Mairsil, the Pretender: the man in the mirror

Commander / EDH

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Creature (29)

• 1x AEtherling
• 1x Anger
• 1x Anthroplasm
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Cavern Harpy
• 1x Crimson Mage
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Eater of the Dead
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Hateflayer
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Magus of the Bazaar
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Mercurial Chemister
• 1x Minion of Leshrac
• 1x Morphling
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Patron of the Moon
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Quicksilver Elemental
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Shauku, Endbringer
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Tree of Perdition

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Unfulfilled Desires

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 6x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Instant (7)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Reality Shift

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This deck has several win cons and directions to take. The easiest combo is Tree of Perdition/Hateflayer. With 2R you can one shot a player no matter what their life is. It is susceptible to interruption though. My second condition is through buffing Mairsil into a Voltron. Use Phyrexian devourer, anthroplasm, steel hellkite, or Drana combined with aetherling/morphling to gain unblockable/flying. 3rd condition is assembling infinite mana and then milling with oona. I am still learning how to pilot better and how best to utilize my tutors. I find if I drop anything in the cage a lot of hate comes my way. Usually i prioritize getting aetherling first and then assembling my win cons. Haste is a must along with having at least one blue mana to bounce Mairsil for protection. In any game I've played it is rare for him to make it more than one rotation without protection.

I am looking to streamline and for advice on what pieces to cut. I would like to make this deck as competitive as possible without going into doomsday/lab maniac route. I know my lands need improvement and I'd like to improve some of my board wipes (toxic deluge, damnation). I've thought about including more wheel effects. They seem to be the fastest way to draw through my deck. Cavern Harpy has been a great backup for aetherling. Low mana cost and i can get Mairsil back into my hand if I caged something else on his first cast. Tried ovinomancer and never found it usefull. Conjurer's Closet was okay for bounce, but I find aerthling/deadeye to be much better options.

The main issues with this deck have been getting Mairsil out on turn 4 puts me too far behind most decks. You also have to be very careful on what you cage. Any draw, exile/destroy, nevs disk, aetherling, etc draw a lot of heat.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.81
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Manifest 2/2 C