Mairsil, the Pretender
$0.48
$0.48Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Mairsil, the Pretender players are trying out in Control decks.
Scorched Geyser+9% Synergy
$0.57
Turbulent Springs+8% Synergy
$5.24
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Mairsil, the Pretender's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Aetherling+92% Synergy
$0.28
Arcanis the Omnipotent+88% Synergy
$0.28
Asmodeus the Archfiend+71% Synergy
$0.38
Nevinyrral's Disk+71% Synergy
$1.06
Entomb+55% Synergy
$18.02
Torchling+50% Synergy
$0.18
Anger+46% Synergy
$0.81
Buried Alive+46% Synergy
$0.73
Hateflayer+46% Synergy
$2.58
Cavern Harpy+46% Synergy
$0.29
Top Cards
The staple cards most Mairsil, the Pretender Control decks run as their core.
Tree of Perdition+46% Synergy
$2.80
Thousand-Year Elixir+46% Synergy
$14.43
Morphling+43% Synergy
$48.98
Shauku, Endbringer+43% Synergy
$2.03
Quicksilver Elemental+43% Synergy
$24.35
Frantic Search+37% Synergy
$1.55
Pack Rat+37% Synergy
$2.48
Faithless Looting+34% Synergy
$0.68
Toxic Deluge+30% Synergy
$3.31
Windfall+16% Synergy
$5.08
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Mairsil, the Pretender Control game on their own.
Gamble+28% Synergy
$16.74
The One Ring+27% Synergy
$104.30
Vampiric Tutor+23% Synergy
$60.01
Demonic Tutor+18% Synergy
$76.77
Force of Will+18% Synergy
$62.85
Chrome Mox+16% Synergy
$171.12
Opposition Agent+16% Synergy
$19.34
Rhystic Study+13% Synergy
$72.26
Ancient Tomb+9% Synergy
$131.68
Cyclonic Rift+4% Synergy
$40.14
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Mairsil, the Pretender decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Endling+35% Synergy
$0.31
Oriq Loremage+35% Synergy
$0.66
Eater of the Dead+32% Synergy
$0.84
Minion of Leshrac+28% Synergy
$0.88
Cephalid Inkshrouder+28% Synergy
$0.35
Mirror-Mad Phantasm+28% Synergy
$0.71
Ulamog's Dreadsire+25% Synergy
$3.43
Vivi Ornitier+22% Synergy
$37.06
Marvin, Murderous Mimic+22% Synergy
$3.28
Horseshoe Crab+21% Synergy
$0.20
Joo Dee, One of Many+21% Synergy
$0.21
Galecaster Colossus+20% Synergy
$2.67
Jace's Archivist+19% Synergy
$9.36
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces+19% Synergy
$34.52
Avatar of Woe+18% Synergy
$5.11
Memnarch+18% Synergy
$6.24
Crystalline Crawler+18% Synergy
$0.30
Spikeshot Elder+18% Synergy
$0.30
Pili-Pala+18% Synergy
$2.86
Azami, Lady of Scrolls+16% Synergy
$0.37
Sakashima the Impostor+16% Synergy
$18.44
Goblin Engineer+16% Synergy
$10.32
Necrotic Ooze+14% Synergy
$2.21
Mercurial Chemister+14% Synergy
$0.12
Walking Ballista+14% Synergy
$12.59
Kozilek, the Great Distortion+14% Synergy
$5.13
Blighted Bat+14% Synergy
$0.14
Argent Sphinx+14% Synergy
$0.17
Chainer, Dementia Master+14% Synergy
$0.28
Geth, Lord of the Vault+14% Synergy
$0.82
Cinderhaze Wretch+14% Synergy
$0.21
Patron of the Moon+14% Synergy
$3.63
Doom Whisperer+13% Synergy
$5.46
Sphinx of Magosi+11% Synergy
$0.17
Xathrid Gorgon+11% Synergy
$0.29
Cabal Initiate+11% Synergy
$0.21
Viashino Heretic+11% Synergy
$0.45
Arco-Flagellant+11% Synergy
$0.32
Spark Double+10% Synergy
$13.70
Nezahal, Primal Tide+10% Synergy
$9.88
Thassa's Oracle+9% Synergy
$23.44
Displacer Kitten+9% Synergy
$30.69
Harmonic Prodigy+8% Synergy
$3.01
Boggart Trawler+8% Synergy
$0.89
Chameleon, Master of Disguise+7% Synergy
$1.54
Phyrexian Metamorph+6% Synergy
$2.11
Simian Spirit Guide+3% Synergy
$3.26
Dauthi Voidwalker+3% Synergy
$5.03
Notion Thief+3% Synergy
$1.46
Nightscape Familiar-9% Synergy
$0.40
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Mairsil, the Pretender's Control deck ahead.
