Preston, the Vanisher

Legendary Creature — Rabbit Wizard

Whenever another nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if it wasn't cast, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a 0/1 white Illusion.

{1}{W}, Sacrifice five Illusions: Exile target nonland permanent.

Tokens

• Copy Clone

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (27)

Crow_Umbra on Watch the Party Die [Primer]

2 months ago

Profet93

• I gave the edge to Giver of Runes for having an additional toughness, and can also protect from colorless, which is a bit niche.

• I addressed this in the Draw & Tutor part of my primer:

"Imperial Recruiter - An excellent option for this deck, especially given the potential for repeat uses. Recruiter of the Guard could be another supplemental option to Imperial Recruiter. She would be able to tutor up 18/34 creatures, with some overlap with the 22/34 that Imperial Recruiter can tutor."

I gave the edge to Imperial Recruiter since it can grab options like Professional Face-Breaker, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Preston, the Vanisher, and Burakos, Party Leader.

• Hall of Heliod's Generosity is more so a contingency in case I recur any of my enchantments. It's niche, but I like it.

• I run Vault of the Archangel in my Mardu/Orzhov aggro decks, espcially if they have the Treasure support in the mid-game to threaten or actually use the activation. It's worked for me before.

Rhadamanthus on Preston and Opalescence interaction when …

6 months ago

Yes, both of those work. Opalescence's ability affects all non-aura enchantments on the battlefield from the moment they enter to the moment they leave. Also, "dies" triggers and other leaves-the-battlefield triggers use information from the last moment something was on the battlefield to determine if and how they trigger. Preston, the Vanisher's ability will see a creature entering and Luminous Broodmoth's ability will see a creature dying.

bhst5019 on Preston and Opalescence interaction when …

6 months ago

So, Opalescence is out in play and so is Preston, the Vanisher . Assuming I have AEther Barrier come out via a blink spell. Will I get a 0/1 copy of the enchantment?

Another question, Luminous Broodmoth is now out with Opalescence. Does this return my enchantment with a flying counter?

benstranger on Blink and You'll Miss It

8 months ago

Cool deck! (This is the 3rd deck I've seen with this name lol) I would consider adding Felidar Guardian and Preston, the Vanisher for a game ender in the form of an infinite combo.

Crow_Umbra on In Response... Hold my Beer

1 year ago

No worries, I figured we all place different emphasis on those non-token creatures. I mostly like Scapegoat since it can help dodge removal that typically gets around Indestructible.

Ojer Taq, and the design for the other Ixalan deities is really cool and flavorful. I like how they turn into their places of worship, compared to the Devotion stuff we saw in Theros. I was thinking of doing Ojer Axonil, & building it as like Goblins & group slug effects.

The two mono-White commanders I brewed in the past year were Preston, the Vanisher and Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines. I pulled a Mom Norn about a year ago, and it's just been sitting in my White Binder lol.

Crow_Umbra on Alesha and her Nazgul

1 year ago

Glad to see a new twist on Alesha. She was one of my first favorite commanders before I repurposed her deck into Isshin.

In reading your deck's description, I will caution against having Alesha be your primary reanimator effect. I think she works as best as an additional reanimator option, but not the one the deck relies on to function.

As a back up plan, I'd say check out Echoing Return as a way to get some Nazgul back to your hand, although back to battlefield would be most ideal. If it's in your budget, I'd also recommend checking out Preston, the Vanisher as an option to get some token copies of creatures you reanimate.

You could also potentially do some combo loops with Nazgul + Ratadrabik of Urborg + a sac outlet like Altar of Dementia. As long as the Nazgul is your Ring-Bearer when the Ring Tempts You, you can then sac it, and Ratadrabik will create token copies, which will let you start the cycle all over again.

MrNoCards on MOM, I Made You a Deck [Primer v1.0]

1 year ago

Bob_Spaghet The secret commander of this deck is Preston, the Vanisher. That bunny enables so many funny shenanigans! I am adding Ranger-Captain of Eos to the maybe board for now as I do not own it. I will likely proxy it for playtesting after I figure out what to remove.

Bob_Spaghet on MOM, I Made You a Deck [Primer v1.0]

1 year ago

Of course! I have a Preston, the Vanisher deck that does similar things so I have explored this card pool quite a lot. Another card worth a look would be Ranger-Captain of Eos to grab your soul sisters or Mother of Runes and sac later to protect yourself from counterspells.