This is based on the against the odds deck Modern Illusions created by SaffronOlive on MTGGoldfish. This is the version for people that can't stick Aether Vial and Mutavault into something to make it "Playable". So, we had to get creative. losing the vials, the vaults, and the Phantasmal Image in the name of budget made it very hard to get the same value out of each creature.
Losing Vials made losing
Illusory Angel
necessary but
Illusionary Servant
was a good replacement. Losing the Images was hard because we didn't have hexproof lord 5 through 8, but Favorable Winds is a decent replacement as all the swingers except for
Phantasmal Bear
have flying. Also better than Grand Architect because it comes down a turn earlier.
Phantasmal Dragon
was added as a large finisher to close out games where we just need that extra bit of damage to come down.
This plays out like an aggro deck, and it uses 1 mana bounce/removal to clear the board of troublesome blockers.Has some Stubborn Denial to counter the annoying stuff like Detention Sphere and Mimic Vat
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