Llawan, Cephalid Empress
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Planechase Legal
Premodern Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Rules Q&A

Llawan, Cephalid Empress

Legendary Creature — Cephalid

When Llawan, Cephalid Empress enters the battlefield, return all blue creatures your opponents control to their owners' hands.

Your opponents can't cast blue creature spells.

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jamezbl0nde on Any Color You Like

1 year ago

am i crazy.. i don't see Painter's Servant .... seems like an auto include with Insight, Llawan, Cephalid Empress, Wrath of Marit Lage, and Douse.

Orange+ on Any Color You Like

2 years ago

Tippycat, thanks for the suggestion!

Sea Kings' Blessing looks like a great fit in this deck, but it is a tad bit pricey.. Doing color shenanigans with Llawan, Cephalid Empress is a whole lot of fun. But currently, I can still manage to do fun stuff with it using Sway of Illusion or Alter Reality / Glamerdye.

I'm gonna make a note of Sea Kings' Blessing, so it might get included at a later point :)

Tippycat on Any Color You Like

2 years ago

Sea Kings' Blessing? I mean, where else could one use this card? May be fun with Llawan, Cephalid Empress or protect your own with Inundate.

Ruffigan on Janky Ideas Compendium

4 years ago

Llawan, Cephalid Empress color hack deck. Painter's Servant is legal now, too.

Hissp on Commanders by Power Level [EDH Tier List]

4 years ago

Hi ShaperSavant,

I'm not sure if this is the best place for these discussions or somewhere on discord but...I have some additional thoughts on Mid Power commanders that should be moved up:

  1. Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom + Okaun, Eye of Chaos -- This deck Coinzzzzz made it to the final pod of a cEDH tournament as reported on reddit last week. It's a 1-card combo with Zndrsplt + Frenetic Efreet . Here's another list that adopts a Polymorph strategy: Zndrsplt & Okaun - Polydox Scepter (PRIMER).

  2. Llawan, Cephalid Empress -- Not sure if this slipped under the radar amidst the dust kicked up by the Paradox ban, but LLawan + Painter's Servant locks all opponents out of casting creatures, evening through Cavern of Souls , including Commanders. Can then assemble a Grindstone combo or perhaps Scepter combo. Here's a Scepter-less list I came across: Painter Llawan.

  3. Kambal, Consul of Allocation -- He's a must-answer stax piece for many cEDH lists in the command zone. A High-power list Kambal's tax collection **LCL Playoff** recently won a tournament/league as reported on reddit 2 weeks ago, with about a 50/50 cEDH/high-power composition. Here's a list with a very different approach (and cEDH staples! Kambal's Pact - Vilis, Broker of Blood.

  4. Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle -- I just really like this primer Worship's Reward - Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle; seems better than Sram to me.

Thanks for your consideration!

Hybrow on Cephalids Give Syphilis

4 years ago

If you really want to control people, change out your commander for Llawan, Cephalid Empress and play Whim of Volrath and Sleight of Mind and Alter Reality

Really shuts down those mono-color decks.

Good luck, i love tribal decks. The more unusually the better.

FriendlyNeighborhoodHype-Man on Substitute for Heidar (Budget Deck)

4 years ago

If you're looking to bounce with the blue commanders available at the time you'll have to run Barrin, Master Wizard or Alexi, Zephyr Mage . That's if you want Targeted bouncing. That being said, Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep and Llawan, Cephalid Empress offers a sort of board wipe effect but only under certain parameters. That and there's Sun Ce, Young Conquerer but he's not really all that viable anyhow :) Hope this helps!

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