Mairsil, the Pretender
When Mairsil enters, you may exile an artifact or creature card from your hand or graveyard and put a cage counter on it. Mairsil has all activated abilities of all cards you own in exile with cage counters on them. You may activate each of those abilities only once each turn.
How Mairsil decks play in EDH
Mairsil, the Pretender is a Grixis commander in blue, black and red costing 1UBR, and its legendary creature - human wizard line shapes the whole deck around it. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Mairsil, the Pretender decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $67.36Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (4)
Removal (2)
Creatures (11)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Lands (1)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Mairsil, the Pretender decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Mairsil, the Pretender deck?
Mairsil, the Pretender has a Grixis colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue, black and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Mairsil, the Pretender?
The cards played most often in Mairsil, the Pretender decks include Elrond, Moon-Reader, Troop of Ponies, Wizard's Staff. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Mairsil, the Pretender deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $67.36 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Mairsil, the Pretender deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.