Mirko, Obsessive Theorist (Commander) - Expensive Topdeck

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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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Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Doom Whisperer
92%inclusion310 decks336 decks
87%synergy
Unshakable Tail
87%inclusion290 decks334 decks
83%synergy
Sinister Starfish
78%inclusion262 decks336 decks
75%synergy
Consider
88%inclusion294 decks336 decks
74%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
76%inclusion255 decks334 decks
73%synergy
Curate
75%inclusion253 decks336 decks
72%synergy
Dogged Detective
75%inclusion251 decks336 decks
72%synergy
Eye of Duskmantle
72%inclusion240 decks334 decks
69%synergy
Enhanced Surveillance
72%inclusion243 decks336 decks
69%synergy
Pile On
71%inclusion238 decks336 decks
67%synergy
Top Cards
Reanimate
84%inclusion282 decks336 decks
60%synergy
Toxic Deluge
79%inclusion264 decks336 decks
53%synergy
Otherworldly Gaze
73%inclusion246 decks336 decks
67%synergy
Animate Dead
73%inclusion246 decks336 decks
62%synergy
Nightveil Sprite
71%inclusion240 decks336 decks
67%synergy
Mission Briefing
70%inclusion235 decks336 decks
66%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
68%inclusion228 decks336 decks
58%synergy
Soul Diviner
62%inclusion208 decks336 decks
60%synergy
Notion Rain
62%inclusion208 decks336 decks
58%synergy
Entomb
60%inclusion203 decks336 decks
52%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
63%inclusion212 decks336 decks
39%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
61%inclusion205 decks336 decks
42%synergy
Rhystic Study
60%inclusion203 decks336 decks
36%synergy
Demonic Tutor
44%inclusion149 decks336 decks
24%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
41%inclusion137 decks336 decks
24%synergy
Ancient Tomb
28%inclusion93 decks336 decks
19%synergy
Force of Will
23%inclusion77 decks336 decks
12%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
22%inclusion75 decks336 decks
19%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion48 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion44 decks336 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Master of Death
60%inclusion202 decks336 decks
56%synergy
Baleful Strix
57%inclusion191 decks336 decks
34%synergy
Spark Double
55%inclusion185 decks336 decks
44%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
53%inclusion179 decks336 decks
48%synergy
Massacre Wurm
53%inclusion179 decks336 decks
45%synergy
Fain, the Broker
51%inclusion173 decks336 decks
50%synergy
Mulldrifter
51%inclusion171 decks336 decks
47%synergy
Lazav, the Multifarious
51%inclusion170 decks336 decks
48%synergy
Watcher of Hours
50%inclusion168 decks334 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
46%inclusion155 decks336 decks
33%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
45%inclusion152 decks336 decks
37%synergy
Auton Soldier
44%inclusion147 decks336 decks
40%synergy
Dream Eater
42%inclusion140 decks336 decks
40%synergy
Mindwhisker
42%inclusion57 decks137 decks
39%synergy
Hexavus
41%inclusion138 decks336 decks
40%synergy
Clever Impersonator
40%inclusion136 decks336 decks
36%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
40%inclusion135 decks336 decks
27%synergy
Dimir Spybug
39%inclusion131 decks336 decks
37%synergy
Starving Revenant
37%inclusion125 decks336 decks
35%synergy
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
37%inclusion123 decks336 decks
34%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
35%inclusion118 decks336 decks
30%synergy
Twilight Prophet
34%inclusion114 decks336 decks
31%synergy
Agent of Treachery
31%inclusion104 decks336 decks
28%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
30%inclusion20 decks66 decks
29%synergy
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
28%inclusion94 decks336 decks
24%synergy
Body Double
26%inclusion87 decks336 decks
24%synergy
Toxrill, the Corrosive
24%inclusion81 decks336 decks
18%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
24%inclusion80 decks336 decks
11%synergy
Ledger Shredder
22%inclusion74 decks336 decks
18%synergy
Dimir Strandcatcher
22%inclusion73 decks335 decks
21%synergy
Vizier of Many Faces
21%inclusion70 decks336 decks
18%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
20%inclusion68 decks335 decks
19%synergy
Faerie Dreamthief
20%inclusion67 decks336 decks
17%synergy
Shriekmaw
20%inclusion66 decks336 decks
17%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
