Art by Steven Belledin
Commander deckUW
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Shut down Pantlaza's Discover triggers, free spells, and big-mana ramp using ETB denial and Lavinia's tax effects under a tight $2-per-card budget, while sneaking in Turtle and Ninja flavor elements.
Asked for“create a Lavinia, Azorius Renegade deck, make every card don't cost more than 2 dollars, and make it be a strong deck against Pantlaza, use Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cards in it, can give a lot of protection against explore, card draw, and ramp.”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
WULegendary Creature — Human Soldier
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Ninja of the Deep Hours
3UCreature — Human Ninja
TMNT ninja theme that draws cards on combat damage
Moon-Circuit Hacker
1UEnchantment Creature — Human Ninja
TMNT ninja card providing early card velocity
Prosperous Thief
2UCreature — Human Ninja
TMNT ninja card creating treasure tokens and filtering cards
Removal
10
Cleansing Nova
3WWSorcery
flexible board wipe for creatures or artifacts/enchantments
Threats/Wincons
23
Covert Technician
2UArtifact Creature — Human Ninja
TMNT ninja that cheats small artifacts into play
Mist-Syndicate Naga
2UCreature — Snake Ninja
TMNT ninja that creates copies of itself
Doorkeeper Thrull
1WCreature — Thrull
completely shuts off Pantlaza's Discover ETB triggers
Tocatli Honor Guard
1WCreature — Human Soldier
disables creature ETB triggers across the table
Containment Priest
1WCreature — Human Cleric
exiles any creature cheated into play via Discover or blink
Aven Mindcensor
2WCreature — Bird Wizard
shuts down search and ramp spells from Green decks
Archon of Emeria
2WCreature — Archon
limits players to one spell per turn and slows nonbasic land ramp
Baird, Steward of Argive
2WWLegendary Creature — Human Soldier
taxes creature attacks targeting you
Windborn Muse
3WCreature — Spirit
flying creature with propaganda attack tax effect
Archon of Absolution
3WCreature — Archon
protection from white and taxes attackers
Venser, Shaper Savant
2UULegendary Creature — Human Wizard
bounces spells or permanents back to hand
Ephara, God of the Polis
2WULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
indestructible threat that draws cards when creatures enter
Dream Trawler
2WWUUCreature — Sphinx
resilient flying finisher that draws extra cards
Angelic Arbiter
5WWCreature — Angel
forces opponents to choose between casting spells or attacking
Dragonlord Ojutai
3WULegendary Creature — Elder Dragon
hexproof airborne threat that draws cards on damage
Azor, the Lawbringer
2WWUULegendary Creature — Sphinx
silences opponents' instant/sorcery spells for a turn
Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
WULegendary Creature — Human Wizard
reduces cost of your chosen spell type
Utility
8
Knowledge Pool
6Artifact
combos with Lavinia to create a complete hard lock on opponents' spells
Rule of Law
2WEnchantment
prevents players from chaining discovered spells in one turn
Mask of Avacyn
2Artifact — Equipment
provides hexproof protection to commander and key stax creatures
