---
name: "Mairsil, the Pretender"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["B", "R", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "C17"
set_name: "Commander 2017"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Izzy"
oracle_id: "ed5fbae0-2dca-44a5-84dc-62674b3a92a6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mairsil-the-pretender-c17"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mairsil, the Pretender
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Collector's Cage](/printing/collectors-cage-big.md) — Artifact
2. [Massimo, the Magician](/printing/massimo-the-magician-mbc.md) — Legendary Creature — Cat Wizard
3. [Earth Kingdom Jailer](/printing/earth-kingdom-jailer-tla.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Ally
4. [Myr Welder](/printing/myr-welder-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Myr
5. [Meria, Scholar of Antiquity](/printing/meria-scholar-of-antiquity-dmu.md) — Legendary Creature — Elf Artificer
6. [Scheming Fence](/printing/scheming-fence-snc.md) — Creature — Human Citizen

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2017 (C17) #41
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Izzy
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`