Mirko, Obsessive Theorist (Commander) - Core +1/+1 Counters

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Cas Hinds
Sep 1, 2025
Different Approaches To Building a Commander Deck
Cas Hinds takes a look at the different approaches to playing and deck building in Commander, listing the pros and cons of each.
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Twilight Diviner
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Wild Unraveling
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Glen Elendra Guardian
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Unshakable Tail
88%inclusion44 decks50 decks
84%synergy
Doom Whisperer
86%inclusion43 decks50 decks
81%synergy
Sinister Starfish
80%inclusion40 decks50 decks
77%synergy
Pile On
80%inclusion40 decks50 decks
77%synergy
Tocasia's Dig Site
78%inclusion39 decks50 decks
75%synergy
Price of Fame
80%inclusion40 decks50 decks
75%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
76%inclusion38 decks50 decks
73%synergy
Otherworldly Gaze
78%inclusion39 decks50 decks
72%synergy
Nightveil Sprite
76%inclusion38 decks50 decks
71%synergy
Curate
74%inclusion37 decks50 decks
71%synergy
Top Cards
Consider
80%inclusion40 decks50 decks
67%synergy
Mission Briefing
74%inclusion37 decks50 decks
71%synergy
Reanimate
72%inclusion36 decks50 decks
48%synergy
Dogged Detective
72%inclusion36 decks50 decks
69%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
70%inclusion35 decks50 decks
57%synergy
Eye of Duskmantle
68%inclusion34 decks50 decks
66%synergy
Massacre Wurm
68%inclusion34 decks50 decks
59%synergy
Enhanced Surveillance
68%inclusion34 decks50 decks
64%synergy
Ephara's Dispersal
66%inclusion33 decks50 decks
64%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
66%inclusion33 decks50 decks
56%synergy
Creatures
Baleful Strix
66%inclusion33 decks50 decks
43%synergy
Master of Death
66%inclusion33 decks50 decks
62%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
66%inclusion33 decks50 decks
58%synergy
Soul Diviner
64%inclusion32 decks50 decks
62%synergy
Fain, the Broker
58%inclusion29 decks50 decks
56%synergy
Matoya, Archon Elder
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
50%synergy
Lazav, the Multifarious
54%inclusion27 decks50 decks
51%synergy
Watcher of Hours
48%inclusion24 decks50 decks
46%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
48%inclusion24 decks50 decks
47%synergy
Dream Eater
44%inclusion22 decks50 decks
42%synergy
Mulldrifter
42%inclusion21 decks50 decks
38%synergy
Dimir Spybug
42%inclusion21 decks50 decks
40%synergy
Hexavus
42%inclusion21 decks50 decks
41%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
38%inclusion19 decks50 decks
25%synergy
Twilight Prophet
38%inclusion19 decks50 decks
35%synergy
Shriekmaw
36%inclusion18 decks50 decks
34%synergy
Grave Titan
36%inclusion18 decks50 decks
30%synergy
Vizier of Many Faces
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
31%synergy
Mindwhisker
33%inclusion15 decks45 decks
31%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
32%inclusion16 decks50 decks
20%synergy
Starving Revenant
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
28%synergy
Spark Double
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
19%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
27%synergy
Thoughtbound Phantasm
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
29%synergy
Dimir Strandcatcher
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
25%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
21%synergy
O'aka, Traveling Merchant
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
25%synergy
Il Mheg Pixie
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Sphinx of the Second Sun
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
21%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
19%synergy
Rona, Herald of Invasion
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
21%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
23%inclusion6 decks26 decks
22%synergy
Y'shtola Rhul
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
19%synergy
Body Double
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
18%synergy
Copycrook
20%inclusion9 decks46 decks
18%synergy
Ultimecia, Time Sorceress
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Satoru, the Infiltrator
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
11%synergy
Thrull Parasite
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
17%synergy
Vile Entomber
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
15%synergy
Auton Soldier
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Whispering Snitch
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
17%synergy
Faerie Dreamthief
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
15%synergy
Marvo, Deep Operative
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Amphin Mutineer
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Copy Catchers
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
15%synergy
Likeness Looter
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
15%inclusion6 decks39 decks
14%synergy
Spider-Man Noir
15%inclusion4 decks26 decks
15%synergy
Cruel Witness
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Sinister Sabotage
54%inclusion27 decks50 decks
51%synergy
Discovery // Dispersal
44%inclusion22 decks50 decks
41%synergy
Unauthorized Exit
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
39%synergy
Brainstorm
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Counterspell
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
-22%synergy
Swallowed by Leviathan
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Negate
28%inclusion14 decks50 decks
-5%synergy
Dreams of Laguna
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Bitter Triumph
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
15%synergy
Slip Out the Back
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
17%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Counterpoint
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
12%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
-18%synergy
Lethal Scheme
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Spellgyre
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
-5%synergy
Frantic Search
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
-9%synergy
Unexplained Disappearance
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Dark Ritual
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
-25%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
-3%synergy
Drag the Canal
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Drown in the Loch
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
-10%synergy
Entomb
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Heartless Act
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
-2%synergy
Shore Up
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Teferi's Time Twist
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Overkill
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Magic Damper
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-9%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Cruel Truths
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
6%synergy
Consuming Ashes
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Astarion's Thirst
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Tale's End
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Ghostly Flicker
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
1%synergy
Eat to Extinction
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Notion Rain
64%inclusion32 decks50 decks
60%synergy
Toxic Deluge
56%inclusion28 decks50 decks
