---
name: "Illusionary Wall"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Illusion Wall"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cumulative upkeep", "Flying", "First strike", "Defender"]
set: "ME1"
set_name: "Masters Edition"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Poole"
oracle_id: "77a8945f-4d52-4445-8913-425007e7948c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/illusionary-wall-me1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Illusionary Wall
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Illusion Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/4
- **Keywords:** Cumulative upkeep, Flying, First strike, Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender, flying, first strike
Cumulative upkeep {U} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

> *"Let them see what is not there and feel what does not touch them. When they no longer trust their senses, that is the time to strike."
—Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Illusionary Forces](/printing/illusionary-forces-me1.md) — Creature — Illusion
2. [Wall of Shards](/printing/wall-of-shards-plst.md) — Snow Creature — Wall
3. [Hover Barrier](/printing/hover-barrier-rtr.md) — Creature — Illusion Wall
4. [Thunder Wall](/printing/thunder-wall-ice.md) — Creature — Wall
5. [Phantasmal Forces](/printing/phantasmal-forces-5ed.md) — Creature — Illusion
6. [Wall of Air](/printing/wall-of-air-30a.md) — Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition (ME1) #39
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Poole
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`