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They are powerful, however, and will almost always improve a decks performance

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

However, that cost is mitigated by saving Pact for a big combo turn, where it can protect combo pieces from interaction at no cost, ending the game before payment's ever an issue

While the restrictions on this card have exceptions, they will hit the majority of cards that youre likely to see in Commanderespecially cEDHand keep your opponents on the back foot

The plus is that exiling the Engine means that everything you tap with a counter gives you four black mana and donates itself