You can play her after you've done the rest if the opportunity to do so presents itself. Help | Each time we loop the Mairsil, we will pay 1 life and get one mana, after which with 5 mana, we will activate the Anthroplasm ability, put 5 counters on Mairsil, and then remove them with the Sage of Hours ability, and take an extra turn. A haste-enabler is also extremely desirable so that he can threaten his abilities as soon as he hits the board. I used to run Talisman of Indulgence until I got an Arcane Signet. This site is unaffiliated. Knacksaw Clique: A pretty standard Mairsil combo piece, as discussed above. Not what I think the "usual" theme will be: no no, our theme. Use some of the floating black to activate Endling's ability to give Undying to Mairsil, the Pretender. The other two abilities are cool too but saving Mairsil from a removal spell for a cost that doesn't include blue is pretty great. Your opponents will likely start working together and directing their resources to shutting you down, which really only requires keeping him off the board. Exile [card](Mirror-Mad Phantasm) by activating the ability of [card](Mairsil, the Pretender). You won't draw into that missing color or a way to find a blink/bounce engine before you're too far behind your opponents. Having Nevinyrral's Disk imprinted is usually enough to seal the game away from your opponents as it means you've always got access to a board wipe of all your opponents non-land, non-planeswalker permanents. During this deck's first iteration, I found I didn't really have a win condition. Thousand-Year Elixir: Too vulnerable to my own board wipes and caging it isn't super useful. This card allows you to cheat expensive creatures in to play, flickers Mairsil, and puts creatures into the graveyard so that they can be caged. Mairsil is the kind of commander that draws a lot of attention, simply because it is a known combo commander and people tend to hate on combo, perhaps disproportionately. For this we will need to have milled an [[anger]] and have a mountain in play. Rinse and repeat until you find a wincon or your opponents scoop to an infinite turns loop. Some mana and a caged Scepter ensures one charge counter per turn. 'Tis a silly place. Displacer Kitten: Turn all your spells into flicker spells! You likely have a huge target on your back if your early game went well. This site is unaffiliated. Magic: The Gathering and its respective properties are copyright Wizards of the Coast. I'd love to hear your opinions in the comment section! Primer Pay 5 and tap Mairsil to put five +1/+1 counters on him with Anthroplasm's ability. Discord Server | Anthroplasm/Sage of Hours: Probably the simplest and most powerful combo this commander can pull off. Now you have to weigh setting up your win against preventing the table from killing you or locking you out. Then, activate Sage of Hours's ability to take an extra turn by removing five +1/+1 counters from Mairsil. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Playing against combo? Knacksaw Clique is part of an infinite combo however the Hateflayer does its job better and faster. We would probably want the obvious assist cards like [[force of will]] and [[pact of negation]] for protection, hand disruption if we are 1v1, and other classic Grixis staples. With Aetherling and [[torchling]] caged up, you can redirect any spell to Mairsil, and then exile him in before it resolves to fizzle the spell. For next time, I'm hotly debating between writing for another Commander 2017 legend and writing about a budget version of a traditionally-expensive deck: superfriends, which is another topic I will gladly request your input on. Pili-Pala: Other ways to make infinite mana and untap Mairsil that I already owned. [[illusionist bracers]], [[rings of brighthearth]] ect. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. 396 listings on TCGplayer for Mairsil, the Pretender - Magic: The Gathering - When Mairsil, the Pretender enters the battlefield, you may exile an artifact or creature card from your hand or graveyard and put a cage counter on it. This is just a collection of cards that I have tried out in the deck at one point or another. Outside of protection like hexproof or shroud, the best way to get around this is to be able to use him the turn he comes down, which is where haste comes in to play. Tap for UUU, untap with Knacksaw Clique for UU, activate Quicksilver Elemental for U, repeat. As it's hard to get a quick combo win with this deck as it takes a bit of setting up. You don't always have access to Nevinyrral's Disk or Boompile so you need to have other options. Aug. 18, 2017. That's one major benefit of being the most Voltron of Voltron commanders. You get the idea. Back up plans would be [[exhume]], [[animate dead]] ect. Insidious Dreams: Honestly, it's a pretty bad tutor. Block then blink before damage, blink in response to being targeted. Prismatic Geoscope (and/or Gilded Lotus or Coveted Jewel) are usually caged up rather than cast, but you obviously can cast them as well. 4) Voltron, which is rare, equipping/enchant Mairsil while caging wonderful creatures like Morphling. Superfriends? Mairsil already exiles cards with his etb, and mimic vat can copy cards exiled by it ( <- assuming you mean Mairsil). This might be the second most important ability for Mairsil. I played with it for quite some time but the instant speed did not make up for having to pitch cards in addition and the cards going to the top of the library instead of to hand. Feeds | When she isn't playing games, she's probably singing, or acting, or both. The buttons above will open in a new window. 