They're Illusions, Michael

Commander / EDH Combo Illusion Jank Lands Mono-Blue Sacrifice Tokens Tokens

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Card Draw (16)

• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Curiosity Crafter
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Gush
• 1x Jace, Cunning Castaway
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Mordenkainen
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Perilous Research
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Wizard Class

Draw Matters (9)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Body of Knowledge
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Oneirophage
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend

Board Wipes (4)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Ixidron
• 1x Perplexing Test
• 1x Spectral Deluge

Protection (3)

• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Land (35)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x High Market
• 23x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Rogue's Passage

Single Target Removal (11)

• 1x Abjure
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Inscription of Insight
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Ravenform
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Resculpt
• 1x You Find the Villains' Lair

Gettin' In (4)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Levitation
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Wonder

Commander (1)

Ramp (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Kefnet's Monument
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thought Vessel

Illusion Matters (4)

• 1x Krovikan Mist
• 1x Meloku the Clouded Mirror
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Phantom Steed

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Ever wanted to beat people down with a bunch of magic tricks? You have come to the right place!

Minn, Wily Illusionist wants card draw, and splashy permanents to throw down from your hand. We can help support this with continual card draw engines, like deck:Bident of Thassa and company. deck:Skullclamp is especially spicy, because you can clamp an Illusion, draw, and get another! What a trick.

While its cool to have ridiculously buff illusions, what isnt cool is not being able to get in. To solve this, we have cards like deck:Wonder that gives evasion, and evasion queen Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive. I am sure by now you have noticed an absence of illusion tribal cards, and my reasoning for this is the fact that they negate Tetsuko's evasion granting and the potency of Skullclamp. Feel free to argue this choice, it is a WIP.

If all else fails, we have a little combo engine to fall back on. Meloku the Clouded Mirror and any sac outlet with Minn, Wily Illusionist will give us a bunch of infinites. Altar of Dementia is especially hot here.

PLEASE be vocal about suggestions! always happy to tweak a list with a good idea or six.

Top Ranked	Achieved #35 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #24 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Lands 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Blue 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 U, Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Copy Clone, Dog Illusion */* U, Elemental 4/4 UR, Emblem Mordenkainen, Foretell, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Illusion Tribal, Illusion 2/2 U w/ Phantasmal, Illusion */* U, Kraken 8/8 U, Manifest 2/2 C, Squid 1/1 U
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