Illusionary Presence
Creature — Illusion
Cumulative upkeep 
(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.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose a land type. This creature gains landwalk of the chosen type until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a land of that type.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.64
- EDHREC rank
- #30021
Illusionary Presence is a conditional evasion piece that makes a 1/1 unblockable only if you correctly name the land type your opponent controls — a hoop that rarely pays off for two mana and an ongoing upkeep. Skip it; there are cheaper, unconditional ways to push through damage.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Illusionary Presence is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, the guessing mechanic is too unreliable across four opponents running varied mana bases, and a 1/1 body for two mana is too small to matter even when the landwalk triggers. Legacy and Vintage have access to efficient blue threats that don't require a pop quiz to function. Illusionary Presence occupies the fringe of curiosity rather than competitive consideration in every format where it's legal.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.64 bulk tier
At $0.64, Illusionary Presence sits in bulk territory — priced about right for a card with negligible competitive demand. Don't expect the price to move; there's no emerging archetype that rehabilitates conditional landwalk on a 1/1.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.