Mairsil, The Maniac (Hidden Nekusar)

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Control Discard Mill UBR (Grixis)

Debo

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Homeward Path
• 6x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volcanic Island

Spell Reduction (4)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Mizzix of the Izmagnus
• 1x Sapphire Medallion

Ramp (2)

• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Sol Ring

Protection (15)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Diplomatic Escort
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Shenanigans
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Turn Aside

Wheels and Draw (10)

• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Magus of the Bazaar
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Combo Pieces (7)

• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Dregscape Zombie
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mirror-Mad Phantasm
• 1x Narcomoeba

Board Wipe (2)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Damnation

Commander (1)

Self Mill (11)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Corpse Churn
• 1x Dreamborn Muse
• 1x Glimpse the Unthinkable
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Vision Charm
• 1x Wall of Lost Thoughts

Tutor (8)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Utility (4)

• 1x Kaho, Minamo Historian
• 1x Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1x Lazav, the Multifarious
• 1x Statecraft

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Other (3)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Fire Covenant

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Please comment and let me know if you think this deck is Great, Good, Eh, Bad, or Terrible. It has two of the most frowned upon ways of winning. But when it comes to cEDH, it's just about the win. Mairsil is a very un-interactive Commander. He is a lot of fun to play, but not a lot of fun to play against. Previous builds of mine have included its infinite mana/turns, and the rest of the kill tricks. I have removed all of those combos and have turned him into a speedy self milling, and wheeling maniac for tournaments. Look forward to seeing what you have to say!

The goal of this deck is to Laboratory Maniac as soon as possible. It also has enough wheel potential for a hidden Nekusar, the Mindrazer if a key combo piece is removed.

• Mana Required: , , . -1 Black if two or more creatures are on your field, other than Mairsil.
• Your best opening hand has Sol Ring, 3 Lands, a 4 CMC or less Tutor (8 in deck) or Mirror-Mad Phantasm, and Pact of Negation.

Turn 4 Win:

1. Turn 1: Land, Sol Ring
2. Turn 2: Land, Cast a Tutor if required for Mirror-Mad Phantasm, Land, or Counter.
3. Turn 3: Land, Cast Mairsil, the Pretender and cage/exile Mirror-Mad Phantasm.
4. Turn 4: Land, Activate Mairsil's Mirror ability and Combo Out.

The Combo Steps:

1. Activate the Mirror. You will deck yourself into the Graveyard.
2. Narcomoeba will enter the battlefield if not already there.
3. Unearth Dregscape Zombie
4. Unearth Fatestitcher and untap a land that produces Blue.
5. Flashback Dread Return sacrificing the three creatures and return Laboratory Maniac.
6. Flashback Deep Analysis and attempt to draw: You win.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.77
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Experience Token, Spirit 1/1 C, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Mairsil Good stuff, Nekusar