20%inclusion66 decks336 decks
13%synergy
Copycrook
19%inclusion31 decks167 decks
17%synergy
Thoughtbound Phantasm
17%inclusion57 decks336 decks
16%synergy
Grave Titan
16%inclusion55 decks336 decks
10%synergy
Vile Entomber
16%inclusion54 decks336 decks
13%synergy
Satoru, the Infiltrator
16%inclusion33 decks209 decks
8%synergy
Thrull Parasite
16%inclusion53 decks336 decks
15%synergy
Likeness Looter
16%inclusion53 decks336 decks
8%synergy
Appendage Amalgam
15%inclusion15 decks99 decks
15%synergy
Displacer Kitten
15%inclusion50 decks336 decks
11%synergy
Whispering Snitch
15%inclusion50 decks336 decks
14%synergy
Hex Parasite
15%inclusion49 decks336 decks
14%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
14%inclusion47 decks336 decks
-2%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
13%inclusion45 decks336 decks
1%synergy
Rona, Herald of Invasion
13%inclusion42 decks336 decks
10%synergy
Sphinx of the Second Sun
12%inclusion41 decks336 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Price of Fame
59%inclusion197 decks336 decks
53%synergy
Deadly Rollick
44%inclusion148 decks336 decks
25%synergy
Ephara's Dispersal
42%inclusion142 decks336 decks
40%synergy
Counterspell
40%inclusion133 decks336 decks
-16%synergy
Discovery // Dispersal
39%inclusion132 decks336 decks
36%synergy
Mana Drain
36%inclusion120 decks336 decks
18%synergy
Unauthorized Exit
31%inclusion104 decks334 decks
30%synergy
Swan Song
29%inclusion99 decks336 decks
12%synergy
Sinister Sabotage
29%inclusion97 decks336 decks
26%synergy
Withering Torment
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
12%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
27%inclusion92 decks336 decks
-2%synergy
Frantic Search
26%inclusion89 decks336 decks
8%synergy
Brainstorm
26%inclusion89 decks336 decks
-4%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
24%inclusion24 decks98 decks
22%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion76 decks336 decks
-12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
22%inclusion36 decks167 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion30 decks167 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Denial
16%inclusion55 decks336 decks
-9%synergy
Unexplained Disappearance
16%inclusion53 decks336 decks
15%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion45 decks336 decks
4%synergy
Mystical Tutor
13%inclusion44 decks336 decks
-1%synergy
Counterpoint
12%inclusion41 decks334 decks
10%synergy
Force of Negation
12%inclusion40 decks336 decks
2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion19 decks167 decks
0%synergy
Drag the Canal
11%inclusion37 decks335 decks
10%synergy
Drown in the Loch
10%inclusion34 decks336 decks
-9%synergy
Bitter Triumph
10%inclusion33 decks336 decks
5%synergy
Slip Out the Back
10%inclusion33 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Flare of Denial
9.2%inclusion16 decks174 decks
3%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.6%inclusion29 decks336 decks
-2%synergy
Spellgyre
8.1%inclusion11 decks135 decks
7%synergy
Lethal Scheme
7.1%inclusion24 decks336 decks
5%synergy
Negate
6.8%inclusion23 decks336 decks
-26%synergy
Strix Serenade
6.6%inclusion11 decks167 decks
2%synergy
Eat to Extinction
6.5%inclusion22 decks336 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Consultation
6.0%inclusion20 decks336 decks
-1%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
5.7%inclusion12 decks211 decks
2%synergy
Cabal Ritual
5.4%inclusion18 decks336 decks
0%synergy
Uncharted Voyage
5.2%inclusion3 decks58 decks
5%synergy
Pongify
5.1%inclusion17 decks336 decks
-10%synergy
Sorceries
Buried Alive
45%inclusion152 decks336 decks
38%synergy
Charnel Serenade
43%inclusion145 decks334 decks
41%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
39%inclusion132 decks336 decks
30%synergy
Diresight
36%inclusion50 decks139 decks
34%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion110 decks336 decks
19%synergy
Connive // Concoct
32%inclusion109 decks336 decks
29%synergy
Feed the Swarm
30%inclusion101 decks336 decks
-6%synergy
Victimize
21%inclusion70 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Damnation
19%inclusion65 decks336 decks
9%synergy
Unmarked Grave
18%inclusion61 decks336 decks
15%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
18%inclusion61 decks336 decks
9%synergy
Start the TARDIS
16%inclusion53 decks336 decks
15%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
12%inclusion40 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Persist
