Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Each opponent can't cast non-creature spells with converted mana cost greater than the number of lands that player controls.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.
"I told Jace that Ravnica would fall apart if he didn't take his responsibilities seriously. I didn't want to be right."
illus. Steven Belledin # 189/259
Oracle Text
Each opponent can't cast non-creature spells with converted mana cost greater than the number of lands that player controls.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.
She shuts down a lot of 'geddon strategies too.
Stops cascade
Stops tron decks from landing Karn
Stops chalice/explosives for 0
No as foretold
No suspend
Stops mana rocks and dorks
No cheerios
No force of will/daze/gush
No moxen/lotus/LED
Plus, the effect is asymmetrical...
"Stops tron decks from landing Karn": well, it will not stop them, only slow them up for awhile...
It does. Just read it word by word, it says: "If no mana was spent", so either 0 mana costs or alternative costs that reduce it to 0 would be countered.
Ouch.
Not quite true. If Sphere of Resistance (but not Rhystic Study) is involved, the mox costs 1, though affinity is more complicated, since you add, then subtract, then apply Trinisphere.
Trinisphere, of course, shuts down that ability entirely.