Convincing Mirage
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
As this Aura enters, choose a basic land type.
Enchanted land is the chosen type.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #26134
Convincing Mirage turns any land into any basic land type for two mana — no questions asked, no hoops to jump through. It's a narrow but cheap effect that earns its slot in decks that need a specific basic type on a specific land right now.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Convincing Mirage earns a niche role in landfall decks that care about basic land types — Azorius, Dimir, or five-color builds leaning on triomes and shocklands can use it to unlock gates like Sunken Hollow or Prairie Stream. In Pauper, where the card pool is tight and budget fixing matters, it sees occasional use in control shells that need to hit a second color reliably. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the fixing is irrelevant when your mana base costs more than most cars. Convincing Mirage is a Commander card first, a Pauper curiosity second.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Convincing Mirage is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It holds that price floor because the effect is narrow enough that demand will never spike it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.