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Commander

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Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Flying, vigilance
Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirko.
At the beginning of your end step, you may return target creature card with power less than Mirko's from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. (If it would die, exile it instead.)
Legendary Creature - Vampire Detective
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist (mkc) 2

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Clones

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Auton Soldier
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it isn't legendary, is an artifact in addition to its other types, and has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Creature Artifact - Soldier Alien
Auton Soldier (who) 36
Body Double
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature card in a graveyard.
Creature - Shapeshifter
Body Double (plc) 35
Copycrook
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "Whenever this creature attacks, it connives." (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Creature - Rogue Shapeshifter
Copycrook (mh3) 55
Evil Twin
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "
,
: Destroy target creature with the same name as this creature."
Creature - Shapeshifter
Evil Twin (bbd) 222
Glasspool Mimic
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it's a Shapeshifter Rogue in addition to its other types.
Creature - Rogue Shapeshifter
Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60
Naga Fleshcrafter
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield.
Renew —
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target nonlegendary creature you control. Each other creature you control becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Shapeshifter Snake
Naga Fleshcrafter (tdm) 333
Phantasmal Image
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."
Creature - Illusion
Phantasmal Image (afc) 89
Phyrexian Metamorph
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.
Creature Artifact - Shapeshifter Phyrexian
Phyrexian Metamorph (eoc) 75
Spark Double
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.
Creature - Illusion
Spark Double (pwar) 68p
Undercover Operative
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it enters with a shield counter on it if you control that creature. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Creature - Rogue Shapeshifter
Undercover Operative (snc) 63
Vizier of Many Faces
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except if this creature was embalmed, the token has no mana cost, it's white, and it's a Zombie in addition to its other types.
Embalm
Creature - Cleric Shapeshifter
Vizier of Many Faces (drc) 84
Wall of Stolen Identity
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's a Wall in addition to its other types and has defender. When you do, tap the copied creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control this creature.
Creature - Shapeshifter Wall
Wall of Stolen Identity (c19) 13

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Drain

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Syr Konrad, the Grim
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Syr Konrad, the Grim (dsc) 158

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Draw

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Archon of Cruelty
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, discards a card, and loses 3 life. You draw a card and gain 3 life.
Creature - Archon
Archon of Cruelty (m3c) 197
Baleful Strix
Flying, deathtouch
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Bird
Baleful Strix (mkc) 200
Consider
Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Consider (mkc) 98
Curate
Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Curate (mkc) 99
Doom Whisperer
Flying, trample
Pay 2 life: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Creature - Demon Nightmare
Doom Whisperer (mkc) 128
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (cmm) 632
Kitsa, Otterball Elite
Vigilance
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
,
: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. Activate only if Kitsa's power is 3 or greater.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Otter
Kitsa, Otterball Elite (blb) 54
Likeness Looter
Flying
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
: This creature becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except it has flying and this ability. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Faerie Shapeshifter
Likeness Looter (woe) 208
Looter il-Kor
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card.
Creature - Rogue Kor
Looter il-Kor (cmm) 102
Obsessive Stitcher
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
,
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Human Wizard
Obsessive Stitcher (afc) 189
Psychic Frog
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, draw a card.
Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Exile three cards from your graveyard: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Frog
Psychic Frog (mh3) 199
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
Rona, Herald of Invasion
Whenever you cast a legendary spell, untap Rona.
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
: Transform Rona. Activate only as a sorcery. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator (mom) 75Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator (mom) 75
Search for Azcanta
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Legendary Enchantment
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (plst) XLN-74Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (plst) XLN-74
Shoreline Looter
This creature can't be blocked.
Threshold — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Then discard a card unless there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Creature - Rat Rogue
Shoreline Looter (blb) 70
Tainted Indulgence
Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard.
Instant
Tainted Indulgence (snc) 227
Teferi, Master of Time
You may activate loyalty abilities of Teferi on any player's turn any time you could cast an instant.
+1: Draw a card, then discard a card.
−3: Target creature you don't control phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)
−10: Take two extra turns after this one.
Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi
Teferi, Master of Time (m21) 275
Visions of Beyond
Draw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead.
Instant
Visions of Beyond (sld) 1670

