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Revenant Recon

Commander precon · Murders at Karlov Manor Commander · 2024 · led by Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Main theme: surveil · Synergy 3.9/5 (connected) · Bracket 1–2 · Mirko, Obsessive Theorist works with 37 of its cards

Upgrades at bracket 1–2

No Game Changers and no infinite combos: the level of an unchanged precon. Game Changers are cards on WotC's official list of cards that make a deck much stronger.

8 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 3.9 → 4.0 of 5, from connected to tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.4 → 4.7 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, 1 short on ramp, was 2. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Choked Estuary: Choked Estuary enters tapped. Put in Morphic Pool: Morphic Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or black.
  2. Take out Dimir Aqueduct: Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped. Put in Sunken Ruins: Sunken Ruins never enters tapped and makes blue or black.

Ramp

  1. Take out Final-Word Phantom: Final-Word Phantom is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 2 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot: Ramp: you were 2 short; H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot counts as ramp.
  2. Take out Foreboding Steamboat: Foreboding Steamboat is next on the report's cut list. Works with 17 other cards: with 11 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Laser Screwdriver: Ramp: you were 2 short; Laser Screwdriver counts as ramp. When Laser Screwdriver surveils, Mirko, Obsessive Theorist puts a +1/+1 counter on itself.

Interaction

  1. Take out Grave Titan: Grave Titan is next on the report's cut list. Works with 13 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Blood Operative: Interaction: you were 2 short; Blood Operative counts as interaction. When Blood Operative enters thanks to Mirko, Obsessive Theorist, it hits a graveyard.
  2. Take out Amphin Mutineer: Amphin Mutineer is next on the report's cut list. Works with 13 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Sword of Once and Future: Interaction: you were 2 short; Sword of Once and Future counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Twilight Prophet: Twilight Prophet works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme; Proft, Consulting Detective works with 24 cards, 22 of them on it. Put in Proft, Consulting Detective: When Unshakable Tail surveils, Proft, Consulting Detective puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Take out Massacre Wurm: Massacre Wurm works with 17 cards in this deck, 10 of them on its theme; Liliana the Repentant works with 42 cards, 22 of them on it. Put in Liliana the Repentant: Liliana the Repentant puts cards into the graveyard that Mirko, Obsessive Theorist can bring back

Upgrades at bracket 3

Up to three Game Changers, and no two-card infinite combo that costs 6 or less.

11 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 3.9 → 4.0 of 5, from connected to tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.4 → 4.7 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, 1 short on ramp, was 2. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Choked Estuary: Choked Estuary enters tapped. Put in Morphic Pool: Morphic Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or black.
  2. Take out Dimir Aqueduct: Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped. Put in Sunken Ruins: Sunken Ruins never enters tapped and makes blue or black.

Ramp

  1. Take out Final-Word Phantom: Final-Word Phantom is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 2 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot: Ramp: you were 2 short; H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot counts as ramp.
  2. Take out Foreboding Steamboat: Foreboding Steamboat is next on the report's cut list. Works with 17 other cards: with 11 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Laser Screwdriver: Ramp: you were 2 short; Laser Screwdriver counts as ramp. When Laser Screwdriver surveils, Mirko, Obsessive Theorist puts a +1/+1 counter on itself.
  3. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet is weaker ramp than Chrome Mox. Put in Chrome Mox: Chrome Mox is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  4. Take out Dimir Signet: Dimir Signet is weaker ramp than Mana Vault. Put in Mana Vault: Mana Vault is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  5. Take out Everflowing Chalice: Everflowing Chalice is weaker ramp than Mox Diamond. Put in Mox Diamond: Mox Diamond is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Grave Titan: Grave Titan is next on the report's cut list. Works with 13 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Blood Operative: Interaction: you were 2 short; Blood Operative counts as interaction. When Blood Operative enters thanks to Mirko, Obsessive Theorist, it hits a graveyard.
  2. Take out Amphin Mutineer: Amphin Mutineer is next on the report's cut list. Works with 13 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Sword of Once and Future: Interaction: you were 2 short; Sword of Once and Future counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Twilight Prophet: Twilight Prophet works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme; Proft, Consulting Detective works with 24 cards, 22 of them on it. Put in Proft, Consulting Detective: When Unshakable Tail surveils, Proft, Consulting Detective puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Take out Massacre Wurm: Massacre Wurm works with 17 cards in this deck, 10 of them on its theme; Liliana the Repentant works with 42 cards, 22 of them on it. Put in Liliana the Repentant: Liliana the Repentant puts cards into the graveyard that Mirko, Obsessive Theorist can bring back

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

16 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 4–5.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 3.9 → 4.0 of 5, from connected to tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.4 → 4.7 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, 1 short on ramp, was 2. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Choked Estuary: Choked Estuary enters tapped. Put in Morphic Pool: Morphic Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or black.
  2. Take out Dimir Aqueduct: Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped. Put in Sunken Ruins: Sunken Ruins never enters tapped and makes blue or black.

