Art by Steven Belledin
Saved commander deck
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.
Prompt: 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.
Commander
1 cards
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Card Draw
10 cards
Ninja of the Deep Hours
{3}{U}Creature — Human Ninja
TMNT ninja theme that draws cards on combat damage
Moon-Circuit Hacker
{1}{U}Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja
TMNT ninja card providing early card velocity
Prosperous Thief
{2}{U}Creature — Human Ninja
TMNT ninja card creating treasure tokens and filtering cards
Removal
10 cards
Wash Away
{U}Instant
hard counters spells cast via Discover for just one blue mana
Day of Judgment
{2}{W}{W}Sorcery
cheap budget board wipe against Dinosaur wide boards
Cleansing Nova
{3}{W}{W}Sorcery
flexible board wipe for creatures or artifacts/enchantments
Reality Shift
{1}{U}Instant
exiles Pantlaza and replaces it with a manifest creature
Threats/Wincons
23 cards
Covert Technician
{2}{U}Artifact Creature — Human Ninja
TMNT ninja that cheats small artifacts into play
Mist-Syndicate Naga
{2}{U}Creature — Snake Ninja
TMNT ninja that creates copies of itself
Doorkeeper Thrull
{1}{W}Creature — Thrull
completely shuts off Pantlaza's Discover ETB triggers
Tocatli Honor Guard
{1}{W}Creature — Human Soldier
disables creature ETB triggers across the table
Containment Priest
{1}{W}Creature — Human Cleric
exiles any creature cheated into play via Discover or blink
Aven Mindcensor
{2}{W}Creature — Bird Wizard
shuts down search and ramp spells from Green decks
Archon of Emeria
{2}{W}Creature — Archon
limits players to one spell per turn and slows nonbasic land ramp
Ghostly Prison
{2}{W}Enchantment
taxes aggressive attacks from heavy Dinosaur armies
Baird, Steward of Argive
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
taxes creature attacks targeting you
Windborn Muse
{3}{W}Creature — Spirit
flying creature with propaganda attack tax effect
Archon of Absolution
{3}{W}Creature — Archon
protection from white and taxes attackers
Venser, Shaper Savant
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
bounces spells or permanents back to hand
Ephara, God of the Polis
{2}{W}{U}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
indestructible threat that draws cards when creatures enter
Dream Trawler
{2}{W}{W}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
resilient flying finisher that draws extra cards
Angelic Arbiter
{5}{W}{W}Creature — Angel
forces opponents to choose between casting spells or attacking
Sphinx of the Final Word
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
uncounterable flying finisher
Dragonlord Ojutai
{3}{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
hexproof airborne threat that draws cards on damage
Azor, the Lawbringer
{2}{W}{W}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Sphinx
silences opponents' instant/sorcery spells for a turn
Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
reduces cost of your chosen spell type
Utility
8 cards
Knowledge Pool
{6}Artifact
combos with Lavinia to create a complete hard lock on opponents' spells
Rule of Law
{2}{W}Enchantment
prevents players from chaining discovered spells in one turn
Damping Sphere
{2}Artifact
punishes big-mana land strategies and extra spellcasts
Mask of Avacyn
{2}Artifact — Equipment
provides hexproof protection to commander and key stax creatures
