Mairsil Be Pretendin'

Commander / EDH Theme/Gimmick UBR (Grixis)

Aldel

Creature (20)

• 1x AEtherling
• 1x Anger
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cavern Harpy
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Daring Saboteur
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Endling
• 1x Grinning Ignus
• 1x Hateflayer
• 1x Necromancer's Familiar
• 1x Quicksilver Elemental
• 1x Shauku, Endbringer
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Tin Street Dodger
• 1x Torchling
• 1x Tree of Perdition

Instant (14)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Curate
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Epiphany at the Drownyard
• 1x Faithless Salvaging
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Opt
• 1x Rescue
• 1x Snap
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Unsummon

Land (38)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Crypt of the Eternals
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 9x Island
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Training Center

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Contingency Plan
• 1x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wild Guess

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Vampiric Link

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Perilous Vault
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thran Dynamo

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Creature (2)

• 1x Oriq Loremage
• 1x Shauku, Endbringer

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Buried Alive

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This deck went through a few iterations but I think I'm finally happy with it.

The goal here is to cage the necessary pieces for Mairsil to combo with himself. Since he can cage stuff from the graveyard we won't be too heartbroken if our creatures die protecting us.

Without further ado, here's the cage combos I've been able to identify:

Mairsil, the Pretender

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.82