Illusionary Wall
Creature — Illusion Wall
Defender, flying, first strike
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.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #24725
Illusionary Wall is a 7/10 flyer for five mana that can't attack and must block each turn — a defensive body that costs you flexibility and offensive presence. It blocks well in the air, but decks that want a wall this expensive have better options at nearly every point on the curve.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Illusionary Wall is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a five-mana 7/10 flyer with mandatory blocking and no attack clause is too narrow — you're giving up board presence for a speed bump that accomplished pilots can route around. In Pauper and Legacy, the formats where efficient defenders occasionally matter, the forced-block clause is a liability against sacrifice effects, first strike, or anything that goads it into an unfavorable trade. Vintage power level makes Illusionary Wall irrelevant before it ever hits the battlefield.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Illusionary Wall right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. Given that the card sees no competitive play across any format, copies are almost certainly bulk — pick it up for flavor or curiosity, not power.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.