Play Nice, Play Fairzorius by naixera

Format: Commander

Commander: Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 76

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated competitive Azorius stax and hard-lock control build helmed by Lavinia, Azorius Renegade. Its primary game plan is to establish early asymmetric denial using fast mana to deploy Lavinia alongside hate pieces like Drannith Magistrate, Rule of Law, Cursed Totem, and Blind Obedience. These pieces suppress fast combo, storm, and artifact ramp. The deck then transitions into a decisive game-ending hard lock on Turn 4 by resolving Knowledge Pool or Omen Machine. Under this lock, Lavinia counters any spell opponents attempt to cast from the pool without paying mana, completely shutting off spellcasting from hand. The deck protects this strategy with silence effects like Grand Abolisher and an elite suite of free countermagic. It refills resources using engines like The One Ring and Rhystic Study, eventually closing the game through beatdown or Approach of the Second Sun.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Calamity's Wake
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confounding Conundrum
  • 1 Containment Priest
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fatespinner
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Holy Day
  • 1 Hushbringer
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Knowledge Pool
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mistveil Plains
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Omen Machine
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tocatli Honor Guard
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Weathered Runestone
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath