Quinn Miller (@Walking_Atlas) is a game developer and prolific Commander deckbuilder. As a commander, Mairsil specializes in combo play, generally lending himself well to a toolbox of denial that quickly weaves . Arcane Signet and Talisman of Dominance are pretty standard rocks for these colors. Your poll for the next article is below! I figured once you've seen one Mairsil deck, you've basically seen all of them, so nobody was going to vote for it. Bolt Bend: My usual playgroups are super heavy on targeted removal and this deck is their boogeyman. This card is just such a flavor win and looks like a great value engine too. Mairsil can pretend to be many things, but he is not a clone and is definitely not named Morphling. You can customize the way you view decks on Moxfield.Check out your options Buried Alive is probably one of the best card you can play in this deck, as it dumps 3 creature cards into your graveyard. Hateflayer is a perfectly good substitute for Spikeshot Elder. Other than the above, we have some ramp, which is something that every Commander deck needs, a few ways to draw cards, and some mill cards to help us fill our graveyard with cage fodder. With an open field, or the evasion granted by Rogue's Passage, we could even go straight for . Marisil, the Pretender has all activated abilities of all cards you own in exile with cage counters on them. Blur: A higher mana value than Essence Flux but it also comes with a card draw so I'm ok with that. Mairsil, the Pretender: Commander 2017 General This card has restrictions in the following formats: Format: Legality: Legacy Legal Vintage Legal Commander Legal x For more information regarding each format and play style modifications, visit the Banned / Restricted Lists for DCI . This site 2023 TappedOut.net, LLC Oona, Queen of the Fae/Infinite Mana: This combo requires Quicksilver Elemental, a 3-mana rock, and a one-mana untapper (Morphling; Torchling if Prismatic Geoscope can tap for all three colors since he requires red to untap and Quicksilver and Oona require blue). These are just a few of the blink-ish cards that will allow us to get enough cage counters to hit the critical mass necessary to really be a threat. use Dread Return for Laboratory Maniac. Now you have to weigh setting up your win against preventing the table from killing you or locking you out. chirz2792 EDH. Magic: The Gathering e le sue rispettive propriet sono copyright di Wizards of the Coast. What if you could set it to 4? Endling: The undying ability is what really shines here. A free flicker at the end of your turn that'll save you one blue mana for an Aetherling blink somewhere else or in response to a kill spell in response to Thassa's trigger. You'll have unlimited activations of her ability as well as any others you have caged due to going infinite with mana. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Asmodeus the Archfiend: He's really good in the cage but my playgroup is pretty fast so getting him online didn't usually happen and he was never the best target for tutoring. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. The ideal situation is to have AEtherling imprinted ASAP, as this gives us the ability to bounce Mairsil, the Pretender each turn to imprint a new card, it also makes it much harder to kill Mairsil, the Pretender. I typically try to cage up, Keeping a risky hand won't ever work out with this deck due to the very specific nature of how Mairsil works. Sacrifice Mairsil to add one black mana If they kill the creature you put into play then Mairsil is never coming back. It also fetches Umbral Mantle, one of the most powerful effects to untap Mairsil (by equipping it to him, not by caging it). Remove the counter with Walking Ballista to ping an opponent. Use Blood Vassal to sac Mairsil, the Pretender, which gives you BB mana. Dragon also gives a source of haste similar to [[blighted bat]]. It should be noted that there are a few exceptions to this, perhaps the most notable being Mirror-Mad Phantasm, which was in the first version of the deck I built. This is a slow, stax deck. A one-mana untap ability is extremely useful. There are a number of control elements, lots of removal, and tons of protection for Mairsil, which you will need for all of the hate he's gonna draw after a game or two. A Mairsil with removal can discourage your opponents from playing their more powerful threats. Things like Gilded Lotus are nice, but because Mairsil is a creature and not an artifact he'll need haste in order to tap for mana so going infinite is trickier than just using Aetherling. $0.24. The untap ability is ok but it's also kind of expensive to activate. Knacksaw Clique: A pretty standard Mairsil combo piece, as discussed above. Repeat the process for infinite mana. Quicksilver Elemental: This card is the key to going infinite with Mairsil. Just kidding! Step 2 is to reanimate Mairsil, or to get him in play again (which reanimation seems the easiest). Discord Server | Not what I think the "usual" theme will be: no no, our theme. All Rights Reserved. Mairsil, the Pretender +Thousand-Year Elixir +Deadeye Navigator +Coveted Jewel +. , mainly in the following archetypes: Currently the card is not used in any archetype. Activate Mairsil using Endling 's third ability by paying (B magic symbol) , gaining Mairsil undying; Activate Mairsil using Phyrexian Altar 's ability by sacrificing Mairsil, adding (B magic symbol) Mairsil 's undying ability triggers, returning it to the battlefield; Activate Mairsil using Cinderhaze Wretch 's ability, putting -1/-1 on itself . After that we obviously cast Mairsil, exile and cage the phantasm (from here on just called cage), and then activate. I also stumbled across a neat little interaction with him as a pseudo- Sneak Attack if you find yourself with Mairsil back in your hand. It should never cost more than one red since it's in the deck to protect the 4/4 commander. 