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Commander Focus — Mairsil, the Pretender - Mairsil Vorhees
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $343.99
Salt Sum: 28.92
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Mairsil, the Pretender

When Mairsil, the Pretender enters the battlefield, you may exile an artifact or creature card from your hand or graveyard and put a cage counter on it. Mairsil, the Pretender 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.

Creature
Mairsil, the Pretender (c17) 41
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 18Price: $36.91
Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. Equip {2}

Artifact
Basilisk Collar (clb) 300
1
Butcher's Cleaver

Equipped creature gets +3/+0. As long as equipped creature is a Human, it has lifelink. Equip {3}

Artifact
Butcher's Cleaver (ddq) 31
1
Chariot of Victory

Equipped creature has first strike, trample, and haste. Equip {1}

Artifact
Chariot of Victory (jou) 159
1
Conjurer's Closet

At the beginning of your end step, you may exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Artifact
Conjurer's Closet (2xm) 243
1
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (scd) 263
1
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (moc) 356
1
Haunted Cloak

Equipped creature has vigilance, trample, and haste. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Haunted Cloak (cmr) 463
1
Izzet Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Artifact
Izzet Signet (moc) 362
1
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (scd) 269
1
Mask of Avacyn

Equipped creature gets +1/+2 and has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {3}

Artifact
Mask of Avacyn (cmr) 466
1
Mask of Memory

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a card. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Mask of Memory (onc) 136
1
Mask of Riddles

Equipped creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Equip {2}

Artifact
Mask of Riddles (ncc) 347
1
Nevinyrral's Disk

Nevinyrral's Disk enters the battlefield tapped. {1}, {T}: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.

Artifact
Nevinyrral's Disk (mh2) 298
1
Quietus Spike

Equipped creature has deathtouch. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up. Equip {3}

Artifact
Quietus Spike (ncc) 377
1
Rakdos Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (scd) 272
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
1
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (scd) 279
1
Trusty Machete

Equipped creature gets +2/+1. Equip {2}

Artifact
Trusty Machete (plst) ZEN-209
1

Creatures

Quantity: 43Price: $63.88
Aetherling

{U}: Exile Aetherling. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. {U}: Aetherling can't be blocked this turn. {1}: Aetherling gets +1/-1 until end of turn. {1}: Aetherling gets -1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Aetherling (dgm) 11
1
Ashling the Pilgrim

{1}{R}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Ashling the Pilgrim. If this is the third time this ability has resolved this turn, remove all +1/+1 counters from Ashling the Pilgrim, and it deals that much damage to each creature and each player.

Creature
Ashling the Pilgrim (dmc) 119
1
Cavern Harpy

Flying When Cavern Harpy enters the battlefield, return a blue or black creature you control to its owner's hand. Pay 1 life: Return Cavern Harpy to its owner's hand.

Creature
Cavern Harpy (plst) PLS-97
1
Cephalid Inkshrouder

Discard a card: Cephalid Inkshrouder gains shroud until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature
Cephalid Inkshrouder (jud) 36
1
Crypt Rats

{X}: Crypt Rats deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.

Creature
Crypt Rats (j22) 392
1
Deepwood Ghoul

Pay 2 life: Regenerate Deepwood Ghoul.

Creature
Deepwood Ghoul (8ed) 127★
1
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief

Flying {X}{B}{B}: Target creature gets -0/-X until end of turn and Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief (plst) C17-112
1
Earsplitting Rats

When Earsplitting Rats enters the battlefield, each player discards a card. Discard a card: Regenerate Earsplitting Rats.

Creature
Earsplitting Rats (jud) 65
1
Eater of the Dead

{0}: If Eater of the Dead is tapped, exile target creature card from a graveyard and untap Eater of the Dead.

Creature
Eater of the Dead (drk) 44
1
Ephemeron

Flying Discard a card: Return Ephemeron to its owner's hand.

Creature
Ephemeron (exo) 31
1
Fetid Imp

Flying {B}: Fetid Imp gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Fetid Imp (j22) 415
1
Goblin Machinist

{2}{R}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. Goblin Machinist gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in any order.

Creature
Goblin Machinist (ons) 204
1
Grotesque Hybrid

Whenever Grotesque Hybrid deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated. Discard a card: Grotesque Hybrid gains flying and protection from green and from white until end of turn.

Creature
Grotesque Hybrid (tor) 63
1
Hateflayer

Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.) {2}{R}, {Q}: Hateflayer deals damage equal to its power to any target. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Creature
Hateflayer (eve) 55
1
Hex Parasite

{X}{B/P}: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, Hex Parasite gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Hex Parasite (nph) 137
1
Hoard-Smelter Dragon

Flying {3}{R}: Destroy target artifact. Hoard-Smelter Dragon gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that artifact's mana value.

Creature
Hoard-Smelter Dragon (scd) 147
1
Horseshoe Crab

{U}: Untap Horseshoe Crab.

Creature
Horseshoe Crab (dmr) 55
1
Jodah's Avenger

{0}: Until end of turn, Jodah's Avenger gets -1/-1 and gains your choice of double strike, protection from red, vigilance, or shadow. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Creature
Jodah's Avenger (tsr) 72
1
Knacksaw Clique

Flying {1}{U}, {Q}: Target opponent exiles the top card of their library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Creature
Knacksaw Clique (shm) 42
1
Kozilek, the Great Distortion

When you cast this spell, if you have fewer than seven cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference. Menace Discard a card with mana value X: Counter target spell with mana value X.

Creature
Kozilek, the Great Distortion (ogw) 4
1
Leashling

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: Return Leashling to its owner's hand.