Ramp

  1. Take out Final-Word Phantom: Final-Word Phantom is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 2 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot: Ramp: you were 2 short; H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot counts as ramp.
  2. Take out Foreboding Steamboat: Foreboding Steamboat is next on the report's cut list. Works with 17 other cards: with 11 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Laser Screwdriver: Ramp: you were 2 short; Laser Screwdriver counts as ramp. When Laser Screwdriver surveils, Mirko, Obsessive Theorist puts a +1/+1 counter on itself.
  3. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet is weaker ramp than Chrome Mox. Put in Chrome Mox: Chrome Mox is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  4. Take out Dimir Signet: Dimir Signet is weaker ramp than Mana Vault. Put in Mana Vault: Mana Vault is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  5. Take out Everflowing Chalice: Everflowing Chalice is weaker ramp than Mox Diamond. Put in Mox Diamond: Mox Diamond is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  6. Take out Thought Vessel: Thought Vessel is weaker ramp than Grim Monolith. Put in Grim Monolith: Grim Monolith is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Brainstorm: Brainstorm is weaker card draw than Rhystic Study. Put in Rhystic Study: Rhystic Study is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  2. Take out Enhanced Surveillance: Enhanced Surveillance is weaker card selection than Narset, Parter of Veils. Put in Narset, Parter of Veils: Narset, Parter of Veils is card selection too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  3. Take out Phyrexian Arena: Phyrexian Arena is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Grave Titan: Grave Titan is next on the report's cut list. Works with 13 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Blood Operative: Interaction: you were 2 short; Blood Operative counts as interaction. When Blood Operative enters thanks to Mirko, Obsessive Theorist, it hits a graveyard.
  2. Take out Amphin Mutineer: Amphin Mutineer is next on the report's cut list. Works with 13 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 6 just once or in the background. Put in Sword of Once and Future: Interaction: you were 2 short; Sword of Once and Future counts as interaction.

Board wipes

  1. Take out Black Sun's Zenith: Black Sun's Zenith is weaker board wipe than Cyclonic Rift. Put in Cyclonic Rift: Cyclonic Rift is board wipe too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Twilight Prophet: Twilight Prophet works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme; Proft, Consulting Detective works with 24 cards, 22 of them on it. Put in Proft, Consulting Detective: When Unshakable Tail surveils, Proft, Consulting Detective puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Take out Massacre Wurm: Massacre Wurm works with 17 cards in this deck, 10 of them on its theme; Liliana the Repentant works with 42 cards, 22 of them on it. Put in Liliana the Repentant: Liliana the Repentant puts cards into the graveyard that Mirko, Obsessive Theorist can bring back

Opens a route: Gossip's Talent. 20 of its cards reach Disinformation Campaign through it.

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: interaction 9 of 11, ramp 9 of 11.

The decklist

Creatures

Amphin Mutineer · Baleful Strix · Copy Catchers · Dimir Spybug · Dogged Detective · Doom Whisperer · Dream Eater · Eye of Duskmantle · Final-Word Phantom · Grave Titan · Lazav, the Multifarious · Marvo, Deep Operative · Massacre Wurm · Master of Death · Mulldrifter · Nightveil Sprite · Overseer of the Damned · Phyrexian Metamorph · Ravenous Chupacabra · Shriekmaw · Sinister Starfish · Sphinx of the Second Sun · Syr Konrad, the Grim · Thoughtbound Phantasm · Twilight Prophet · Unshakable Tail · Vizier of Many Faces · Watcher of Hours · Whispering Snitch

Instants and sorceries

Black Sun's Zenith · Brainstorm · Charnel Serenade · Connive // Concoct · Consider · Counterpoint · Curate · Deep Analysis · Discovery // Dispersal · Ephara's Dispersal · Mission Briefing · Notion Rain · Otherworldly Gaze · Pile On · Price of Fame · Reanimate · Rise of the Dark Realms · Toxic Deluge

Artifacts and enchantments

Animate Dead · Arcane Signet · Case of the Shifting Visage · Dimir Signet · Disinformation Campaign · Enhanced Surveillance · Everflowing Chalice · Foreboding Steamboat · Mind Stone · Necromancy · Phyrexian Arena · Ransom Note · Sol Ring · Talisman of Dominance · Thought Vessel

Lands

Ash Barrens · Bojuka Bog · Choked Estuary · Command Tower · Darkwater Catacombs · Dimir Aqueduct · Drownyard Temple · Fetid Pools · Hostile Desert · 9 Island · Myriad Landscape · Mystic Sanctuary · Port of Karfell · Reliquary Tower · River of Tears · Rogue's Passage · Sunken Hollow · 9 Swamp · Tainted Isle · Temple of the False God · Tocasia's Dig Site

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