1st combo: Mirror-Mad PhantasmCage Mirror-Mad Phantasm 1U - flip deck into grave yard. When this copy enters, we will cage up [[Kozilek's translator]]. Repeat for infinite mana and for infinite ETB. I played with it for quite some time but the instant speed did not make up for having to pitch cards in addition and the cards going to the top of the library instead of to hand. Mairsil, the Pretender on the battlefield. I've got most of the "essential" cards of the deck already ([[Aetherling]] & friends, that sort of thing), but wanted not to just take the combo route, as i already have a combo-dedicated deck. You can use it as a political tool to help someone else take out a problematic player, or you can activate it, then untap Mairsil (we've got lots of options to make that happen), activate Aetherling's second ability, and swing for lethal. Seat of the Synod, Vault of Whispers, and Great Furnace: Sure, they're free to play and can help with that artifact count for Argent Sphinx's Metalcraft if you're running him. Just blink Mairsil in response to any board wipe and you're good, including your own. It's not terrible on its own either, especially 1v1. [[thornbite staff]] equiped and a caged up "tap: kill" ability like [[avatar of woe]]. Block then blink before damage, blink in response to being targeted. Feels bad, man. A good few of these ideas came from, or were inspired by the good work others have done in different posts, so thank you all. 1x Silumgar's Command. It's also a steep cost without Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth out. Darksteel is a dead card usually unless you have nev disk and honestly just not really needed. Use Death Cultist to sac Mairsil, the Pretender, which pings all opponents for 1, undying triggers, comes back with a +1/+1 counter, remove the +1/+1 counter with Crystalline Crawler, which gives you one mana of any colour, choose black. The easiest I could see there would be something like [[gilded lotus]] and [[pili-pala]] for infinite mana, and win from there. Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield or in exile with a cage counter. You're gonna be real sad when you have to activate Nevinyrral's Disk and now you're down three mana sources, though. Undying's ability will trigger, return Mairsil to the battlefield You'll likely be playing a lot of defense as you round up cage targets, so cards like Morphling, Galecaster Colossus, and Chaos Warp can help protect Mairsil and also remove bigger threats, at least temporarily. A lot of players (at least on Reddit lol) would say that that makes this deck unplayable but I just view it as a challenge to overcome. He'll never be a creature but that's not why I've included him in my deck. If your opponents' removal game is on fire then you might just be out of luck. The latter grants a bunch of different activated abilities to Mairsil, the Pretender but we can only activate each of them once. Azami, Lady of Scrolls: She's been in and out of the deck a million times. Se pretender envio pelo correio os portes ficam a cargo do comprador.Particular.EstadoUsado uma vez.MarcaParfois.TipoMalas.. vendo-a porque acaba por ter muitas divises para o que eu costumo transportar. Enough charge counters on Mairsil, and we can be chunking an opponent for ten or more damage per turn. Get your mana out, tutor, then hit the gas. UBR (Grixis), PLEASE NOTE: There are a number of errors with this deck, I haven't had the time to sort it out. The second divides cards by function, in the same manner I did when designing the deck. When talking about using a creature's ability, you can assume I mean that the creature has been imprinted with Mairsil, the Pretender. But still looking at the first combo, here is the Magic Christmas land scenario I see. The ideal situation is to have AEtherling imprinted ASAP, as this gives us the ability to bounce Mairsil, the Pretender each turn to imprint a new card, it also makes it much harder to kill Mairsil, the Pretender. 15 - 0 Commons. You don't necessarily need to have Oona caged for this to work because she's not involved in the mana generation. Some of my favorite tutors, in fact: Trinket Mage, Trophy Mage, and Treasure Mage. Consecrated Sphinx is just a staple card in any blue deck which becomes game winning if opponents cannot remove it. Entomb: A great tutor, but for cageable cards only. How Hipster is it Anyway? Even if you don't, "all nonland permanents" wipes are my jam so I run them when I can. Everyone runs interaction and ramp, have clear win cons, and are playing to win, but games usually take 7+ turns. There are ways to protect against these things with more set up. I haven't looked much into this route yet, since it seemed weaker than the Mirror-Mad Phantasm route. Also, I enjoy the challenge! Illustrated by Izzy. Mairsil, Pretending In Exile Commander / EDH Combo Control UBR (Grixis) TheIrishDeaf1. With untap effects and a few more abilities to put charge