Essence Flux+26% Synergy
$1.21
Thrill of Possibility+17% Synergy
$0.24
Intuition+16% Synergy
$358.15
Teferi's Time Twist+16% Synergy
$0.30
Gifts Ungiven+15% Synergy
$5.31
Force of Negation+13% Synergy
$52.62
Pact of Negation+13% Synergy
$18.16
Three Steps Ahead+12% Synergy
$5.12
Ghostly Flicker+11% Synergy
$2.40
Chain of Vapor+9% Synergy
$16.03
Stubborn Denial+9% Synergy
$3.04
Forbidden Alchemy+9% Synergy
$0.24
Thirst for Knowledge+9% Synergy
$0.10
Muddle the Mixture+8% Synergy
$2.38
Drown in the Loch+8% Synergy
$5.84
Lim-Dûl's Vault+8% Synergy
$6.74
Demonic Consultation+7% Synergy
$7.17
Baleful Mastery+7% Synergy
$3.61
Wild Unraveling+7% Synergy
$0.15
Geistwave+7% Synergy
$0.22
Swan Song+6% Synergy
$8.50
Flusterstorm+6% Synergy
$8.78
Blur+6% Synergy
$0.37
Sink into Stupor+5% Synergy
$5.19
Mindbreak Trap+5% Synergy
$15.40
Consider+5% Synergy
$0.29
Demand Answers+5% Synergy
$0.36
Pyroblast+5% Synergy
$12.56
Mystical Tutor+4% Synergy
$16.95
Cabal Ritual+4% Synergy
$13.61
Fact or Fiction+4% Synergy
$0.22
Malakir Rebirth+4% Synergy
$13.15
Brain Freeze+3% Synergy
$3.08
An Offer You Can't Refuse+2% Synergy
$2.39
Fierce Guardianship+2% Synergy
$54.33
Mana Drain+2% Synergy
$56.81
Untimely Malfunction+2% Synergy
$7.61
Abrade+1% Synergy
$0.41
Pongify+1% Synergy
$1.54
Rakdos Charm-1% Synergy
$0.37
Withering Torment-1% Synergy
$4.15
Fell the Profane-1% Synergy
$2.42
Dark Ritual-2% Synergy
$11.92
Deflecting Swat-2% Synergy
$65.21
Deadly Rollick-3% Synergy
$27.53
Arcane Denial-7% Synergy
$1.92
Brainstorm-7% Synergy
$1.62
Negate-8% Synergy
$0.24
Chaos Warp-10% Synergy
$0.37
Counterspell-12% Synergy
$3.77
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Mairsil, the Pretender.
Careful Study+30% Synergy
$3.82
Unmarked Grave+24% Synergy
$2.77
Lively Dirge+16% Synergy
$2.02
Cathartic Reunion+16% Synergy
$0.31
Burning Inquiry+15% Synergy
$3.37
Strategic Planning+14% Synergy
$0.15
Winternight Stories+12% Synergy
$1.58
Grim Tutor+10% Synergy
$24.65
Final Parting+10% Synergy
$0.39
Tormenting Voice+10% Synergy
$0.27
Quantum Misalignment+9% Synergy
$5.43
Irenicus's Vile Duplication+8% Synergy
$11.28
Consuming Tide+7% Synergy
$0.54
Contentious Plan+7% Synergy
$0.27
Temporal Mastery+7% Synergy
$4.57
By Force+7% Synergy
$0.35
Quasiduplicate+6% Synergy
$0.73
Ember Island Production+6% Synergy
$0.27
Chart a Course+5% Synergy
$0.13
Sea Gate Restoration+5% Synergy
$38.15
Imperial Seal+4% Synergy
$163.77
Step Through+4% Synergy
$0.26
Sign in Blood+4% Synergy
$4.10
Singularity Rupture+4% Synergy
$0.44
Damnation+3% Synergy
$20.72
Night's Whisper+3% Synergy
$0.26
Whispering Madness+1% Synergy
$3.90
Diabolic Intent0% Synergy
$17.57
Ponder-1% Synergy
$1.84
Reanimate-7% Synergy
$8.61
Vandalblast-9% Synergy
$1.07
Blasphemous Act-12% Synergy
$3.83
Feed the Swarm-14% Synergy
$0.20
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Mairsil, the Pretender Control decks.