12%inclusion39 decks336 decks
8%synergy
Contingency Plan
12%inclusion39 decks336 decks
11%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
3%synergy
Taigam's Scheming
9.2%inclusion31 decks336 decks
9%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
8.6%inclusion29 decks336 decks
6%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
8.6%inclusion29 decks336 decks
2%synergy
Thought Erasure
8.6%inclusion29 decks336 decks
8%synergy
Living Death
8.6%inclusion29 decks336 decks
4%synergy
Exhume
8.6%inclusion29 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Deep Analysis
8.0%inclusion27 decks336 decks
5%synergy
Imperial Seal
7.4%inclusion25 decks336 decks
1%synergy
Lively Dirge
5.7%inclusion12 decks209 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Power Conduit
52%inclusion176 decks336 decks
51%synergy
Sword of Once and Future
49%inclusion166 decks336 decks
48%synergy
Lightning Greaves
48%inclusion160 decks336 decks
20%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
36%inclusion120 decks336 decks
34%synergy
Candlestick
32%inclusion107 decks335 decks
31%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
28%inclusion94 decks336 decks
4%synergy
The Ozolith
13%inclusion45 decks336 decks
13%synergy
Sword of Hearth and Home
13%inclusion42 decks336 decks
11%synergy
Conjurer's Closet
10%inclusion32 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion32 decks336 decks
5%synergy
Shadowspear
8.0%inclusion27 decks336 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Plate
7.1%inclusion24 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Ransom Note
6.9%inclusion23 decks334 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.0%inclusion20 decks336 decks
-8%synergy
Strionic Resonator
5.7%inclusion19 decks336 decks
2%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
5.4%inclusion18 decks336 decks
-4%synergy
Crucible of Worlds
5.4%inclusion18 decks336 decks
4%synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
5.4%inclusion18 decks336 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Necromancy
60%inclusion202 decks336 decks
55%synergy
Search for Azcanta
53%inclusion178 decks336 decks
50%synergy
Gossip's Talent
37%inclusion52 decks139 decks
34%synergy
Disinformation Campaign
29%inclusion96 decks336 decks
27%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion83 decks336 decks
11%synergy
Mystic Remora
23%inclusion76 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Think Tank
14%inclusion47 decks336 decks
14%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
13%inclusion22 decks167 decks
10%synergy
Black Market Connections
13%inclusion43 decks336 decks
3%synergy
Dance of the Dead
8.9%inclusion30 decks336 decks
8%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
8.6%inclusion29 decks336 decks
6%synergy
Central Elevator // Promising Stairs
6.9%inclusion7 decks102 decks
7%synergy
Criminal Past
6.5%inclusion22 decks336 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
10%inclusion11 decks108 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Tocasia's Dig Site
60%inclusion200 decks336 decks
57%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
54%inclusion180 decks336 decks
34%synergy
Bojuka Bog
53%inclusion177 decks336 decks
14%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
52%inclusion176 decks336 decks
34%synergy
Nesting Grounds
49%inclusion166 decks336 decks
48%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
48%inclusion162 decks336 decks
35%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
46%inclusion156 decks336 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion127 decks336 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
28%inclusion94 decks336 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Coffers
26%inclusion86 decks336 decks
15%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
17%inclusion56 decks336 decks
8%synergy
Urza's Saga
15%inclusion50 decks336 decks
9%synergy
Drownyard Temple
15%inclusion50 decks336 decks
12%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
14%inclusion47 decks336 decks
10%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
12%inclusion20 decks167 decks
9%synergy
Restless Reef
10%inclusion33 decks336 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
9.2%inclusion31 decks336 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.0%inclusion27 decks336 decks
-2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.1%inclusion17 decks336 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
The Soul Stone