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Land

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Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Cephalid Coliseum
: Add
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold —
,
, Sacrifice this land: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Land
Cephalid Coliseum (tdc) 349
Choked Estuary
As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Choked Estuary (fic) 379
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Darkslick Shores
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Darkslick Shores (otc) 281
Darkwater Catacombs
,
: Add
.
Land
Darkwater Catacombs (fic) 384
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (fic) 388
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (hob) 195
Otawara, Soaring City
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
Restless Reef
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 4/4 blue and black Shark creature with deathtouch. It's still a land.
Whenever this land attacks, target player mills four cards.
Land
Restless Reef (lci) 282
Sunken Hollow
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Island Swamp
Sunken Hollow (tmc) 76
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196
Temple of Deceit
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Deceit (drc) 176
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (fic) 439
Watery Grave
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (eoe) 261

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Mill

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Consuming Aberration
Consuming Aberration's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your opponents' graveyards.
Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.
Creature - Horror
Consuming Aberration (tdc) 283
Riverchurn Monument
,
: Any number of target players each mill two cards. (Each of them puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)
Exhaust —
,
: Any number of target players each mill cards equal to the number of cards in their graveyard. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Artifact
Riverchurn Monument (dft) 57
Singularity Rupture
Destroy all creatures, then any number of target players each mill half their library, rounded down.
Sorcery
Singularity Rupture (eoe) 228

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (otc) 252
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (mkc) 226
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (drc) 141

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Recursion

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Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Enchantment - Aura
Animate Dead (mkc) 125
Buried Alive
Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Buried Alive (mh3) 273
Charnel Serenade
Surveil 3, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Exile Charnel Serenade with three time counters on it.
Suspend 3—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay
and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Charnel Serenade (mkc) 26
Necromancy
You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
When this enchantment enters, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach this enchantment to it. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchantment
Necromancy (mkc) 131
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (dsc) 155

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (sld) 1667
Agent of Treachery
When this creature enters, gain control of target permanent.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control three or more permanents you don't own, draw three cards.
Creature - Human Rogue
Agent of Treachery (m20) 43
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (sta) 15
Cyclonic Rift
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Instant
Cyclonic Rift (mm3) 35
Deadly Rollick
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.
Instant
Deadly Rollick (cmm) 147
Drown in the Loch
Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.
• Destroy target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.
Instant
Drown in the Loch (clb) 842
Ephara's Dispersal
This spell costs
less to cast if it targets an attacking creature.
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Instant
Ephara's Dispersal (mkc) 103
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (soa) 29
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Fierce Guardianship
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Flusterstorm
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Instant
Flusterstorm (soa) 83
Hullbreaker Horror
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Creature - Horror Kraken
Hullbreaker Horror (inr) 357
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
Whenever you cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, counter that spell. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant (neo) 59
Mana Drain
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of
equal to that spell's mana value.
Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 57
Massacre Wurm
When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.
Creature - Wurm Phyrexian
Massacre Wurm (fdn) 714
Pact of Negation
Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay
. If you don't, you lose the game.
Instant
Pact of Negation (tsr) 77
Sink into Stupor
Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Three Steps Ahead
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+
— Counter target spell.
+
— Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.
+
— Draw two cards, then discard a card.
Instant
Three Steps Ahead (otj) 75
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (mkc) 142
Unauthorized Exit
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Instant
Unauthorized Exit (mkm) 298

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Drift of Phantasms
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Spirit
Drift of Phantasms (plst) RAV-46
Muddle the Mixture
Counter target instant or sorcery spell.
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Instant
Muddle the Mixture (rvr) 315
Perplex
Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand.
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Instant
Perplex (rav) 217
Waterlogged Teachings
Search your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Instant
Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive (mh3) 261Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive (mh3) 261

