My friend now actually hates me :-)! (he used only 2 cards she cant detain, and they are red).
He actually threatened to quit playing magic if i kept using her. (i have used her like 5 more times since and he is still playing... and loosing)
its won quite a few rounds for me!
"Lavinia... you, and the memories we created, are all i have left of my friend now :(" he is still allive just trying franticly to find someone he can beat that does not have this card!)
Posted By:
TheDragonPlainswalkr
(7/22/2013 4:26:10 PM)
This card seemed to be everywhere at the prerelease, me and 3 of my friends as well as a bunch of my opponents all opened copies of lavinia.
Posted By:
demidracolich
(4/28/2013 3:59:37 PM)
Ran this in the prerelease with Species Gorger.
Pretty much locked down my opponents.
Pro red stopped it getting burnt and made a perfect red-blocker inbetween bounces.
I just realised it detains artifacts and enchantments as well. It stops icy manipulator!
Posted By:
psyklone
(4/30/2013 10:32:08 PM)
Remember, it says non-land PERMANENTS, not just creatures, so it'll shut down artifacts and enchantments (with activated abillities) too.
AND PLANESWALKERS!
Mwahahaaaa...
Posted By:
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
(5/4/2013 1:19:57 PM)
What prevents me from loving this card is the fact that after rotation, after cards like Cloudshift and Restoration Angel rotate out, Lavinia will be a a blah card. For now, she is giving Bant decks a nasty tool to play with, but once rotation comes I don't think she'll be that special.
Posted By:
GhostCounselor
(5/5/2013 7:33:58 AM)
How useful she'll be post-rotation will depend on whether or not they print more Flicker effects.
As she is, though, she's a good mid-range drop. A great blocker against creature aggro, that also locks down pretty much the entire board when she comes in. Really, the only thing you'll have to worry about is if your opponent has played 5+cmc cards of their own, and it's somewhat unlikely that any of those will be a true threat right away.
Also, if you don't mind losing her to the Legend rule, you could always cast a second one on a later turn and trigger her mass-Detain (I think... might be wrong on that).
Posted By:
Diachronos
(5/14/2013 9:51:16 PM)
So, she's the ultimate Azorius badass, according to the new Uncharted Realms article: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ur/248
Posted By:
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
(5/22/2013 8:49:31 PM)
Deadeye Navigator anybody?
Posted By:
EdgarPoeAllen
(6/1/2013 3:15:40 PM)
This, Preeminent Captain and Eiganjo Free-Riders.
Posted By:
avishai
(6/28/2013 4:29:56 AM)
Thanks to new Legend rule, run her in Bant:
Lavinia into Progenitor Mimic, thanks to new rules, play the Mimic copying Lavinia, saccing the original Lavinia, then whenever the token enters, it will detain, and then sacrifice it, and you get to keep 1 Lavinia for attacking/blocking/looking pretty.
Posted By:
senken12
(7/23/2013 7:50:58 AM)