Your library must contain the following cards (or cards with similar effects): [card](Dread Return), [card](Fatestitcher), [card](Narcomoeba) and [card . Discord Server | (1), That being said, we do have a few untappers. Support this Channel: https://www.patreon.com/seibenmtgVideo by: Nicole (BadWolfMTG) Commander 2017 is being here and with it comes some unique stories. Aetherling. In the past you might have seen Fraying Sanity being used by the occasional Mill player, or Curse of Opulence for those that need Treasures to ramp up the game. As I mentioned earlier, Mairsil actually comes equipped with halfway decent stats already. (1), Infinite death triggers. As above, we likely need to dig into a game-winning combo following this one. Shroud is perfectly fine in this deck since you're never actually "targeting" Mairsil with his abilities. As a commander, Mairsil specializes in combo play, generally lending himself well to a toolbox of denial that quickly weaves . Manage Settings (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.). Having to attack, pay 2, and still only get the card to the top of my library just wasn't working out the way I had hoped. This nicely aligns with my experiences of Mairsil, because this card drove me insane upon its release. Flood of Tears: Devestation Tide with a twist, basically. It's an absolute home run in this deck and is not a card you're opponents are likely to have seen before, giving you those sweet, sweet hipster points. 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. 2022 by Cards Realm. Mairsil, the Pretender This card is just such a flavor win and looks like a great value engine too. Mairsil, the Pretender +Thousand-Year Elixir +Deadeye Navigator +Coveted Jewel +. the jury is still out on exactly how the interaction works. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Tap for UUU, untap with Knacksaw Clique for UU, activate Quicksilver Elemental for U, repeat. Infinite LTB. You can now import it in the MTG Arena client. Combo-centric deck with lots of creative answers and multiple different lines. The first step off this combo is when reanimate Mairsil, to cage [[Hell's Caretaker]]. Also, don't underestimate the power of Galecaster Colossus. Feeds | When researching for this article, I read an article by EDHREC's own Robin Kass, who wrote a great article about Mairsil last July. Legends of Runeterra and its respective properties are copyright Riot Games. Thankfully, we have a bunch of ways to deal with anyone that's feeling froggy and wants to tango. Solid deal IMO. All Mairsil, the Pretender Decks. If there aren't any creatures in graveyards you can't activate it. Besides just saving money, setting limitations and restrictions on deckbuilding can lead to interesting, outside-of-the-box ideas that can liven up your group's play experience. I used to hold back until I had a counterspell in hand before casting him but that also gives your opponents more chances to draw into their own counter magic and removal. [[quicksilver elemental]] caged and having Mairsil target himself gets around the "once per turn" clause, which gives us many options. Mairsil, il Pretendente +Cavallo Meccanico +Vassallo di Sangue +Letalmorfa +, Quale comandante il migliore per il mio mazzo. This is a slow, stax deck. Playtest v1. There are a few perks t. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. 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. I've got most of the "essential" cards of the deck already ([[Aetherling]] & friends, that sort of thing), but wanted not to just take the combo route, as i already have a combo-dedicated deck. $0.24. 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. Displacer Kitten: Turn all your spells into flicker spells! 2+ years of playing this deck has taught me that casting Mairsil earlier gives him a better chance of surviving and winning. Attention! 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. Here's where things get dicey. That dude's ability doesn't care about summoning sickness so you can bounce a permanent each turn even if you had to blink Mairsil the turn before. When this copy enters, we will cage up [[Kozilek's translator]]. I run a lot of countermagic and protection to stop that from happening. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. When this copy enters, we will cage up [ [Kozilek's . Feeds | (That's a silly question, we're Magic players, we always have opinions!) Since there won't be one, you mill your entire library. Terms of Use | Help | Legends of Runeterra and its respective properties are copyright Riot Games. Enough charge counters on Mairsil, and we can be chunking an opponent for ten or more damage per turn. From this point, the easiest combo I can see is to exile [[sage of hours]] and [[anthroplasm]]. Pack Rat: Very clunky and slow, as well as fairly cost-intensive. 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. This entire deck works on playing mairsil, putting things on him and protecting and reusing him to set up one of like 3 combos. Blink and flicker effects are an important part of the deck. Having built one concept for Mairsil, I'm still intrigued to see what other people create. Any of these can be used with Knacksaw Clique and Quicksilver Elemental for the infinite mill combo. As long as you can blink or send Mairsil back to your hand before the end step, you can get him back on the field for cheap (and without using any of your blue sources!) The real downside comes from needing to not have summoning sickness to activate the ability. Tree of Perdition/Spikeshot Elder: When you cage a card with Mairsil, all instances of the card referencing itself by name (such as Tree of Perdition) are then read as referencing Mairsil by name instead. Similar Deck Space Card Recommendations Commander