30%synergy
Charnel Serenade
48%inclusion24 decks50 decks
46%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
48%inclusion24 decks50 decks
38%synergy
Connive // Concoct
46%inclusion23 decks50 decks
43%synergy
Diresight
36%inclusion16 decks45 decks
33%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
32%inclusion16 decks50 decks
30%synergy
Victimize
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Feed the Swarm
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
-12%synergy
Buried Alive
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
16%synergy
Risky Research
19%inclusion5 decks26 decks
18%synergy
Lively Dirge
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
11%synergy
Start the TARDIS
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Singularity Rupture
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
-1%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
11%synergy
Stitch Together
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
1%synergy
Windfall
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
-6%synergy
Terror Tide
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Deep Analysis
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Living Death
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Taigam's Scheming
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
7%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
5%synergy
Unmarked Grave
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Persist
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Thought Erasure
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Make an Example
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Contingency Plan
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Day of Black Sun
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Candlestick
60%inclusion30 decks50 decks
59%synergy
Power Conduit
54%inclusion27 decks50 decks
53%synergy
Sword of Once and Future
48%inclusion24 decks50 decks
46%synergy
Essence Anchor
34%inclusion11 decks32 decks
33%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
29%inclusion5 decks17 decks
27%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
24%synergy
Lightning Greaves
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
-9%synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Sword of Hearth and Home
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
-4%synergy
Champion's Helm
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
9%synergy
Wurmwall Sweeper
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
8%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Ransom Note
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Confession Dial
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Agatha's Soul Cauldron
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Conjurer's Closet
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Necromancy
58%inclusion29 decks50 decks
53%synergy
Animate Dead
58%inclusion29 decks50 decks
47%synergy
Gossip's Talent
40%inclusion18 decks45 decks
37%synergy
Search for Azcanta
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
37%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
36%inclusion18 decks50 decks
23%synergy
Disinformation Campaign
34%inclusion17 decks50 decks
32%synergy
Criminal Past
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Teval's Judgment
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
5%synergy
Mystic Remora
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-10%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
76%inclusion38 decks50 decks
37%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
62%inclusion31 decks50 decks
45%synergy
Rogue's Passage
60%inclusion30 decks50 decks
33%synergy
Nesting Grounds
58%inclusion29 decks50 decks
56%synergy
Reliquary Tower
50%inclusion25 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Drownyard Temple
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
37%synergy
Temple of the False God
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
14%synergy
Hostile Desert
10%inclusion5 decks50 decks
9%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
6%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
-5%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
6%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-3%synergy
Witch's Clinic
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
0%synergy
High Market
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Restless Reef
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion43 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Sol Ring
78%inclusion39 decks50 decks
-10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
72%inclusion36 decks50 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Signet
66%inclusion33 decks50 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
48%inclusion24 decks50 decks
16%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion24 decks50 decks
19%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
-15%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Laser Screwdriver
14%inclusion7 decks50 decks
13%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-12%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion50 decks50 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion50 decks50 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
96%inclusion48 decks50 decks
8%synergy
Sunken Hollow
88%inclusion44 decks50 decks
22%synergy
Tainted Isle
82%inclusion41 decks50 decks
38%synergy
Choked Estuary
70%inclusion35 decks50 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
68%inclusion34 decks50 decks
29%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
66%inclusion33 decks50 decks
26%synergy
Fetid Pools
58%inclusion29 decks50 decks
42%synergy
River of Tears
52%inclusion26 decks50 decks
41%synergy
Myriad Landscape
50%inclusion25 decks50 decks
28%synergy
Conduit Pylons
50%inclusion24 decks48 decks
48%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
50%inclusion25 decks50 decks
-3%synergy
Port of Karfell
50%inclusion25 decks50 decks
43%synergy
Hidden Grotto
47%inclusion21 decks45 decks
45%synergy
Undercity Sewers
40%inclusion20 decks50 decks
20%synergy
Ash Barrens
32%inclusion16 decks50 decks
27%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
32%inclusion16 decks50 decks
-8%synergy
Watery Grave
30%inclusion15 decks50 decks
-17%synergy
Underground River
28%inclusion14 decks50 decks
-12%synergy
Morphic Pool
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
-13%synergy
Temple of Deceit
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
-16%synergy
Polluted Delta
20%inclusion10 decks50 decks
-12%synergy
Sinister Hideout
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
18%inclusion9 decks50 decks
-7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
-17%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
16%inclusion8 decks50 decks
10%synergy
Gallifrey Council Chamber
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
12%synergy
Darkslick Shores
12%inclusion6 decks50 decks
-2%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-12%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion5 decks46 decks
-5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.7%inclusion4 decks46 decks
-3%synergy
Dismal Backwater
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
-8%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
-9%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-11%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-22%synergy
Sunken Ruins
6.0%inclusion3 decks50 decks
-9%synergy
Serpent's Pass
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy