Thoughts on a copy or two of Anafenza the Foremost? The first ability is alright but the graveyard ability is obviously good against Dredge, but also good against Ravager and Hangarback Walker. Just a thought, I understand that the card isn't blue which isn't trivial, but it just seems better, you're also not going to have the minuscule circumstance of having your creature turned off by Null Rod.

@guli
Very interesting approach. Cutting the strip package seems quite intriguing to be honest. How often would you be locked out of Breya due to Null Rod? Are there any other creatures you would consider for that spot?

So after looking at Lavinia, Azorius Renegade some more, I realized that the card is even more absurd than I originally imagined. If you can manage to drop it turn 1 against Workshops as a Storm player, they can't Sphere you turn 1, meaning you get another free turn to kill them! The card also says your blue opponent cant cast Mental Misstep for its alternate cost (they need to pay mana), the cant cast Force of Will or Mindbreak Trap for their alternate costs, they need to pay 5 and 4 mana respectively and only if they have that many lands in play! Allow me to present my take on Lavinia Dark Petition Storm, the deck that I feel breaks Lavinia completely:

Mana (29):
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
2 Tundra
1 Swamp
1 Island
Tolarian Academy
Black Lotus
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Sol Ring
Lotus Petal
Mox Sapphire
Mox Jet
Mox Emerald
Mox Ruby
Mox Pearl
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual

Disruption (7):
4 Duress
3 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Draw/Tutor (18):
4 Preordain
4 Dark Petition
2 Yawgmoth's Bargain
Necropotence
Brainstorm
Gitaxian Probe
Ponder
Ancestral Recall
Timetwister
Demonic Tutor
Vampiric Tutor

Win the Game (4):
1 Tendrils of Agony
Monastery Mentor
Yawgmoth's Will
Time Walk

Removal (2):
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall

Sideboard:
4 Tormod's Crypt
4 Fragmentize
2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Library of Alexandria
1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Karakas
1 Plains

Since we are adding White for Lavinia, we can play Monastery Mentor as an additional win con, as well as Kambal, Consul of Allocation for Outcome, and Fragmentize for Workshops. What are everyone's thoughts on this Lavinia brew?

@kistrand oh of course, it's a one sided Chalice of the Void with additional effects. It actually makes Outcome even better in the sense that if you drop it turn one against Shops, they cant Sphere you turn one, giving you a second turn to kill them. This card is absolutely absurd!

I havent paid any attention to Non Pauper Formats for a while now. I was looking through the spoilers for the new set coming out and saw Lavinia, Azorius Renegade and immediately saw how broken it was in Vintage. I believe the card single handedly pushes Humans up in playability in the format. So I threw together a list in a few minutes and would like people's thoughts on the list. Granted I wont be able to test the list as I dont have the cards online.
Here is the list:
Mana (26):
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Unclaimed Territory
4 Mana Confluence
4 Wasteland
Strip Mine
Black Lotus
Mox Sapphire
Mox Jet
Mox Emerald
Mox Ruby
Mox Pearl
3 Noble Hierarch

Creatures (34):
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Dark Confidant
4 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
3 Harsh Mentor
3 Meddling Mage
1 Containment Priest
4 Scab-Clan Berserker
3 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
2 Reflector Mage
2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
1 Manic Vandal

Sideboard:
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Containment Priest
3 Manic Vandal
2 Orzhov Pontiff
1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
1 Meddling Mage
1 Aegis of the Gods

I believe the combination of Lavinia, Thalia, Kambal, Scab Clan, Revoker and Meddling Mage means Outcome decks should be beatable. Workshops seems like it is bearable with all your prison aspects. Dredge even gets hit by Lavinia which is absurd! What are everyone's thoughts on my brew?

I threw together my own version of Bazaar Control 2K18:

Mana (23):
4 City of Brass
4 Mana Confluence
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
3 Riftstone Portal
Strip Mine
Library of Alexandria
Black Lotus
Mox Sapphire
Mox Jet
Mox Emerald
Mox Ruby
Mox Pearl

Engine (8):
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob

Planeswalkers (7):
3 Dack Fayden
2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
2 Daretti, Scrap Savant

Broken Spells (4):
Ancestral Recall
Demonic Tutor
Tinker
Time Walk

Removal (11):
4 Abrupt Decay
4 Punishing Fire
3 Ancient Grudge

Creatures (2):
1 Notion Thief
1 Blightsteel Colossus

Recursion (1):
1 Life from the Loam

Prison (4):
3 Null Rod
Trinisphere

Sideboard:
4 Tormod's Crypt
4 Mindbreak Trap
3 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Notion Thief
2 Nihil Spellbomb

The deck attacks the meta on a different axis than other Control decks. Instead of trying to counter the opponent's Paradoxical Outcome, I'd rather Notion Thief them and draw a shit ton of cards. I also designed the deck to be completely Misstep proof, with the exception of 2 Nihil Spellbomb, which can be brought back via Daretti, and Ancestral Recall, because its Ancestral Recall. The removal Suite is pretty solid, especially against Workshops, of course. What are everyone's thoughts on this idea?

Well the Rods were to have Disruption against Outcome, but also to have a Permanent I can get back with Sun Titan... which Burtality and the like cant.

@aelien well I didn't know that Trophy hits Lands, my bad. I haven't paid attention to much Magic related lately. Adding Wastes and Trophy just makes the deck too expensive for my taste. Thank you all for the assistance but I'm not looking to break the bank to play vintage for fun. When I used to play Vintage online, I played Dredge but even that has gotten pretty ridiculous cost wise. Maybe I will just stick to Pauper.

@wfain why? I understand that Trophy doesn't have a CMC requirement but it isn't uncounterable, and what are you hitting in Vintage that doesn't get hit by Decay, that you really care about, a side from Leyline of the Void, Witchbane Orb, and Leyline of Sanctity?

@wfain not yet. I was wondering if it would be worth picking up the cards for. I play Online, the deck would be pretty cheap but I don't want to just spend money to not have a semi viable deck, you know?