10/10 would recommend. 1st combo: Mirror-Mad PhantasmCage Mirror-Mad Phantasm 1U - flip deck into grave yard. Our deck has another notable combo that, while unlikely to end games, will aid our charge counter shenanigans. Unexpected Windfall: Some redundancy with a slightly more difficult to cast version of Big Score. UBR (Grixis). Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded: An indestructible haste-enabler. The repeatable, targeted discard on this is probably a bit underrated, but we really want this because finding ways to untap Mairsil for free is not something we typically are able to do on a budget, and this does it for the low cost of making Mairsil a bit smaller. This is a slow, stax deck. He's gonna be a strong target for hate after your group plays against him a few times. Tetrimino EDH. but other than the essential, I think it's fairly unique in card selection and strategy. Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire: I have to admit, I thought this was going to be an auto-include when it was spoiled. Tree of Perdition is still extremely useful without Spikeshot Elder. There are some creatures that aren't totally unplayable on their own so you can try to grind it out by hard casting them and playing out the game that way. (1). Help | Please return to this window after you have logged in. A lot of players (at least on Reddit lol) would say that that makes this deck unplayable but I just view it as a challenge to overcome. A free flicker at the end of your turn that'll save you one blue mana for an Aetherling blink somewhere else or in response to a kill spell in response to Thassa's trigger. Get your mana out, tutor, then hit the gas. Sure, its frustrating and disappointing as hell when you get locked out of a game or don't manage to accomplish much before it ends but that can happen with literally any commander. The latter grants a bunch of different activated abilities to Mairsil, the Pretender but we can only activate each of them once. This card seems like the exact kind of party I want to invite all of my friends to. Arcane Denial: Counter magic is important in any deck that runs blue. This annoying message will go away once you do. Combo Results: * Target opponent loses the game. Spikeshot Elder: Mostly used as a combo piece with Tree of Perdition to one-shot an opponent but he can also be used to deal with those pesky planeswalker or problematic creatures. An object may have two abilities printed on it such that one of them causes actions to be taken or objects or players to be affected and the other one directly refers to those actions, objects, or players. I won't completely discount it because it is a strong effect that saves more than just your commander but I've never found that I have 5 extra mana just lying around that could be dumped into this ability. Then you activate Spikeshot Elder to deal lethal damage. Mairsil, the Pretender + Aetherling + Anger + Nevinyrral's Disk. Narcomoeba hits play, pay U for Fatestitcher Use its ability to untap a land and use that land to cast Dregscape Zombie. You don't necessarily need to have Oona caged for this to work because she's not involved in the mana generation. I made the error that everyone makes at one time or another during their life: underestimating the depravity of the internet. Relic of Legends: Solid as just a regular mana rock on the field but caged it guarantees you a blue mana as long as Mairsil is untapped, regardless of summoning sickness. Add in a few cards to help boost his power and to give him some evasion, such as Volrath the Fallen, Torchling, and Cephalid Inkshrouder, and you have an actual win con on your hands. Repeat the loop. Copied to clipboard. The "reveal until you find a Mirror-Mad" has an "if" clause in front of it which only resolves if the card is shuffled in. Tap Gilded Lotus for UUU. Stops your opponents from doing it though. Endling: The undying ability is what really shines here. All Rights Reserved. Prerequisites. This will require TappedOut.js included in your blog. The deck sort of spun its wheels for a while, hoped everyone else ignored Mairsil, and then when it was the only one left, would hard cast a Skyship Stalker and pray that the last remaining opponent was firmly agnostic when it comes to believing in the heart of the cards, drawing nothing but worthless lands, while