counters on Mairsil (Otherworld Atlas, Lux Cannon, and so forth), we can keep our extra turns going until we dig into a card that actually kills our opponents (infinite snake tokens from Orochi Hatchery, for example). Let me know in the comments, via Twitter, or through an email. As you can probably see most of our cards are artifacts or creatures that give Mairsil abilities. If that doesn't sound like it's worth the $12 price tag, you're right. Fact or fiction pretty much just says draw 5, since most of the time you won't care what goes in the graveyard. Since his combo pieces aren't cast but acquired through an activated ability, it's easy for Mairsil to keep his win cons safe in exile. He's gonna be a strong target for hate after your group plays against him a few times. The game where the rules are made up, and the points don't matter, Spikeshot Elder gives us a way to kill our opponents with Mairsil without risking the red zone. Mairsil's Cage Match. The information presented on this site about Magic: The Gathering, both literal and graphical, is copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. Conjurer's Closet: Too mana-intensive to be so vulnerable to my own inevitable board wipes. Infinite death triggers. You can now import it in the MTG Arena client. Displacer Kitten: Turn all your spells into flicker spells! Mairsil naturally protects himself by keeping all his combo safe in exile. UBR (Grixis). This annoying message will go away once you do. Without a way to flicker Mairsil, this will eventually kill him, but even that can be helpful if we are struggling to find ways to get more things in to the cage. Essence Flux: I realized that most of my countermagic was being used to protect Mairsil from targeted removal. available. Nevinyrral's Disk: One of the best cards in the deck. Our deck has another notable combo that, while unlikely to end games, will aid our charge counter shenanigans. Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire: I have to admit, I thought this was going to be an auto-include when it was spoiled. Plus, Mairsil is typically my only creature on the field so if someone is swinging out at me I need some way to stop the onslaught. Caging up those cards can be more of a liability than a deterrent if you can't activate them until your next turn though. Typical gameplay involves caging AEtherling and then blinking Mairsil throughout each turn cycle to cage up as many abilities as you can. The combos are bellow. Use Endling to giving Undying to Mairsil, the Pretender. Combo:2. 2022 by Cards Realm. When building this deck, I found that a lot of the best win conditions for Mairsil were outside of our budget. DMCA requests | Other people can view your private deck by using this url, Seems there are no cards in the Acquireboard. Arcane Denial: Counter magic is important in any deck that runs blue. Add in a few cards to help boost his power and to give him some evasion, such as Volrath the Fallen, Torchling, and Cephalid Inkshrouder, and you have an actual win con on your hands. Your library gets milled. As always, these are some of the cards I would add if I were unconcerned with budget, looking to up the power level of the deck, or simply had a copy laying around in my trade binder. For next time, I'm hotly debating between writing for another Commander 2017 legend and writing about a budget version of a traditionally-expensive deck: superfriends, which is another topic I will gladly request your input on. The repeatable, targeted discard on this is probably a bit underrated, but we really want this because finding ways to untap Mairsil for free is not something we typically are able to do on a budget, and this does it for the low cost of making Mairsil a bit smaller. In Magic lore, the Dominarian wizard Mairsil drove mad a powerful mage named Ith. Trinket Mage provides access to the greatest number of options: Pyramid of the Pantheon for ramp or combo, Tormod's Crypt for graveyard hate, Paradise Mantle for the Leech Bonder interactions, Claws of Gix for a sacrifice outlet, and my personal favorite, Voyager Staff to flicker Mairsil. Support this Channel: https://www.patreon.com/seibenmtgVideo by: Nicole (BadWolfMTG) Commander 2017 is being here and with it comes some unique stories. Lord Ith was the ruler of the Conclave until Mairsil usurped his power and imprisoned him below the Conclave's citadel, installing himself as the First Among the Equals. Mairsil, the Pretender. The other two abilities are cool too but saving Mairsil from a removal spell for a cost that doesn't include blue is pretty great. Anger. A couple general notes for people. Terms of Use | . Use the black for Endling to giving Undying to Mairsil, the Pretender. It is only looking for "a card" named Mirror-Mad Phantasm. Training Grounds: Mostly price, but also the value isn't worth the slot IMO, especially if youre gonna consistently lose it to your own board wipes. Turn 2: Land, [[Pentad prism]], entomb, burred alive, or demonic tutor finding Mirror-Mad phantasm. Tap for UUU (or UUR), untap for U (or R), activate Quicksilver Elemental for U, net one blue mana, repeat for infinite mana. Infinite mill, Pack rats = pay 3 and reuse mairsil etb to stock abilities, Etherium-horn sorcerer/Arcanis the omnipotent = bounce mairsil for protection, Mirror-mad phantasm = protect/reuse mairsil (use sparingly it can mill you out). 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