Pendant of Prosperity+39% Synergy
$1.23
Staff of Domination+35% Synergy
$10.78
Sting, the Glinting Dagger+14% Synergy
$3.35
Mirage Mirror+13% Synergy
$0.33
Sensei's Divining Top+11% Synergy
$46.92
Heartstone+11% Synergy
$3.45
The Enigma Jewel+10% Synergy
$1.23
The Fire Crystal+8% Synergy
$5.83
Fishing Pole+8% Synergy
$0.18
Conjurer's Closet+7% Synergy
$4.59
Weatherlight Compleated+7% Synergy
$0.76
Investigator's Journal+7% Synergy
$0.28
Jar of Eyeballs+7% Synergy
$0.25
Serrated Arrows+7% Synergy
$0.61
Essence Bottle+7% Synergy
$0.20
Mercadian Lift+7% Synergy
$0.43
Heirloom Mirror+7% Synergy
$0.22
Fraying Line+7% Synergy
$0.20
Briber's Purse+7% Synergy
$0.25
Magnetic Web+7% Synergy
$0.69
Smokestack+7% Synergy
$4.43
Wishclaw Talisman+6% Synergy
$1.84
Illusionist's Bracers+6% Synergy
$5.40
Wand of Wonder+6% Synergy
$2.01
Peter Parker's Camera+6% Synergy
$1.47
Helm of the Host+5% Synergy
$5.72
Isochron Scepter+5% Synergy
$14.18
The Fire Nation Drill+5% Synergy
$0.28
Insight Engine+5% Synergy
$0.72
Requiem Monolith+5% Synergy
$0.26
Lightning Greaves-15% Synergy
$3.66
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Mairsil, the Pretender decks.
Mystic Remora+24% Synergy
$12.67
Training Grounds+21% Synergy
$7.99
Candlekeep Sage+10% Synergy
$0.21
Underworld Breach+7% Synergy
$11.10
Counterbalance+7% Synergy
$5.98
Legacy's Allure+7% Synergy
$0.36
Deadly Designs+7% Synergy
$0.14
Grasping Shadows+7% Synergy
$0.19
Venarian Gold+7% Synergy
$0.44
Tolarian Contempt+7% Synergy
$0.18
Fervor+7% Synergy
$6.48
Night Dealings+7% Synergy
$1.19
Orcish Mine+7% Synergy
$0.17
Blood Spatter Analysis+7% Synergy
$0.18
Temporal Distortion+7% Synergy
$0.38
Illicit Masquerade+7% Synergy
$0.22
Ripples of Undeath+6% Synergy
$5.49
Ominous Seas+6% Synergy
$1.16
Descent into Avernus+4% Synergy
$13.61
Necromancy+4% Synergy
$21.49
Animate Dead-2% Synergy
$5.15
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Mairsil, the Pretender's Control game plan.
Ashiok, Dream Render+9% Synergy
$1.06
Dack Fayden+9% Synergy
$7.43
Narset, Parter of Veils+8% Synergy
$1.89
Karn, the Great Creator+7% Synergy
$4.90
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker+5% Synergy
$3.44
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God+4% Synergy
$4.92
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Mairsil, the Pretender Control decks.
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+37% Synergy
$62.31
Riptide Laboratory+36% Synergy
$0.51
Command Beacon+13% Synergy
$7.41
Cephalid Coliseum+12% Synergy
$0.29
Agna Qel'a+12% Synergy
$0.97
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+11% Synergy
$63.85
Arena of Glory+9% Synergy
$7.56
Bojuka Bog+8% Synergy
$0.95
Otawara, Soaring City+6% Synergy
$27.39
Wasteland+6% Synergy
$28.26
Nephalia Drownyard+6% Synergy
$0.30
Karn's Bastion+6% Synergy
$2.27
Nesting Grounds+6% Synergy
$0.31
Mistrise Village+5% Synergy
$8.25
Geier Reach Sanitarium+4% Synergy
$1.64
Academy Ruins+3% Synergy
$9.00
Vault of Whispers+2% Synergy
$5.09
Seat of the Synod+2% Synergy
$0.73
Great Furnace+2% Synergy
$2.18
Desolate Lighthouse+1% Synergy
$0.30
Reliquary Tower-28% Synergy
$3.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Mairsil, the Pretender's Control strategy.
