitution on the structure, cation valence, and magnetic properties of the double p erovskit e La 2 MnCoO 6 . La 2 Mn 1−x Cu x CoO 6 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) were synthesized by the sol− gel techniques and characterized by PXRD, FE-SEM, EDX, XPS, and both the dc-and ac-magnetization. There is a structural transition for copper substitution, where the monoclinic structure of the parent La 2 MnCoO 6 transformed to the rhombohedral structure. The ionic size difference between Mn 4+ (0.53 Å) and Cu 2+ (0.73 Å) may be ascribed to be the driving force behind the structural transition with an increase in Cu doping. EDX analysis confirms the nominal cationic compositions and chemical homogeneity of the samples. The copper substitution has a large impact on the valency of both the Mn and Co cations by following the charge neutrality condition: 3+ , where x is the doping concentration. There is also the Co 2+ + Mn 4+ = Co 3+ + Mn 3+ interaction. The presence of multivalent cations is evidenced from the XPS analysis. This largely influences the cationic ordering as well as the magnetic interactions. The monoclinic structure of the x = 0 and 0.1 samples show long-range ferromagnetic ordering. This is associated with the Mn 4+ OCo 2+ ferromagnetic superexchange interaction in the ordered state of Mn 4+ and Co 2+ . For small Cu doping (x = 0.1), this interaction is marginally disturbed. However, in the rhombohedral phase for x ≥ 0.2, the ferromagnetic interaction is largely suppressed with the evolution of competing antiferromagnetic interactions between the multivalent cations. Most importantly, in the panorama of multivalent mixed cations with randomness and competing exchange interactions, which are the fundamental ingredients of magnetic frustration, the antisite-disordered induced magnetic frustration for x = 0 is practically suppressed for x ≥ 0.2. The antiferromagnetic ordering over magnetic frustration can be attributed to the local lattice distortion induced by Jahn−Teller-active Cu 2+ and Mn 3+ and intermediate-spin-state Co 3+ ions.