Illusions by user5309432

Format: Commander

Creator: user5309432

Commander: Minn, Wily Illusionist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck is commanded by Minn, Wily Illusionist and centers on triggering her ability by drawing a second card each turn. By utilizing looters, flash cantrips, and planeswalkers that activate on opponents' turns, the deck amasses a swarm of Illusion tokens that scale their power based on the total number of Illusions controlled. When these tokens die in combat or to removal, Minn's secondary ability allows the player to cheat substantial permanent cards from hand directly onto the battlefield without paying mana costs. The win conditions range from overwhelming combat damage with massive Illusions to high-end bombs such as Ancient Silver Dragon or Omniscience, with alternate win paths provided by Laboratory Maniac and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. The deck balances offensive tempo with mono-blue control, card advantage engines like Kindred Discovery, and defensive combat tricks to navigate multiplayer tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Astral Dragon
  • 1 Aura Thief
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Deem Inferior
  • 1 Ever-Watching Threshold
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flow of Knowledge
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gadwick, the Wizened
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Illusionist's Gambit
  • 1 Illusory Ambusher
  • 1 Illusory Angel
  • 1 Invasion of Vryn // Overloaded Mage-Ring
  • 32 Island
  • 1 Ixidron
  • 1 Jace Beleren
  • 1 Jace's Projection
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kraken's Eye
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Unreal
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
  • 1 Mordenkainen
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Oneirophage
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Phantasmal Bear
  • 1 Phantasmal Dragon
  • 1 Phantasmal Dreadmaw
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phantom Steed
  • 1 Pol Jamaar, Illusionist
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Shadow of the Second Sun
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sleep
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Teferi's Tutelage
  • 1 Teferi, Master of Time
  • 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Titan of Littjara
  • 1 Toothy, Imaginary Friend
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Wizard Class