Gilded Lotus+54% Synergy
$0.53
Chromatic Orrery+14% Synergy
$34.48
Talisman of Creativity+13% Synergy
$2.02
Mana Vault+13% Synergy
$112.13
Coveted Jewel+13% Synergy
$0.28
Basalt Monolith+12% Synergy
$3.75
The Eternity Elevator+11% Synergy
$2.96
Fellwar Stone+7% Synergy
$0.70
Lotus Petal+7% Synergy
$36.20
Mox Diamond+7% Synergy
$1118.84
Lotus Blossom+7% Synergy
$0.39
Component Pouch+7% Synergy
$4.42
Bandit's Haul+7% Synergy
$0.23
Spell Satchel+7% Synergy
$0.13
Patriar's Seal+7% Synergy
$5.06
Talisman of Indulgence+3% Synergy
$0.61
Mox Opal+3% Synergy
$241.89
Grim Monolith+3% Synergy
$472.34
Replicating Ring+3% Synergy
$0.87
Talisman of Dominance+1% Synergy
$0.97
Dimir Signet+1% Synergy
$1.25
Lion's Eye Diamond+1% Synergy
$819.15
Bender's Waterskin+1% Synergy
$1.04
Izzet Signet0% Synergy
$0.34
Rakdos Signet-4% Synergy
$2.81
Arcane Signet-6% Synergy
$0.69
Sol Ring-15% Synergy
$1.84
Lands
The mana base behind Mairsil, the Pretender's Control decks.
Thundering Falls+28% Synergy
$14.72
City of Brass+26% Synergy
$11.03
Watery Grave+24% Synergy
$9.28
Bloodstained Mire+22% Synergy
$17.35
Raucous Theater+21% Synergy
$10.05
Oscorp Industries+20% Synergy
$1.26
Marsh Flats+19% Synergy
$31.12
Blood Crypt+18% Synergy
$8.83
Scalding Tarn+18% Synergy
$38.56
Flooded Strand+18% Synergy
$15.03
Gemstone Caverns+17% Synergy
$53.37
Undercity Sewers+16% Synergy
$14.79
Steam Vents+15% Synergy
$12.51
Polluted Delta+15% Synergy
$19.37
Shivan Reef+13% Synergy
$0.36
Badlands+13% Synergy
Underground Sea+13% Synergy
Volcanic Island+13% Synergy
Mana Confluence+13% Synergy
$34.12
Morphic Pool+11% Synergy
$28.38
Underground River+11% Synergy
$1.49
Misty Rainforest+11% Synergy
$35.70
Fabled Passage+11% Synergy
$1.05
Prismatic Vista+11% Synergy
$34.97
Wooded Foothills+9% Synergy
$17.02
Reflecting Pool+9% Synergy
$15.20
Arid Mesa+9% Synergy
$29.61
Verdant Catacombs+8% Synergy
$28.51
Xander's Lounge+7% Synergy
$13.11
Graven Cairns+7% Synergy
$4.85
Cavern of Souls+7% Synergy
$51.61
Izzet Boilerworks+3% Synergy
$0.37
Command Tower+1% Synergy
$0.34
Training Center0% Synergy
$16.27
Luxury Suite-2% Synergy
$11.27
Exotic Orchard-3% Synergy
$0.24
Sulfurous Springs-3% Synergy
$1.12
Shipwreck Marsh-3% Synergy
$7.43
Haunted Ridge-3% Synergy
$8.32
Sunken Hollow-4% Synergy
$0.32
Stormcarved Coast-4% Synergy
$1.99
Dragonskull Summit-6% Synergy
$0.39
Drowned Catacomb-7% Synergy
$4.23
Smoldering Marsh-12% Synergy
$0.57
Swamp-13% Synergy
$0.14
Mountain-13% Synergy
$0.16
Path of Ancestry-13% Synergy
$0.31
Island-14% Synergy
$0.21
Sulfur Falls-15% Synergy
$0.23
Crumbling Necropolis-28% Synergy
$14.99
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Mairsil, the Pretender: Control.
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Siani, Eye of the Storm
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // The Prismatic Piper
Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher // Sword Coast Sailor
The Fifteenth Doctor // Vislor Turlough
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Siani, Eye of the Storm
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Tormod, the Desecrator
Jeska, Thrice Reborn // Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Ioreth of the Healing House
Kaho, Minamo Historian
Fblthp, the Lost
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Jeska, Thrice Reborn // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher // Shameless Charlatan
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Miara, Thorn of the Glade
Jeska, Thrice Reborn // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher // Cultist of the Absolute
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Francisco, Fowl Marauder
Gwenom, Remorseless
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Miara, Thorn of the Glade
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Agent of the Iron Throne
Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
The Ninth Doctor // Adric, Mathematical Genius
The Ninth Doctor // Barbara Wright
The Twelfth Doctor // Martha Jones
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Tavern Brawler
Godo, Bandit Warlord
The Twelfth Doctor // Donna Noble
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Trazyn the Infinite
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Krark, the Thumbless
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
Kairi, the Swirling Sky
Acererak the Archlich
Ral, Monsoon Mage