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Floods combat passes with temporary copies of your strongest utility assets, replicating entering-the-battlefield (ETB) structures across all opponents simultaneously."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Body Double:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" The core recursive wildcard. It checks any graveyard as it enters the battlefield, allowing Mirko to bypass his power limits and immediately cheat out massive high-power payloads."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"CopyCrook:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Multi-threat utility piece. Its "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Connive"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" trigger provides immediate hand filtering and graveyard seeding while growing its on-board metrics. Synergizes perfectly with high-toughness mill engines."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Evil Twin:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Targeted point removal disguised as a clone asset. Duplicates an opponent’s premier value engine, then pays "},{"attributes":{"background":"#f2f0f0","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"{U}{B}"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" to destroy the original target while you retain the copy."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Essential role compression. Serves as a needed land drop on early tempo turns or converts into an efficient copy asset during late-game states."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Obsessive Stitcher:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Critical early-to-mid glue piece. 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At only 2 mana and 0 base power in the yard, it is an optimal recursive choice for Mirko to effortlessly duplicate active value engines."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Phyrexian Metamorph:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Ultra-flexible copy engine capable of matching both creatures and noncreature artifacts, turning opposing mana rocks or engine components against them."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Spark Double:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Replicates your internal engines without triggering legendary conflict rules. Essential for maximizing theft lines and expanding asset control loops."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Undercover Operative:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Resilient clone designed to exploit finality counter structures. 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Copies the optimal creature on the board and locks it down tapped indefinitely, neutralizing its presence."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"IV. The Buried Alive Conduit: Stack & Priority Diagnostics"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"The primary shortcut line to establish resource dominance is utilizing the interaction between "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Buried Alive"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Body Double"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":". This vector allows the deck to instantly tutor and deploy a massive high-end threat, regardless of how many +1/+1 counters Mirko currently possesses."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"The Execution Pipeline:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Resolve Buried Alive"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", depositing "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Body Double"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" plus any two high-impact situational payloads (e.g., "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Archon of Cruelty"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Jin-Gitaxias"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") into your graveyard."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"At your end step"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", Mirko's reanimation ability triggers. Because "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Body Double"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" has a base power of 0 while in the yard, Mirko targets it successfully, completely bypassing his power checking threshold."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Body Double enters the battlefield."},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Its static replacement effect applies, entering as a precise copy of the massive payload card sitting in your yard (e.g., "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Archon of Cruelty"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":")."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"⚠️ "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Technical Counter-Measures & Stack Vulnerabilities:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Buried Alive is a standard Sorcery and is entirely counterable on the stack by standard countermagic."},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" You must evaluate the stack state and protect this window using your 22-card interaction suite."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Conversely, Mirko’s end-step reanimation loop is a Triggered Ability."},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Standard counterspells cannot target it on the stack. While it is significantly harder for opponents to disrupt than a cast spell, it remains vulnerable to instant-speed graveyard exile effects (e.g., "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Soul-Guide Lantern"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Faerie Macabre"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") or specialized ability counters (e.g., "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Stifle"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Tale's End"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") in response to the trigger. Always hold interaction to defend this critical execution window."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Selecting the Right Conduit Payload:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Need to wipe a board?"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Pull out "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Massacre Wurm"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Need stack dominance and protection?"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Pull out "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Need resource suppression and value draw?"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Pull out "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Archon of Cruelty"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Need instant-speed bouncing and tempo locks?"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Pull out "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Hullbreaker Horror"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Need to steal an archenemy engine piece?"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Pull out "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Agent of Treachery"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"V. Attrition Vectors & Strategic Win Lines"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Line 1 — The Agent of Treachery Soft-Lock"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Cheat "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Agent of Treachery"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" onto the battlefield. Use Mirko to reanimate your efficient 0-power copy assets ("},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Phantasmal Image"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Spark Double"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") on successive end steps. This creates an oppressive asymmetric engine of permanent theft and mass card draw that completely locks out the board."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Line 2 — The \"Syr Konrad / Wurm\" Grinder"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Establish on-board presence with both "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Syr Konrad, the Grim"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Massacre Wurm"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":". Deploying the Wurm completely sweeps low-toughness fields, forcing opponents to take severe damage metrics for every creature destroyed. Because our clone array allows us to repeat this sequence, you can trigger lethal damage pools simultaneously."