Rise of the Pretender

Commander / EDH* UBR (Grixis)

EmperorofZeon

Creature (34)

• 1x AEtherling
• 1x Anger
• 1x Anthroplasm
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Cavern Harpy
• 1x Cinderhaze Wretch
• 1x Civilized Scholar  ^Flip
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Hateflayer
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Knacksaw Clique
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Mirror-Mad Phantasm
• 1x Morphling
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Pili-Pala
• 1x Quicksilver Elemental
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Shauku, Endbringer
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Torchling
• 1x Tree of Perdition

Land (38)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Crypt of the Eternals
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 7x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (8)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Final Parting

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Compulsion

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Kamahl, Pit Fighter
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Krovikan Sorcerer
• 1x Myr Propagator
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Shifty Doppelganger

Instant (3)

• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Baral's Expertise

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mirror Gallery
• 1x Tawnos's Coffin

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Monastery Siege

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Mairsil is not only the antagonist of easily one of my favorite MTG stories (The Gathering Dark) but he's also a pretty sweet card with a ton of shenanigans. He has several interesting interactions, one which has been cut is Mirror Gallery plus Pack Rat or Myr Propogator, this allowed for multiple copies of Mairsil (each potentially adding more cards to the cage) with their own set of activations each turn but this ultimately felt rather durdly and hard to pull off.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.13
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Dack Fayden, Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB
Folders	mairsil