Hexblade Swashbuckler

[DivisibleByZero]

Way to support your argument like I did with mine.
But no, ranged attacks are more likely to be useful than a niche illusion spell anyone else who casts arcane cantrips use while you have the unique EB cantrip which allows you to multi target at range, and attack better than you would using daggers or a bow.

But please, tell me how, over the course of a campaign and dozens, if not hundreds of fights, how minor illusion and a dagger once a round for 1d4+dex damage is better than 1-4 attacks at 1d10 Force, with the ability to add +1-+3 to hit on them for those times you can't melee.

I've already supported my argument.
You don't need a ranged cantrip because you will hardly ever need a ranged attack at all.
And it isn't 1-4 attacks for 1d10 vs 1 attack at 1d4+dex.
It's 1-4 attacks for 1d10 (avg 22) vs 1 attack at 1d4+dex+SNEAK ATTACK (which equals your lvl17 22 damage EB with 4d6sa at level 7 rogue - lvl8 with the multi).
If you take EB on this build, you are wasting a cantrip choice.
Feel free to do so, but don't try to convince me that EB is the better choice, because it isn't.