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Line 3 — Asymmetric Myriad Force Multipliers"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Deploy or reanimate any premium non-legendary value target—such as "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Archon of Cruelty"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Massacre Wurm"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", or "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Agent of Treachery"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":". Resolve "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Auton Soldier"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" copying that target; because these threats are strictly non-legendary, the Soldier duplicates them safely while inheriting Myriad. Declaring an attack passes token copies onto the battlefield attacking your other opponents, simultaneously triggering a catastrophic cluster of Entry (ETB) triggers—tearing through opposing hands and life (Archon), triggering a global one-sided board wipe (Wurm), or stealing multiple optimal player assets simultaneously (Agent)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Line 4 — Myriad Aberration Cascade"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Establish an active "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Consuming Aberration"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":". Deploy "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Auton Soldier"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" copying the Aberration and declare an attack pass. Myriad resolves, placing attacking token copies of the Aberration onto the battlefield. Cast any instant-speed velocity or interaction spell (e.g., "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Frantic Search"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") before block resolution. Every single copy of the active Aberrations triggers simultaneously on the cast, generating an exponential, game-ending mill multiplier across the table."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Line 5 — The Progress Tyrant Stack Lock"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Resolve a protected Buried Alive to drop "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Body Double"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" into your yard. Mirko's end-step trigger reanimates the Body Double as an exact copy of the Tyrant. This forces your opponents into a permanent 2-for-1 resource deficit to interact with your board while automatically doubling your own spell output."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Line 6 — The Hullbreaker Bounce Lock"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Deploy and protect your high-end anchor threat, "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Hullbreaker Horror"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":". By keeping low-cost, instant-speed responses active in your hand (such as "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"An Offer You Can't Refuse"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"), you can systematically bounce hostile assets, completely locking out stack-based or battlefield-based interaction."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"VI. Sequencing & Tactical Priorities"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Early Game (Turns 1–3): Hand Velocity & Stack Control"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Prioritize sculpt over racing. Deploy high-quality filter looters ("},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Psychic Frog"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Kitsa, Otterball Elite"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Likeness Looter"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") to mold your hand. Hold your 22-piece interaction suite open to protect your environment and avoid exposing your commander prematurely."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Mid Game (Turns 4–6): Recursive Attrition"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Transition to selective, high-value recursion using Mirko or your standard reanimation spells ("},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Reanimate"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Animate Dead"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Necromancy"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"). Begin cloning opponents' premier value engines to generate immediate card and mana asymmetry."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Late Game: Inevitability Conversion"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Once opposing resources are completely depleted by your high interaction density and consistent value filters, convert your stabilized board state into a clean win line via myriad asset loops, mass library extraction, or "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Singularity Rupture"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"VII. Mulligan Philosophy"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Because General Mills operates primarily as a high-density control deck rather than an explosive graveyard combo strategy, your mulligan selection must favor "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"stability and interaction over explosive setup cards"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Optimal Hand Profile (KEEP):"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" 2–3 clean mana sources, at least one reliable card-filtering or velocity engine ("},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Consider"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Tainted Indulgence"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", or a low-cost looter), and active stack interaction. You do not need explosive graveyard lines in your opening grip; you need to ensure you cleanly survive to the mid-game states where your deck becomes heavily favored."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Suboptimal Hand Profile (AVOID):"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Hands heavily clogged with high-cost payloads ("},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Jin-Gitaxias"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Archon of Cruelty"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Hullbreaker Horror"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":") without any early discard velocity, or reactive hands lacking consistent blue/black mana sources."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"VIII. 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When an Operative copying a creature you control takes lethal damage or is targeted by destruction, the shield counter handles the event. The creature never technically dies or hits the yard, completely bypassing the finality counter's exile replacement clause on the first hit."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"⏳ Strategic Patience:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" Mask your actual win conditions. Use cards like "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Riverchurn Monument"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" early under the political guise of symmetric value play or simple self-mill, letting opponents exhaust their attention and interaction on other active threats until you are ready to pivot."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"🔥 Syr Konrad Pivot:"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" If your graveyard is heavily suppressed or hated out, pivot completely to "},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"Syr Konrad, the Grim"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":" as a standalone anchor threat to win through counterspell casualties, card selection filters, and death triggers outside of the graveyard loop."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"The Theorist's Advantage"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"transparent","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"General Mills wins by forcing every single card to do double-duty: your removal options scale Mirko, your uncounterable transmute tutors find precise safety valves, and your clone-base gives you perfect board-state flexibility. Play with discipline, manage the battlefield, and strike only when you have secured the stack protection to lock in the game."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"}]}
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