Recommendations. Use U, to untap with Staff of Domination. During this deck's first iteration, I found I didn't really have a win condition. Combos-Tree of perdition + Hateflayer + Mairsil = 3 mana 1 shot target player. Then cast Thoracle for the win. Everyone runs interaction and ramp, have clear win cons, and are playing to win, but games usually take 7+ turns. Activate the [card](Mirror-Mad Phantasm)'s ability and put all your library in the graveyard, since you will not find a card with the same name. While the rest of the game can go in any direction, your early game needs to revolve solely around finding. Guljin EDH. Se pretender envio pelo correio os portes ficam a cargo do comprador.Particular.EstadoUsado uma vez.MarcaParfois.TipoMalas.. vendo-a porque acaba por ter muitas divises para o que eu costumo transportar. Arcane Denial: Counter magic is important in any deck that runs blue. Displaying decks 1 - 50 of 569 in total Date Deck Author Event Place MTGO Price Tabletop Price; 2023-01-15: Mairsil: tylerblake478 - -31 tix: . Minion of Leshrac: Simple and versatile removal. Packing some land-hate is never a bad idea. Mirror-Mad Phantasm/Thassa's Oracle: This combo requires Mirror-Mad Phantasm to be caged and Thassa's Oracle in hand to be cast (hopefully with a counterspell or two in hand as well to protect this combo, otherwise you'll lose the game the next time you have to draw a card). Depending on what else is on your side of the field you may get to slap something back down. Hello, r/EDH! 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. Repeat the process for infinite mana. Turn 2: Land, [[Pentad prism]], entomb, burred alive, or demonic tutor finding Mirror-Mad phantasm. Most of the best possible turns with Mairsil somehow involve Gilded Lotus and because of its recent reprinting, it should be easy to find and acquire through trades. He'll never be a creature but that's not why I've included him in my deck. As always, these are some of the cards I would add if I were unconcerned with budget, looking to up the power level of the deck, or simply had a copy laying around in my trade binder. Infinite sacrifice triggers. 'Tis a silly place. well, they should have been paying more attention. Legends of Runeterra e le sue rispettive propriet sono copyright di Riot Games. 53 - 0 Rares. Other people can view your private deck by using this url, Seems there are no cards in the Acquireboard. Copied to clipboard. As it's hard to get a quick combo win with this deck as it takes a bit of setting up. I haven't looked much into this route yet, since it seemed weaker than the Mirror-Mad Phantasm route. Commander's Sphere: Just recently replaced Chromatic Lantern with the Sphere. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. The latter grants a bunch of different activated abilities to Mairsil, the Pretender but we can only activate each of them once. AEtherling: You cage him up and then activate his blink ability before moving to end step. He lives in Joplin, MO with his wife. Let me know in the comments, via Twitter, or through an email. If you have Anger in the yard, it means you can activate it the turn he comes down. You can't do much with a full grip of cards but no engine so mana and a tutor are more important that anything else. 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. The easiest I could see there would be something like [[gilded lotus]] and [[pili-pala]] for infinite mana, and win from there. Since I'm not running Labman combo, and it can't be used for filling your graveyard part of the way, Mirror-Mad got cut. 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. When you have logged in, click the Refresh Session button and then try again. If you have AEtherling imprinted too, it means you get to keep on board in the following manner: Activate Nevinyrral's Disk ability, then holding priority, use AEtherling's bounce ability. Sometimes their reactions will be quick enough How could he have known the President was a skilled amateur dodgeball player? Card Text: 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. Marisil, the Pretender has all activated abilities of all cards you own in exile with cage counters on them. Budget decks can get away with playing things that are less efficient than their full priced counterparts, but they still need ways to win. These are some of our better haste enablers and I would be happy to have any of these in any Mairsil game. There were a ton of votes on the last article, and I'll fully admit I was surprised about which commander won. Even if you don't, "all nonland permanents" wipes are my jam so I run them when I can. Getting two treasures in addition to two cards is a pretty sweet deal. 4) Voltron, which is rare, equipping/enchant Mairsil while caging wonderful creatures like Morphling. available. Spend the next turn cycle or two caging your protection, interaction, and hopefully combo pieces as well. available. Then with haste, we will sacrifice the Caretaker, and reanimate [ [Body Double]], copying Mairsil. $0.35. 1x Rakdos Charm. It's not terrible on its own either, especially 1v1. Privacy statement | Have you taken this deck in strange direction? As it's hard to get a quick combo win with this deck as it takes a bit of setting up. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Rarity (main - side) 9 - 0 Mythic Rares. You likely have a huge target on your back if your early game went well. Darksteel is a dead card usually unless you have nev disk and honestly just not really needed. Prerequisites. Blur: A higher mana value than Essence Flux but it also comes with a card draw so I'm ok with that. Eitherof these scenarios makes Quicksilver Elemental a must-have, especially for our combo focus. Activated abilities contain a colon. Remove the counter with Walking Ballista to ping an opponent. Targeting himself results in zero sheep, though. Have [[Thousand-Year Elixir]] on the battlefield, and [[Deadeye Navigator]] soulbound to Mairsil. A win isn't likely without Mairsil online but it's not completely hopeless. That's one major benefit of being the most Voltron of Voltron commanders. In Magic lore, the Dominarian wizard Mairsil drove mad a powerful mage named Ith. A Spikeshot Elder that has an easier-to-activate cost and also untaps is exactly the sort of creature this deck wants. 