you attempt to get there with a flying 3/3. Mairsil only gets to put cage counters on cards when he enters the battlefield, and on his own, he's only going to enter the battlefield when being recast. FF The Pretender. Skyship Weatherlight Bane Alley Broker Gustha's Scepter If a card refers to itself. Night's Whisper is just a super efficient draw spell. Unless you have a way for him to repeatedly ETB and cage new abilities there is really no point in casting him. kort: (vid flera kort, separera med ett * och mellanslag) Skapare: Betyg: Strre n mindre n % TOPPLISTAN Allt. Sacrifice Mairsil to add one black mana The combos are bellow. Other times, I don't have haste or an untapper so I maybe get one use out of him. Your second goal is to determine what types of interaction you're going to need to survive this game. Terms of Use | Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. It's not terrible on its own either, especially 1v1. The ability to target a creature in any graveyard at instant speed is powerful, even if the triple black requirement is a bit rough with a budget land base. The combos are bellow. Having more creatures in play before the dread return, or having caged up an [[Aetherling]] to blink your Mairsil in response to removal. 15 - 0 Commons. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. AEtherling: You cage him up and then activate his blink ability before moving to end step. Whenever possible, it would behoove us to target cards in the graveyard, though there will certainly be situations that you absolutely must cage specific cards from hand. Mairsil, the Pretender has all activated abilities of all cards you own in exile with cage counters on them. Other people can view your private deck by using this url, Seems there are no cards in the Acquireboard. https://cubecobra.com RSS for Node Sun, 15 Jan 2023 21:30:37 GMT I run a lot of countermagic and protection to stop that from happening. [[Thousand-Year Elixir]] overrides his summoning . Shocks and Fetches: Run 'em if you've got 'em. Commander / EDH If, for instance, someone removes Mairsil in response to the activation, nothing happens. 1x Into the Roil. I haven't looked much into this route yet, since it seemed weaker than the Mirror-Mad Phantasm route. Go ahead and cast them to get some use out of them before you inevitably blow them up with Nevinyrral's Disk, then cage them up for repeated use later on or to get an infinite combo rolling. Then activate Oona and target your opponents. 2022 by Cards Realm. 17 - 0 Uncommons. Is it the sort of deck that you'd enjoy piloting, or is it too finicky for your taste? This has created a need for a lot of commander protection, which is why I have so much counter magic in my build and don't just lean on AEtherling to save him from everything. Mostly just tutors. If you enjoy the content provided on The 99 and have wanted to help support the Channel directly, you can do so by becoming a Patron! While we can cage stuff from our hand, it's comes with a pretty hefty price tag in the form of card disadvantage. More Combos: EDHREC. Mairsil, Pretending In Exile Commander / EDH Combo Control UBR (Grixis) TheIrishDeaf1. Mairsil only cares about activated abilities. Spark Double: He's actually very good in this deck when I put him in but I currently don't have a slot for him. Since the "return to hand" clause is part of the activation cost, it cannot be responded to and so Mairsil will always make it back to your hand. (0). It's been a great draw spell though. Conjurer's Closet: Too mana-intensive to be so vulnerable to my own inevitable board wipes. This makes for all sorts of crazy infinite combos, and Quicksilver Elemental is thus one of the strongest cards in the deck.". While looking through Mairsil's EDHREC page, I came across Pestilent Souleater. Exile all cards with Mairsil Pay one black mana to give Undying to Mairsil Sacrifice Mairsil to add one black mana Undying's ability will trigger, return Mairsil to the battlefield Remove a +1/+1 Counter from Mairsil to add one mana. It bypasses the "once per turn" activation rule, allowing you potentially endless activations of his abilities. What do you think of the deck? Your Mirror-Mad is caged in exile and Mairsil doesn't count as Mirror-Mad when it is in the library, so poof! I wasn't aware that Khalil Mack was the Bull's mascot in his down time. Azami, Lady of Scrolls: She's been in and out of the deck a million times. 2+ years of playing this deck has taught me that casting Mairsil earlier gives him a better chance of surviving and winning. Repeat for infinite mana and for infinite ETB. That being said, its activated ability is great, giving us a way to clear out difficult blockers or beating our opponents in to a stupor with their own win condition. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Seat of the Synod, Vault of Whispers, and Great Furnace: Sure, they're free to play and can help with that artifact count for Argent Sphinx's Metalcraft if you're running him. This site 2023 TappedOut.net, LLC On a scale from 'peanut butter and chocolate' to 'Swiss chard and anything,' it scores approximately a 'Pizza Rolls and ranch.'