Lavinia of the Tenth
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Protection from red
When Lavinia enters, detain each nonland permanent your opponents control with mana value 4 or less. (Until your next turn, those permanents can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- RNA Guild Kit
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #9746
Lavinia of the Tenth locks down every nonland permanent your opponents control when she enters — a mass detain stapled to a 4/4 body for five mana. The cost is real, but the payoff is a full-table time stop that Brago, King Eternal decks abuse by blinking her repeatedly to keep opponents frozen indefinitely.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brago, King Eternal
Brago, King Eternal blinks Lavinia of the Tenth every combat, resetting the detain trigger and leaving opponents permanently unable to untap their permanents — it's one of the most punishing soft-lock engines in Azorius.
Yorion, Sky Nomad
Yorion, Sky Nomad's built-in flicker effect resets Lavinia of the Tenth on every attack, and an 80-card deck gives you enough redundancy to chain the detain effect across multiple turns.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lavinia of the Tenth is a staple in any Azorius blink shell — detaining every opponent's board simultaneously is uniquely devastating at a four-player table where the effect scales with each additional opponent. Outside Commander, she sees fringe Legacy and Vintage play as a sideboard answer to artifact-heavy or permanent-based combo decks, though her five-mana cost is often too slow to matter in those formats. Modern and Pioneer offer faster, cheaper disruption, so she rarely makes the cut in competitive 60-card lists. Oathbreaker is the one other format where she's genuinely strong, particularly as a signature spell target in a detain-themed build.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Lavinia of the Tenth sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a legitimate engine piece in blink decks. That price is unlikely to climb meaningfully — she's been reprinted enough that supply keeps her accessible, and she's exactly the kind of card you should pick up without hesitation for any blue-white flicker list.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.