1x Silumgar's Command. For your consideration, the first combo: Chimeric Mass and our Spikeshot friends, Spikeshot Elder and Spikeshot Goblin. Tetrimino EDH. Your Mirror-Mad is caged in exile and Mairsil doesn't count as Mirror-Mad when it is in the library, so poof! 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. Aug. 18, 2017. FF The Pretender. UBR (Grixis). Now you have to weigh setting up your win against preventing the table from killing you or locking you out. While looking through Mairsil's EDHREC page, I came across Pestilent Souleater. Other times, I don't have haste or an untapper so I maybe get one use out of him. My opponents found it was easier to eliminate me than try to work around these enchantments. When she isn't playing games, she's probably singing, or acting, or both. (1). Grinning Ignus) on creatures as well. I'm sure more will come to mind later but these were the ones that stuck out to me the most. Contact | Other people can view your private deck by using this url, Seems there are no cards in the Acquireboard. Complete Comment Tutorial! 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. The buttons above will open in a new window. Caging up those cards can be more of a liability than a deterrent if you can't activate them until your next turn though. 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. Remember Tree of Perdition's drawback of only setting your opponent's life to 13? Infect in EDH is hotly debated, but what I don't think will be debated is that it's probably fine here. 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. Infinite Mairsil ETBs. And until next we meet, enjoy your time browsing the Low Market. Some of my favorite tutors, in fact: Trinket Mage, Trophy Mage, and Treasure Mage. Presenting: Mairsil's Charge Counters Combo! For example, we cage Quicksilver Elemental and Morphling. Mairsil, the Pretender. Quicken: Tutors are great, but the best ones are usually sorcery speed. The buttons above will open in a new window. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Knacksaw Clique is part of an infinite combo however the Hateflayer does its job better and faster. No spikes or cEDH decks (no disrespect there, it's just not our jam) but also no meme or theme decks. Combo result Infinite ETB. Typical gameplay involves caging AEtherling and then blinking Mairsil throughout each turn cycle to cage up as many abilities as you can. I've always wanted to build a deck with every Tr Mage. Gotta get the tools out of the toolbox somehow. Combo result Infinite ETB. He works as an ASL interpreter, enjoys running, and sitting on his porch reading, while simultaneously silently judging his neighbors. JohnsonJ EDH. Deflecting Swat: A free redirect is sick. You can play her after you've done the rest if the opportunity to do so presents itself. I knew within seconds that I had to, had to, theorycraft this budget deck for my next Low Market. Tap for UUU (or UUR), untap for U (or R), activate Quicksilver Elemental for U, net one blue mana, repeat for infinite mana. Full Combo on Expert difficulty in Beat Saber for the song "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters.Played and recorded on the Oculus/Meta Quest 2 using Meta Quest Pr. Is it the sort of deck that you'd enjoy piloting, or is it too finicky for your taste? Having more creatures in play before the dread return, or having caged up an [[Aetherling]] to blink your Mairsil in response to removal. Cavern Harpy: A solid backup plan to AEtherling's blink ability in case someone responds to the blink with a kill spell. It's also useful for blocking bigger creatures and dodging removal. Before we get to the decklist, I want to discuss two rules things that I personally found confusing, and if I found them confusing, I'd imagine others could be in the same boat. Also a decent way to untap. 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. Shauku, Endbringer: Plenty of removal already in the deck, and Minion of Leshrac can also hit lands. Conjurer's Closet: Too mana-intensive to be so vulnerable to my own inevitable board wipes. 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. 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. I tend to blow the board up a ton and Commander's Sphere can at least get me a card draw before it goes to the yard. Tree of Perdition is still extremely useful without Spikeshot Elder. Illusionist's Bracers: Could be useful but you'd need to reequip it each time you blink Mairsil. For this we will need to have milled an [[anger]] and have a mountain in play. Unfortunately, Metalcraft is too hard for me to maintain with the repeated board wipes. They usually get taken out due to meta adjustments but are still really good in general for this deck. Mairsil's Cage Match. Privacy statement | This deck doesn't work without Mairsil on the field. Cinderhaze Wretch and Endling in exile with cage counters on them. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. Tree of Perdition: A very strong, very simple win condition. Once you have your protection and deterrents caged, you can really start to focus on assembling your win conditions while you continue to disrupt, dismantle, and destroy your opponents' gameplans and boardstates. 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