War's Toll, Propaganda, and Frozen Aether: I used to run all three of these but they just served to get me killed. quicksilver elemental + gilded lotus + Mairsil = infinite everything Spend the next turn cycle or two caging your protection, interaction, and hopefully combo pieces as well. Your poll for the next article is below! Pay 5 and tap Mairsil to put five +1/+1 counters on him with Anthroplasm's ability. Magic: The Gathering e le sue rispettive propriet sono copyright di Wizards of the Coast. These are some of our better haste enablers and I would be happy to have any of these in any Mairsil game. Caging up those cards can be more of a liability than a deterrent if you can't activate them until your next turn though. In Magic lore, the Dominarian wizard Mairsil drove mad a powerful mage named Ith. Terms of Use | Discord Server | (3), For example: Morphling's abilities specifically reference 'Morphling'. When you have logged in, click the Refresh Session button and then try again. I tore through card databases trying to find a direction, and eventually, I found one. With as many artifacts as our deck contains, these search effects are useful even without being expressly built for (though I did add a few spicy options after I decided to include the Mages). Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. Valakut Awakening There were a ton of votes on the last article, and I'll fully admit I was surprised about which commander won. Shocks and Fetches: Run 'em if you've got 'em. In Commander especially, 2 damage isn't going to matter as much when players start with 40 life, and for most decks, players are casting on average 1-2 spells each turn.. . She's good but nothing too special. Your second goal is to determine what types of interaction you're going to need to survive this game. Combo-centric deck with lots of creative answers and multiple different lines. For this we will need to have milled an [[anger]] and have a mountain in play. (2), Quicksilver Elemental: The only way you're going infinite with Mairsil. Now that we have a better understanding of the rules involving Mairsil, let's look at our ultra budget Pretender deck. 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. 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. Infinite LTB. This grants Mairsil another instance of each activated ability on both of these cards, which of course havent been activated yet. Shauku, Endbringer: Plenty of removal already in the deck, and Minion of Leshrac can also hit lands. Use Blood Vassal to sac Mairsil, the Pretender, which gives you BB mana. Many of these cards can be replaced, with different mana rocks or rituals. Marisil, the Pretender has all activated abilities of all cards you own in exile with cage counters on them. Trinket Mage provides access to the greatest number of options: Pyramid of the Pantheon for ramp or combo, Tormod's Crypt for graveyard hate, Paradise Mantle for the Leech Bonder interactions, Claws of Gix for a sacrifice outlet, and my personal favorite, Voyager Staff to flicker Mairsil. Blue mana is the most important so try to keep as much of it open as possible for AEtherling activations and counter magic. While we can cage stuff from our hand, it's comes with a pretty hefty price tag in the form of card disadvantage. 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. Other cards to note are the oft mentioned [[deadeye navigator]] and gilded lotus for infinite mana and activations. Blur: A higher mana value than Essence Flux but it also comes with a card draw so I'm ok with that. Bonus points if the card you discard is Anger. Infinite death triggers. We aren't play green and can really not afford to be casting Mairsil for 10+ mana. What do you guys think? You're gonna be real sad when you have to activate Nevinyrral's Disk and now you're down three mana sources, though. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. Blink and flicker effects are an important part of the deck. Thassa, Deep-Dwelling: An indestructible Conjurer's Closet that costs less. 2022 by Cards Realm. Playing against combo? From a raw list of charge counters and related interactions, I pared down to a handful of potential game-ending combos. The second divides cards by function, in the same manner I did when designing the deck. A one-mana untap ability is extremely useful. Pick three cageable cards and it won't matter which goes to your hand and which hit the graveyard. Back up plans would be [[exhume]], [[animate dead]] ect. Mairsil only cares about activated abilities. If you want the Sparknotes of the rules, if it has ':' in it, it's an activated ability, if it has 'whenever' 'when' or 'at the beginning/end of [insert step here]' in it, it's triggered. 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. 4c Samurai av Drakmester Tap for UUU (or UUR), untap for U (or R), activate Quicksilver Elemental for U, net one blue mana, repeat for infinite mana. This doesn't even see play in the most casual of Demon tribal decks, probably because its equal parts bad and old. When building this deck, I found that a lot of the best win conditions for Mairsil were outside of our budget. Kindly pen them below! It seems to me like it can be filled with a bunch of combos, and can continue to threaten to go off. There are a few perks t. I wasn't aware that Khalil Mack was the Bull's mascot in his down time. Please return to this window after you have logged in. This site 2023 TappedOut.net, LLC With a way to flicker Mairsil, the downside of the -1/-1 counter is non-existent. Mill all of your opponents out in one go. 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. This website is not produced, endorsed, supported, or affiliated with Wizards of the Coast. As it's hard to get a quick combo win with this deck as it takes a bit of setting up. Playing against a creature-heavy deck? There are a ton of tutors in this deck so once you find AEtherling you have plenty of ways to get win cons and interaction into your hand or graveyard. 4) Voltron, which is rare, equipping/enchant Mairsil while caging wonderful creatures like Morphling. 