Mairsil just Pretending

Commander / EDH* Casual UBR (Grixis)

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Other (39)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 3x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Xander's Lounge
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Soul Conduit

Enabler (1)

• 1x Barrin, Master Wizard

Tutor (11)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Unmarked Grave
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Clutch of the Undercity

Ramp (7)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Jeska's Will

Counter (6)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Delay
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Reverse the Polarity

Stax (6)

• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Notion Thief

Haste (5)

• 1x Bitter Reunion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Anger

Secret Commander (1)

• 1x Tree of Perdition

Commander (1)

Draw (8)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Ledger Shredder
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Lorien Revealed
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx

Removal (6)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Clutch of the Undercity
• 1x Cut / Ribbons

Sweeper (6)

• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Delayed Blast Fireball
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Blasphemous Act

Protection (3)

• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

Filter (2)

• 1x Bitter Reunion
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Other (13)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Underground River
• 1x About Face
• 1x Death Watch
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Transmutation
• 1x Twisted Reflection
• 1x Mannichi, the Fevered Dream
• 1x Merfolk Thaumaturgist
• 1x Worst Fears

Secret Commander (1)

• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu

Draw (6)

• 1x Keen Duelist
• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Insight
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Kraum, Ludevic's Opus *f-etch*

Enabler (5)

• 1x Inside Out
• 1x Mass Diminish
• 1x Dwarven Thaumaturgist
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Deadeye Navigator

Removal (2)

• 1x Severed Strands
• 1x Wild Magic Surge

Filter (6)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Expressive Iteration

Sweeper (4)

• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Coastal Breach

Tutor (2)

• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Snapcaster Mage

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Maybeboard

Other (20)

• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Safe Haven
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
• 1x Displacer Kitten
• 1x Stunning Reversal
• 1x Umbilicus
• 1x Mirror of Fate
• 1x Hellkite Courser
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Soul Conduit
• 1x Necromantic Selection

Counter (3)

• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Mystic Confluence

Lowpower combo (2)

• 1x Endling
• 1x Quicksilver Elemental

Haste (2)

• 1x Ashling's Prerogative
• 1x Fervor

Removal (9)

• 1x Alchemist's Retrieval
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Geistwave
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Severed Strands
• 1x Brazen Borrower

Protection (6)

• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Voyager Staff
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Planar Chaos
• 1x Bolt Bend

Tutor (6)

• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Final Parting

Wheels (3)

• 1x Wheel of Misfortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Whispering Madness

Sweeper (2)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Devastation Tide

Ramp (8)

• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Patriar's Seal
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Crystalline Crawler

Enabler (6)

• 1x Startling Development
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Serendib Sorcerer
• 1x Sorceress Queen
• 1x Gigantoplasm
• 1x Voidwalk

Stax (6)

• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Noetic Scales
• 1x Grip of Chaos

Filter (3)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Discovery / Dispersal

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The idea of this deck is to only “cage” Tree of Perdition, and play it as the secret commander of the deck. Mairsil may combo with other cards, but I won’t cage those cards.

There are many convoluted Mairsil combos that often win just because opponents don’t know how the combo lines work. I don’t find those wins enjoyable anymore.

Some of the possible combos, but not included:

Gameplan

Turn 1-3: cantrips & ramp

Turn 3-4: tutor/draw & interact

Turn 4-5: stax piece/sweeper, find Tree

Turn 5-6: play Mairsil, cage Tree

Turn 6-onwrads: Control board, protect Tree.

Combos & Synergies

• Endling + Commander's Sphere + Crystalline Crawler = Infinite Draw

• Blood Pet + Endling + Walking Ballista = Infinite pings

• Blood Pet + Crystalline Crawler + Endling = Infinite mana (Blood Vassal or other ¨Sac for mana¨ card can substitute)

• Endling + Glen Elendra Archmage = Reusable (non-creature) Counter

• AEtherling + Nevinyrral's Disk or Endling = Sweep the board every turn

Other compact combo packages to be considered

• Gilded Lotus + Staff of Domination + Quicksilver Elemental = Infinite Mana + Draw

• Gilded Lotus + Pili-Pala + Quicksilver Elemental = Infinite Mana

• Endling + Death Cultist + Crystalline Crawler = Infinite drain (Reassembling Skeleton can substitute if Anger is in the graveyard)

Other cards worth having in mind

I wish I could afford all the best tutors and rocks, but my budget is limited. I'm still saving to get some of the cards on the current list.

I'll be running Notion Thief + Wheels package. Other option is to add more tutors instead.

Infinite Turns: Sage of Hours + Anthroplasm

Infinite Mana: Grand Architect + Pili-Pala

Mill: Knacksaw Clique + Gilded Lotus + Quicksilver Elemental

Tree of Perdition Slower win-con to bring at a low-competitive level.

Mirror-Mad Phantasm to quickly get pieces into the graveyard

Removal: Bloodfire Colossus, Shauku, Endbringer, Galecaster Colossus

Untappers: Cinderhaze Wretch, Eater of the Dead, Hateflayer, Mirage Mirror Knacksaw Clique

Haste: Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Cavalier of Flame

Boardwipes & Land Destruction (probably better than mass bounce): Death Cloud, Pox, Jokulhaups, Obliterate, Apocalypse

Other Stax pieces to consider: Stasis, Ward of Bones, Storm Cauldron, Contamination, Infernal Darkness, Temporal Adept, Maralen of the Mornsong, Stranglehold

Interesting lands: Command Beacon, Flamekin Village, Academy Ruins, Volrath's Stronghold

Flashback: Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  , Dralnu, Lich Lord, Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Havengul Lich

Planeswalkers: Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God, Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Daretti, Scrap Savant

Other Mill/SelfMill: Mesmeric Orb, Duskmantle Guildmage, Stinkweed Imp, Mirrodin Besieged

Alternative wincons: I'm still looking for alternate win-cons that synergizes with the core of the deck. This deck relies too much on it´s commander and the graveyard, so I'd rather diversify.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	11 months
Key combos	AEtherling + Nevinyrral's Disk
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 4 Mythic Rares 55 - 15 Rares 21 - 8 Uncommons 10 - 12 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.66
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Orc Army, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Personal
Based on	Mairsil cEDH synacksa EDH