Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24347194-20150211225344/@comment-26302001-20150218185839

We can only speculate that Minato isn't a genjutsu type, he may be one but we weren't shown. Either way a genjutsu type's genjutsu skills without the Sharingan let alone Mangekyo Sharingan, is NO match for a genjutsu type's skills with a sharingan or MS.