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. Help | then use 1U for Deep Analysis - win game. A Mairsil with removal can discourage your opponents from playing their more powerful threats. And to be fair, this deck can lock a table down pretty soundly with an early game Nev's Disk in the cage. The untappers I run also have additional benefits. Mairsil the Pretty Boy. A Spikeshot Elder that has an easier-to-activate cost and also untaps is exactly the sort of creature this deck wants. Turn 1: Land, [[Sol ring]], [[fellwar stone]]. Many of our combo pieces are creatures, and we have multiple flavors of ramp, card advantage, and Mairsil-rebuying (e.g. Anger. (1), The combo that I think has the most potential here has a few steps. Mairsil already exiles cards with his etb, and mimic vat can copy cards exiled by it ( <- assuming you mean Mairsil). Every time you blink him he gets summoning sickness, which can be a huge setback. The first is in the usual style, cards arranged by type. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. [[Nevinyrral's disk]] and after activating using the exile from aetherling to dodge the effect or regeneration of [[skithiryx, the blight dragon]] to live through it. and it's pretty tough to counter. Attention! Terms of Use | Legends of Runeterra e le sue rispettive propriet sono copyright di Riot Games. **Side note, you have to shuffle Mairsil into your library for this to work. The only thing it doesn't hit is Planeswalkers but that's what Boompile is for. Joseph Schultz works in a library by day and shuffles libraries by night. Mairsil also needs as much mana open as possible each turn so sinking 4-6 mana into a Planeswalker isn't worth it in my experience. Tree of Perdition is still extremely useful without Spikeshot Elder. Basalt Monolith: Colored mana is way more useful and since you can cage Gilded Lotus, Prismatic Geoscope, and/or Coveted Jewel the CMC and downsides don't matter which makes them strictly better than Basalt Monolith in this deck. That being said, it is great in this deck and if you want to power it up, this card definitely does the trick. 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. 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. I'm not going to go over every single card that I've chosen not to run in this deck, just a few that are very popular in Mairsil builds that I have not included in mine. 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. If another player gains control of Mairsil, it will have the abilities of only cards that player owns in exile with cage counters on them. As an added bonus, if you cage up Commander's Sphere, you can always sac Mairsil in response to a kill spell that you can't otherwise evade and get a draw from it. Step 2 is to reanimate Mairsil, or to get him in play again (which reanimation seems the easiest). Manage Settings Activate the ability from [[Deadeye Navigator]] to bounce Mairsil. Combo section will be completed over time. That means we need reliable ways to trigger his enter the battlefield effect without him dying and going to the command zone. More Combos: EDHREC. Typical gameplay involves caging AEtherling and then blinking Mairsil throughout each turn cycle to cage up as many abilities as you can. The ideal situation is to have AEtherling imprinted ASAP, as this gives us the ability to bounce Mairsil, the Pretender each turn to imprint a new card, it also makes it much harder to kill Mairsil, the Pretender. If your opponents' removal game is on fire then you might just be out of luck. 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. Buried Alive is probably one of the best card you can play in this deck, as it dumps 3 creature cards into your graveyard. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. DMCA requests | This is a slow, stax deck. Also a decent way to untap. Unexpected Windfall: Some redundancy with a slightly more difficult to cast version of Big Score. Turn 2: Land, [[Pentad prism]], entomb, burred alive, or demonic tutor finding Mirror-Mad phantasm. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. well, they should have been paying more attention. You don't necessarily need to have Oona caged for this to work because she's not involved in the mana generation. Commander / EDH* This will require TappedOut.js included in your blog. No spikes or cEDH decks (no disrespect there, it's just not our jam) but also no meme or theme decks. So, I've been playing this Merfolk deck and am having a lot of fun with it. Shroud is perfectly fine in this deck since you're never actually "targeting" Mairsil with his abilities. The easiest I could see there would be something like [[gilded lotus]] and [[pili-pala]] for infinite mana, and win from there. I'd love to hear your opinions in the comment section! Then cast Thoracle for the win. Help | Grinning Ignus) on creatures as well. Mairsil, the Pretender + Hateflayer + Tree of Perdition. Infinite sacrifice triggers. 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. Obviously, I'm exaggerating a bit, but this was tough, for reasons I will address in a minute. I'm good at this, trust me.). Feeds | I knew that just having the one Infect card wasn't going to do it, but thankfully there are a few others that wanted to join in the party. the jury is still out on exactly how the interaction works. Combo The main goal of this deck is to combo off. I cannot emphasize enough how useful haste is due to so many abilities that require Mairsil to tap to activate. There are a number of control elements, lots of removal, and tons of protection for Mairsil, which you will need for all of the hate he's gonna draw after a game or two. 10/10 would recommend. It was made of watersilver and hung . I made the error that everyone makes at one time or another during their life: underestimating the depravity of the internet. If you cage them early but can't use them all you've accomplished is painting a target on yourself. For your consideration, the first combo: Chimeric Mass and our Spikeshot friends, Spikeshot Elder and Spikeshot Goblin. 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