Lavinia's Pillow Prison

Commander / EDH Combo Control Pillow Fort Prison Stax WU (Azorius)

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Mana Source (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 8x Island
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 14x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Sol Ring

Pillow Fort (9)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Crackdown
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Windborn Muse

Card Advantage (5)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Rhystic Study

Lockdown (4)

• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Rest in Peace

Creature Defense (3)

• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Mother of Runes

Tempo (2)

• 1x Kismet
• 1x Loxodon Gatekeeper

Ramp (14)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Mana Fixing (12)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Sea of Clouds

Lavinia Combo (5)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Catastrophe
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Mana Breach
• 1x Omen Machine

Control-BoardWipe (3)

• 1x Catastrophe
• 1x Mass Calcify
• 1x Single Combat

Stax (3)

• 1x Angel of Jubilation
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Solemnity

Ramp Copy (1)

• 1x Mechanized Production

Commander (1)

Control (12)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unsubstantiate

Tax (7)

• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Spelltithe Enforcer
• 1x Windborn Muse

Tutor (5)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Treasure Mage

Lockdown Combo (2)

• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Solemnity

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Sideboard

Control (2)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Path to Exile

Stick-fodder (1)

• 1x Orim's Chant

Anti-Arcades (1)

• 1x Reverence

Tutor (1)

• 1x Trinket Mage

Other (1)

• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

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Maybeboard

Control (7)

• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Negate
• 1x Nexus of Fate
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Revoke Existence
• 1x Taigam, Ojutai Master

Creature Defense (4)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Hindering Light
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Shelter

Tax (3)

• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Sphere of Safety

Mana Fixing (2)

• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Prismatic Lens

Armageddon-Recovery (1)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds

Mana Source (1)

• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

Mech-Prod Alternate (1)

• 1x Prototype Portal

Ramp Reuse (1)

• 1x Paradox Engine

Control-BoardWipe (5)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Ramp (5)

• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Thought Vessel

Card Advantage (3)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Counter-Alpha-Strike (2)

• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Selfless Squire

Mech-Prod Target (2)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Seat of the Synod

Mycrosynth Combo (1)

• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

Other (5)

• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Fatespinner
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Ponder

Stax (5)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Rising Waters
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Pillow Fort (3)

• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Sphere of Safety

Lavinia Combo (2)

• 1x Global Ruin
• 1x Sunder

Tutor (2)

• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Spellseeker

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Lavinia's Prison and Pillow Fort Combo deck.

"The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of our enemy's not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable." -- Sun Tzu

Key Combos & Strategy highlights:

• Ghostly Prison + Propaganda + Windborn Muse + Baird, Steward of Argive = "It's gonna be expensive to attack me, you sure you wouldn't rather attack someone else?"
• Energy Field + Rest in Peace = Prevent all damage to me from opponents
• If things are getting out of my control, Armageddon + Lavinia, Azorius Renegade = No more non-creature spells for my opponents for awhile.
• Land Tax played right before or right after, can ensure that I come out ahead after the Armageddon .

Always have a counterspell in hand when playing the final piece of the following combos, because it will pull aggro from the entire table.

• Lavinia, Azorius Renegade + Omen Machine = A soft Lock, where no new cards can be drawn, but opponents can still play from their hands. I will randomly get a free spell cast on my turn from Omen Machine and opponents don't, but that rarely amounts to much. It's best to wait to play this until you have an Armageddon to cast or Mana Breach to combine with the above combo to solidifies your lock faster, because omen machine will cast spells for opponents that get auto-countered which would make Mana Breach decrease the amount of lands they have to use for useful spells in their hands, and also helps Lavinia counter more of their spells.
• Knowledge Pool + Lavinia, Azorius Renegade = A hard lock, where nobody can play spells but me, except if they have anything on the board to remove a combo piece or enough creatures to destroy me because I will be facing all of them if I do this.
• Decree of Silence + Solemnity = A hard lock, similar to Knowledge Pool, except probably more durable because it doesn't rely on a squishy human (Lavinia) to stay locked down.
• Isochron Scepter + Silence = Silence the Opposition - A hard lock. Just remember to leave open 2 mana per opponent for as long as they refuse to scoop.

Deck changes Show

• Replace Selfless Spirit with Decree of Silence to combo with Solemnity
• Consider replacing Crackdown with Meekstone
• Consider replacing Fellwar Stone with Prismatic Lens because Fellwar becomes useless after an Armageddon

Sideboard Usage:

• Swap in Reverence when facing an Arcades, the Strategist deck.
• Swap in Acid Rain against mono-green decks, or when all opponents are playing some green.
• Swap in Drought when any opponent is playing mono-black.
• Swap in Absolute Grace when all opponents are playing some black.

Potential combos to add:

• Quicken + Upheaval at the beginning of opponent's end step (before cleanup).
• Drogskol Captain + Hokori, Dust Drinker = Hokori (untap only 1 land) with Hexproof
• Something to keep opponents from playing cards in hand with Omen Machine & Lavinia out. I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory because of that once already. Maybe only let people cast 1 spell per turn? Omen Machine would use up their cast most of the time. Seeing how Mana Breach does first.

Cards I wish I could add:

• Land Equilibrium would be perfect for this deck, unfortunately it's super pricy.
• Ravages of War is Armageddon by another name, and it'd be nice to be able to run a 2nd copy
• Meddling Mage is too expensive for a card I can only use in a deck. I play enough blue and enough white, but not generally together. I could put in Nevermore as a replacement that's much cheaper, but definitely not as good.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	BRG
Key combos	Isochron Scepter + Silence Energy Field + Rest in Peace Decree of Silence + Solemnity Knowledge Pool + Lavinia, Azorius Renegade Lavinia, Azorius Renegade + Omen Machine Armageddon + Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 41 - 2 Rares 19 - 1 Uncommons 9 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Treasure
Folders	Ideas, Reference to decks i want to build or work on cause im stealing cards they have :P, Retired Commander Decks, Nice