Art: Dmitry Burmak · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Minn, Wily Illusionist
ULegendary Creature — Gnome Wizard · from $9.32
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with "This token gets +1/+0 for each other Illusion you control."
Whenever an Illusion you control dies, you may put a permanent card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's power from your hand onto the battlefield.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
53 of 100 at $5 or less · 31 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 10 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 11 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 12 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 13 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 14 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 15 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 16 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 17 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 18 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 19 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 20 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 21 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 22 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 23 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 24 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 25 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 26 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 27 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 28 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 29 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 30 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 31 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 32 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 33 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 34 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 35 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 36 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 37 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 38 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 39 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 40 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 41 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 42 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 43 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 44 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 45 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 46 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 47 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 48 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 49 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 50 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 51 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 52 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 53 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 54 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 55 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 56 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 57 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 58 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 59 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 60 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 61 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 62 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 63 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 64 | Windfall | Sorcery | 3 | $4.78 |
| 65 | Mystical Tutor | Instant | 1 | $14.99 |
| 66 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 67 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 68 | Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | Instant | 3 | $9.68 |
| 69 | Mystic Sanctuary | Land | 0 | $1.01 |
| 70 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 71 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 72 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 73 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 74 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 75 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 76 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 77 | Force of Will | Instant | 5 | $26.56 |
| 78 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 79 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 80 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 81 | Rapid Hybridization | Instant | 1 | $0.81 |
| 82 | Ash Barrens | Land | 0 | $0.15 |
| 83 | Preordain | Sorcery | 1 | $0.64 |
| 84 | Opt | Instant | 1 | $0.16 |
| 85 | Secluded Courtyard | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 86 | Ornithopter of Paradise | Creature | 2 | $0.35 |
| 87 | Sensei's Divining Top | Artifact | 1 | $36.48 |
| 88 | Sword of the Animist | Artifact | 2 | $2.79 |
| 89 | Mithril Coat | Artifact | 3 | $27.09 |
| 90 | Mox Opal | Artifact | 0 | $229.58 |
| 91 | Unclaimed Territory | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 92 | Mox Diamond | Artifact | 0 | $1108.66 |
| 93 | Foundry Inspector | Creature | 3 | $0.28 |
| 94 | Everflowing Chalice | Artifact | 0 | $0.28 |
| 95 | Basilisk Collar | Artifact | 1 | $2.73 |
| 96 | Archmage Emeritus | Creature | 4 | $0.60 |
| 97 | Academy Manufactor | Creature | 3 | $8.00 |
| 98 | Inventors' Fair | Land | 0 | $15.74 |
| 99 | Panharmonicon | Artifact | 4 | $4.98 |
| 100 | Force of Negation | Instant | 3 | $45.50 |
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Combos with Minn, Wily Illusionist
The 10 most popular of 21 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Ashnod's Altar + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
Altar of Dementia + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mill · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
Blasting Station + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist
Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Lazotep Quarry + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite landfall triggers
High Market + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist + Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx + Spark Double
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite mana among colors with which you have devotion
Grafted Wargear + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite landfall triggers
High Market + High Tide + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist + Spark Double
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite landfall triggers
High Market + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist + Spark Double + Three Tree City
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite landfall triggers
High Market + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Minn, Wily Illusionist + Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite mana among colors with which you have devotion
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 10th of 25 — Tower of Games CASE Bracket 3 on Topdeck.ggJun 27, 2026 · 0–1–0 · by Joseph Olano
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.