Creature Artifact
Leashling (rav) 265
1
Merrow Grimeblotter

{1}{U/B}, {Q}: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Creature
Merrow Grimeblotter (shm) 171
1
Mindshrieker

Flying {2}: Target player mills a card. Mindshrieker gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the milled card's mana value.

Creature
Mindshrieker (isd) 67
1
Mischievous Poltergeist

Flying Pay 1 life: Regenerate Mischievous Poltergeist.

Creature
Mischievous Poltergeist (6ed) 144
1
Moonglove Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {B}: Moonglove Changeling gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.)

Creature
Moonglove Changeling (mor) 67
1
Morphling

{U}: Untap Morphling. {U}: Morphling gains flying until end of turn. {U}: Morphling gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) {1}: Morphling gets +1/-1 until end of turn. {1}: Morphling gets -1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Morphling (usg) 85
1
Pack Rat

Pack Rat's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Rats you control. {2}{B}, Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of Pack Rat.

Creature
Pack Rat (rtr) 73
1
Patchwork Gnomes

Discard a card: Regenerate Patchwork Gnomes. (The next time this creature would be destroyed, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Creature Artifact
Patchwork Gnomes (mh2) 299
1
Pestilent Souleater

{B/P}: Pestilent Souleater gains infect until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life. A creature with infect deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Creature Artifact
Pestilent Souleater (nph) 149
1
Pili-Pala

Flying {2}, {Q}: Add one mana of any color. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Creature Artifact
Pili-Pala (plst) SHM-258
1
Skeleton Scavengers

Skeleton Scavengers enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. Pay {1} for each +1/+1 counter on Skeleton Scavengers: Regenerate Skeleton Scavengers. When it regenerates this way, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Skeleton Scavengers (sth) 70
1
Skittering Heartstopper

{B}: Skittering Heartstopper gains deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Skittering Heartstopper (xln) 122
1
Skywing Aven

Flying Discard a card: Return Skywing Aven to its owner's hand.

Creature
Skywing Aven (uma) 69
1
Soul of New Phyrexia

Trample {5}: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. {5}, Exile Soul of New Phyrexia from your graveyard: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Soul of New Phyrexia (moc) 382
1
Steel Hellkite

Flying {2}: Steel Hellkite gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {X}: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by Steel Hellkite this turn. Activate only once each turn.

Creature Artifact
Steel Hellkite (scd) 278
1
Thalakos Drifters

Discard a card: Thalakos Drifters gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Creature
Thalakos Drifters (exo) 47
1
Thalakos Scout

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Discard a card: Return Thalakos Scout to its owner's hand.

Creature
Thalakos Scout (exo) 48
1
Torchling

{R}: Untap Torchling. {R}: Target creature blocks Torchling this turn if able. {R}: Change the target of target spell that targets only Torchling. {1}: Torchling gets +1/-1 until end of turn. {1}: Torchling gets -1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Torchling (e01) 60
1
Trespasser il-Vec

Discard a card: Trespasser il-Vec gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Creature
Trespasser il-Vec (tsr) 147
1
Urza's Avenger

{0}: Urza's Avenger gets -1/-1 and gains your choice of banding, flying, first strike, or trample until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Creature Artifact
Urza's Avenger (5ed) 405
1
Vector Asp

{B}: Vector Asp gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Creature Artifact
Vector Asp (som) 219
1
Volrath the Fallen

{1}{B}, Discard a creature card: Volrath the Fallen gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the discarded card's mana value.

Creature
Volrath the Fallen (nem) 75
1
Xathrid Slyblade

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) {3}{B}: Until end of turn, Xathrid Slyblade loses hexproof and gains first strike and deathtouch. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Xathrid Slyblade (m15) 124
1

Lands

Quantity: 38Price: $243.20
Blood Crypt

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) As Blood Crypt enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Blood Crypt (plst) DIS-171
1
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (moc) 391
1
Cascade Bluffs

{T}: Add {C}. {U/R}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Cascade Bluffs (ncc) 390
1
Cathedral of War

Cathedral of War enters the battlefield tapped. Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Cathedral of War (plst) M13-221
1
Cavern of Souls

As Cavern of Souls enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.

Land
Cavern of Souls (2x2) 320
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
1
Dragonskull Summit

Dragonskull Summit enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (dmc) 207
1
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (xln) 253
1
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (moc) 398
1
Flamekin Village

As Flamekin Village enters the battlefield, you may reveal an Elemental card from your hand. If you don't, Flamekin Village enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Land
Flamekin Village (plst) CM2-251
1
Graven Cairns

{T}: Add {C}. {B/R}, {T}: Add {B}{B}, {B}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Graven Cairns (2xm) 320
1
Hall of the Bandit Lord

Hall of the Bandit Lord enters the battlefield tapped. {T}, Pay 3 life: Add {C}. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste.

Land
Hall of the Bandit Lord (plst) CHK-277
1
Hanweir Battlements

{T}: Add {C}. {R}, {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. {3}{R}{R}, {T}: If you both own and control Hanweir Battlements and a creature named Hanweir Garrison, exile them, then meld them into Hanweir, the Writhing Township.

Land
Hanweir Battlements (emn) 204
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
6
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
6
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (moc) 418
1
Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Land
Reflecting Pool (clb) 358
1
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (moc) 421
1
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As Steam Vents enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (grn) 257
1
Sulfur Falls

Sulfur Falls enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (dmr) 258
1
Sunken Ruins

{T}: Add {C}. {U/B}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{B}, or {B}{B}.

Land
Sunken Ruins (2xm) 326
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mom) 279
4
Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Land
Temple of the False God (moc) 437
1
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
1
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259
1

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