edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Mission Briefing

Mission Briefing

Instant

Mana cost: {U}{U}

How we read this card

Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

on-cast — surveils

on-cast — brings a card back

on-cast —

Causes: surveil, cast an instant, cast a sorcery, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard, exile a spell, a spell leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Mission Briefing is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When Mission Briefing leaves a graveyard, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Mission Briefing is one).

When Mission Briefing surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Mission Briefing is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Mission Briefing is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Mission Briefing is one).

When Mission Briefing leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Mission Briefing is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Mission Briefing is cast, Electro, Assaulting Battery adds 1 mana
  2. Spellweaver Volute — When a sorcery is cast thanks to Mission Briefing, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
  3. Riku of Two Reflections — When Mission Briefing is cast, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
  4. Sword of Wealth and Power — When Mission Briefing is cast, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell
  5. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — When Mission Briefing is cast, Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot gets +1/+1
  6. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Mission Briefing is cast, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy brings a card back
  7. Harness the Storm — When Mission Briefing is cast, Harness the Storm brings a card back
  8. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When Mission Briefing is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  9. Niblis of Frost — When Mission Briefing is cast, Niblis of Frost taps a creature an opponent controls
  10. Mica, Reader of Ruins — When Mission Briefing is cast, Mica, Reader of Ruins sacrifices an artifact

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.