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Lavinia, Azorius RenegadeutilityBudget$0.47Both tax or shut off specific spells from being cast, creating a lock piece that disrupts opponents’ development. Lavinia is broader against free spells and large nonland mana sources, though it uses different conditions.Deafening SilenceutilityBudget$0.87Like Sanctum Prelate, it limits the ability to chain noncreature spells and is a strong white hate piece against spell-heavy decks. It’s less flexible than naming a mana value, but much cheaper.Rule of LawutilityBudget$0.44Both function as anti-combo stax pieces that restrict noncreature spellcasting and slow opponents to a crawl. Rule of Law is more universal but less surgical than Prelate.Eidolon of RhetoricutilityBudget$0.44This is a creature-based Rule of Law effect, making it similar in role and board presence. It hinders spell chains rather than targeting a specific mana value.Archon of Emeriautility$2.67Like Sanctum Prelate, it taxes opponents’ spells and is commonly used as a hate-bear in white stax shells. It’s even more disruptive to multicolor decks and fetch-heavy strategies.Aven MindcensorutilityBudget$0.60Both are white disruptive creatures that interfere with opponents’ lines and are strong in stax or hatebear decks. Mindcensor attacks searching and tutoring rather than casting, but fills a similar slot.Thalia, Guardian of ThrabenutilityBudget$0.39Thalia taxes noncreature spells directly, overlapping with Prelate’s role as a white anti-spell creature. She is less selective but often more universally annoying.Esper Sentinelcard_draw$49.91This is another premier white hate creature that punishes opponents for advancing with noncreature spells. It does not stop casting outright, but it serves a similar tempo-disruptive role.