. Some of my favorite tutors, in fact: Trinket Mage, Trophy Mage, and Treasure Mage. That being said, it is great in this deck and if you want to power it up, this card definitely does the trick. With untap effects and a few more abilities to put charge counters on Mairsil (Otherworld Atlas, Lux Cannon, and so forth), we can keep our extra turns going until we dig into a card that actually kills our opponents (infinite snake tokens from Orochi Hatchery, for example). These abilities can be broken down into a few categories. Instead, the idea is to use him to leverage value, control the board and then win at . Once you make it through the initial turn cycle after casting him, you should usually have enough mana to easily get you through the following turn cycles since there aren't many other cards that get cast other than counters and tutors. Minamo, School at Water's Edge: Comes in untapped and taps for blue (the most important color) and can untap Mairsil, allowing him to use a second tap ability in a single turn. With a way to flicker Mairsil, the downside of the -1/-1 counter is non-existent. Mairsil, the Pretender will be exiled until end of turn, then Nevinyrral's Disk will resolve, killing everything. We aren't play green and can really not afford to be casting Mairsil for 10+ mana. Knacksaw Clique: A pretty standard Mairsil combo piece, as discussed above. There are two main win loops that can be done with Endling, that don't need haste, as you don't need to tap. This combo is fairly safe, the easiest way to interrupt it is going to be while you are unearthing things to sac to dread return, or when you are activating anthroplasm ability to get counters. Let me know in the comments, via Twitter, or through an email. So, I may have buried the lede a bit. $0.35. On second thought, let's not talk about Lab-man combo. 1x Spell Crumple. Combo:2. Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield or in exile with a cage counter. Other people can view your private deck by using this url, Seems there are no cards in the Acquireboard. Fact or fiction pretty much just says draw 5, since most of the time you won't care what goes in the graveyard. Let Mairsil pay for his own blinks! Big Score: There are a lot of cards that can be grabbed out of the graveyard in this deck so the discard cost is negligible. This will require TappedOut.js included in your blog. Consecrated Sphinx is just a staple card in any blue deck which becomes game winning if opponents cannot remove it. If we equip Leech Bonder with a Paradise Mantle, we have complete mobility of counters between creatures. 1x Essence Flux. well, they should have been paying more attention. Mairsil, the Pretender + Hateflayer + Tree of Perdition. If you're playing 1v1 and it looks like commander damage might win you the game, use the "-lings" +1/-1 abilities to pump up Mairsil (only once per turn, per -ling) and then make him unblockable with this guy to get you to 21 faster. Along the way, we will be protecting ourselves and our combo with some prison and pillow-fort type effects. Plus, Mairsil is typically my only creature on the field so if someone is swinging out at me I need some way to stop the onslaught. I had a pretty good idea about the direction I would go for the other four commanders, and threw Mairsil up there on a lark. It's also useful for blocking bigger creatures and dodging removal. Mairsil can pretend to be many things, but he is not a clone and is definitely not named Morphling. This helps mitigate that downside, and at its worst, it's a one mana, instant speed "draw a card" which isn't too shabby. (When I refer to a "caged" card in this article, I mean a card we exiled from our hand or graveyard with Mairsil's enter-the-battlefield ability, thereby giving it a cage counter and adding its abilities to our commander's.). TappedOut.js Blog Widget, Card draw Prerequisites. Casting Tree of Perdition and setting someone's life total to 13 puts you in a better position to beat them with combat and likely has given you a gigantic blocker. The drawback on it is simply brutal, much worse than anything you see on more modern Demons. Ith's cage was created by Barl. Your opponents are now aware of how difficult Mairsil is to remove and how difficult he is to interact with (which your playgroup will complain about incessantly lol). Bonus points if the card you discard is Anger. Grab Nevinyrral's Disk. Card Kingdom $775 - 797 . Infect in EDH is hotly debated, but what I don't think will be debated is that it's probably fine here. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. This site 2023 TappedOut.net, LLC Discord Server | : Really never intend to use it as a land. 'Re going to be casting Mairsil earlier gives him a few times for instance, someone Mairsil. 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