Mastery of the Unseen

Enchantment

Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, you gain 1 life for each creature you control.

{3}{W}: Manifest the top card of your library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up at any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Tokens

• Manifest 2/2 C

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

Andromedus on That's a lot of goats

1 year ago

+1 cool deck! I once tried to do something similar but never finished it. Some cards you might consider are Eldrazi Displacer (for blink ETB), Soul's Attendant (cheap lifegain), and Mastery of the Unseen (draw ramp with lifegain). Just some ideas, may not fit with your goals. In any case it looks like a fun deck!

Andromedus on Does manifesting Grand Abolisher cause …

1 year ago

My opponent casts a spell or uses a creature ability during my turn, in response I manifest Grand Abolisher by using Mastery of the Unseen. Does their spell fizzle? Does the creature (or artifact etc.) still tap (if tap is a cost) but have no effect? Or can manifest not be used with Abolisher in this way?

I know manifest doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to, but Abolisher also is supposed to prevent actions, so I'm not sure how this resolves.

Andromedus on Eldrazi Displacer's ability on a …

1 year ago

If I use Eldrazi Displacer's ability on a face-down card from, say, Mastery of the Unseen, if it's a permanent it should become a face-up permanent on the battlefield, regardless of whether it's a creature or not.

If it's not a creature, will it still enter the battlefield tapped?

If it is a creature, will it enter the battlefield tapped despite being a completely different kind of creature than the one targeted?

Andromedus on Mastery of the Unseen with …

1 year ago

I have Archangel of Thune, Mastery of the Unseen, and three generic 2/2 creatures (doesn't matter what). I manifest the top card of my library, let's say it's a Weathered Wayfarer and I pay W to flip it.

Mastery of the Unseen says I gain 1 life for each creature I control. Since I control five creatures (including the Wayfarer), I gain five life. How many +1/+1 counters go on each creature from Archangel of Thune? Is it treated as if I gained one life five times over (total of +5/+5 on each creature) or is it treated as a single gain of 5 life (+1/+1 on each)?

king-saproling on The 7 Year Itch

2 years ago

Great minds think alike! I have a similar list for this trio (https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/none-can-rustle-the-triumvirate/) except it leans more toward combos.

You might consider these: Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded , Prismite , Stonework Packbeast , Gemstone Array , Signpost Scarecrow , Enchanted Carriage , Lavastep Raider , Sun-Collared Raptor , Soulbright Flamekin , Loxodon Lifechanter , Cloudgoat Ranger , Mastery of the Unseen , Diviner's Wand , Cloudchaser Kestrel , Cavalier of Flame , Bomat Bazaar Barge

Kelvin-escesare on Party Pod

3 years ago

DanMcSharp no harm in a suggestion.

The ability to make 2/2s is a bit overcosted too. Mastery of the Unseen is similar and could take over games with lifegain and because they weren't just 2/2s. But it only saw fringe play in Standard.

Serpej on Morphing Mind Games

4 years ago

Hey Exxie97!

Wow I'm excited to be here!! When I found this decklist it was almost like looking at my own deck! For a really long time I went with Thrasios and Sidaar, bringing lots of morph to the table, but since my playgroup had quite high powerlevel I had to shift into a manifest & flicker theme. My deck was built around sneaking in big things with manifest and then flickering them up in an opponents endstep, therefore relying more on etb effects and big permanents like Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, Sphinx of Uthuun and Soul of the Harvest. By then I felt like I had to switch out the commanders for Roon of the Hidden Realm to make space for Manifest/Lifegain/ETB themes. Although getting the powerlevel up, I feel like I've lost the original idea with the sneaking and making threats.

For me, your decklist gave me inspiration to go in a more hatebear approach in the future, probably cutting a bit part of the ETB theme since it will be a bit of a "nonbo" anyway. I espescially like your include of Pygmy Hippo!

What I would recommend you is to include stuff like Seedborn Muse, Wilderness Reclamation and Vivien, Champion of the Wilds to be able to respond more efficiently and be able to flash in Felidar Sovereign or use Mastery of the Unseen in every other players turn. One last tip is an underrated wincon that nobody expects if you succeed in manifesting it, and that is Shaman of Forgotten Ways. The faces of control players when they suddenly drop to 0 life because of them having 0 creatures on board is hilarious.

It's nice to see how great minds think alike, keep beeing awesome!

//Serpej

Phantasy on Aminatou

4 years ago

Recommend: Banishing Stroke Ixidron Djinn of Wishes Mastery of the Unseen