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
95%synergy
Arcane Signet
96%inclusion322 decks336 decks
12%synergy
Sol Ring
95%inclusion320 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
81%inclusion271 decks336 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Signet
68%inclusion227 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
39%inclusion131 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion110 decks336 decks
2%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion102 decks336 decks
1%synergy
Mana Crypt
21%inclusion71 decks336 decks
18%synergy
Laser Screwdriver
21%inclusion71 decks336 decks
20%synergy
Lotus Petal
10%inclusion35 decks336 decks
3%synergy
Chrome Mox
10%inclusion35 decks336 decks
4%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
8.0%inclusion27 decks336 decks
6%synergy
Mox Diamond
7.4%inclusion25 decks336 decks
3%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.5%inclusion22 decks336 decks
0%synergy
Mana Vault
6.0%inclusion20 decks336 decks
1%synergy
Mox Amber
5.4%inclusion18 decks336 decks
-1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion327 decks336 decks
1%synergy
Island
97%inclusion325 decks336 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
95%inclusion320 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Watery Grave
92%inclusion310 decks336 decks
46%synergy
Undercity Sewers
84%inclusion283 decks336 decks
64%synergy
Morphic Pool
79%inclusion266 decks336 decks
42%synergy
Polluted Delta
79%inclusion264 decks336 decks
48%synergy
Underground Sea
71%inclusion238 decks336 decks
58%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion222 decks336 decks
0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
65%inclusion219 decks336 decks
13%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
65%inclusion218 decks336 decks
25%synergy
Underground River
54%inclusion180 decks336 decks
15%synergy
Tainted Isle
49%inclusion165 decks336 decks
5%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
46%inclusion47 decks102 decks
23%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
44%inclusion148 decks336 decks
19%synergy
Hidden Grotto
41%inclusion58 decks140 decks
39%synergy
Conduit Pylons
38%inclusion80 decks209 decks
36%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
37%inclusion125 decks336 decks
-3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion120 decks336 decks
-4%synergy
Choked Estuary
32%inclusion109 decks336 decks
-16%synergy
Sunken Ruins
32%inclusion109 decks336 decks
18%synergy
Fetid Pools
29%inclusion98 decks336 decks
13%synergy
Flooded Strand
29%inclusion97 decks336 decks
20%synergy
Misty Rainforest
29%inclusion96 decks336 decks
20%synergy
Scalding Tarn
27%inclusion91 decks336 decks
19%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
27%inclusion91 decks336 decks
19%synergy
Marsh Flats
25%inclusion84 decks336 decks
17%synergy
Sink into Stupor
22%inclusion36 decks167 decks
6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion71 decks336 decks
-12%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
21%inclusion71 decks336 decks
13%synergy
River of Tears
20%inclusion66 decks336 decks
9%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
20%inclusion66 decks336 decks
13%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion30 decks167 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion59 decks336 decks
-5%synergy
Prismatic Vista
17%inclusion58 decks336 decks
11%synergy
Darkslick Shores
16%inclusion54 decks336 decks
2%synergy
Gallifrey Council Chamber
15%inclusion50 decks336 decks
14%synergy
Port of Karfell
15%inclusion49 decks336 decks
7%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion46 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion45 decks336 decks
4%synergy
Mana Confluence
12%inclusion41 decks336 decks
6%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
12%inclusion40 decks336 decks
7%synergy
Temple of Deceit
12%inclusion39 decks336 decks
-25%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion19 decks167 decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion38 decks336 decks
3%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
8.6%inclusion29 decks336 decks
2%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
8.0%inclusion27 decks336 decks
0%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
8.0%inclusion13 decks163 decks
0%synergy
Boggart Trawler
7.2%inclusion12 decks166 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
7.1%inclusion24 decks336 decks
0%synergy