Mirko, Obsessive Theorist (Commander) - Upgraded Surveil

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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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Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
26%inclusion5 decks19 decks
24%synergy
Joo Dee, One of Many
17%inclusion3 decks18 decks
16%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
10%synergy
Callous Inspector
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Agna Qel'a
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Doom Whisperer
92%inclusion33 decks36 decks
87%synergy
Matoya, Archon Elder
79%inclusion27 decks34 decks
74%synergy
Unshakable Tail
78%inclusion28 decks36 decks
74%synergy
Nesting Grounds
75%inclusion27 decks36 decks
73%synergy
Sinister Starfish
75%inclusion27 decks36 decks
72%synergy
Enhanced Surveillance
72%inclusion26 decks36 decks
69%synergy
Price of Fame
72%inclusion26 decks36 decks
67%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
69%inclusion25 decks36 decks
66%synergy
Otherworldly Gaze
72%inclusion26 decks36 decks
66%synergy
Soul Diviner
67%inclusion24 decks36 decks
65%synergy
Top Cards
Consider
78%inclusion28 decks36 decks
64%synergy
Reanimate
78%inclusion28 decks36 decks
54%synergy
Toxic Deluge
75%inclusion27 decks36 decks
49%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
69%inclusion25 decks36 decks
59%synergy
Pile On
67%inclusion24 decks36 decks
63%synergy
Animate Dead
67%inclusion24 decks36 decks
55%synergy
Eye of Duskmantle
64%inclusion23 decks36 decks
62%synergy
Baleful Strix
64%inclusion23 decks36 decks
41%synergy
Curate
64%inclusion23 decks36 decks
61%synergy
Massacre Wurm
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
53%synergy
Game Changers
Gifts Ungiven
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-5%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Rhystic Study
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-13%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Demonic Tutor
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-12%synergy
Force of Will
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-5%synergy
Notion Thief
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Nightveil Sprite
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
51%synergy
Dogged Detective
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
53%synergy
Mulldrifter
53%inclusion19 decks36 decks
49%synergy
Hexavus
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
49%synergy
Lazav, the Multifarious
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
47%synergy
Master of Death
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
39%synergy
Spark Double
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
34%synergy
Watcher of Hours
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
28%synergy
Fain, the Broker
42%inclusion15 decks36 decks
40%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Dimir Spybug
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
37%synergy
Vizier of Many Faces
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
36%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
38%synergy
Auton Soldier
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
35%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
34%synergy
O'aka, Traveling Merchant
38%inclusion13 decks34 decks
38%synergy
Mindwhisker
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
34%synergy
Shriekmaw
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
31%synergy
Satoru, the Infiltrator
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
32%synergy
Dream Eater
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
29%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Starving Revenant
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Body Double
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
22%synergy
Twilight Prophet
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
25%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
24%synergy
Y'shtola Rhul
26%inclusion9 decks34 decks
23%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Clever Impersonator
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Likeness Looter
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Psychic Frog
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
23%synergy
Thoughtbound Phantasm
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Evil Twin
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Ledger Shredder
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
18%synergy
Whispering Snitch
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Spider-Man Noir
19%inclusion6 decks32 decks
18%synergy
Ultimecia, Time Sorceress
18%inclusion6 decks34 decks
16%synergy
Metamorphosis Fanatic
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Dimir Strandcatcher
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Sphinx of the Second Sun
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Thrull Parasite
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Abhorrent Oculus
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Copycrook
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Rona, Herald of Invasion
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Obsessive Stitcher
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Il Mheg Pixie
15%inclusion5 decks34 decks
13%synergy
Agent of Treachery
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Mission Briefing
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
52%synergy
Ephara's Dispersal
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
45%synergy
Unauthorized Exit
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Sinister Sabotage
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
36%synergy
Counterspell
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
-17%synergy
Entomb
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
20%synergy
Swallowed by Leviathan
26%inclusion9 decks34 decks
25%synergy
Dreams of Laguna
24%inclusion8 decks34 decks
22%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
-13%synergy
Withering Torment
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Frantic Search
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
1%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Discovery // Dispersal
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Slip Out the Back
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-17%synergy
Spellgyre
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Counterpoint
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Drag the Canal
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Negate
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-21%synergy
Arcane Denial
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-14%synergy
Deadly Rollick
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-11%synergy
Bitter Triumph
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Swan Song
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Lethal Scheme
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Cerebral Download
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-5%synergy
Unexplained Disappearance
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Go for the Throat
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-11%synergy
Cabal Ritual
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Dispel
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Drain
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-12%synergy
Eat to Extinction
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Notion Rain
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
46%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
38%synergy
Buried Alive
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
37%synergy
Charnel Serenade
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
37%synergy
Diresight
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
34%synergy
Victimize
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
14%synergy
Connive // Concoct
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
22%synergy
Feed the Swarm
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
-17%synergy
Singularity Rupture
19%inclusion6 decks32 decks
7%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
12%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Risky Research
13%inclusion4 decks32 decks
11%synergy
Lively Dirge
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Will of the Abzan
8.8%inclusion3 decks34 decks
7%synergy
Winternight Stories
8.6%inclusion3 decks35 decks
8%synergy
Start the TARDIS
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Thought Erasure
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Deep Analysis
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Living Death
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
6%synergy
Windfall
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-8%synergy
Incarnation Technique
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Terror Tide
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Unmarked Grave
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Persist
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Contingency Plan
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-2%synergy
Final Parting
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Sign in Blood
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Damnation
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-5%synergy
Desperate Plea
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Sword of Once and Future
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Power Conduit
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Candlestick
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
43%synergy
Essence Anchor
43%inclusion15 decks35 decks
41%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion13 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
1%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-3%synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Sword of Hearth and Home
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Champion's Helm
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
10%synergy
Lunatic Pandora
8.8%inclusion3 decks34 decks
8%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Dragonfire Blade
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
6%synergy
Sword of Light and Shadow
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Crucible of Worlds
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Mithril Coat
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-2%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Shadowspear
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Grimoire of the Dead
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Mask of Memory
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Sword of the Animist
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Necromancy
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
45%synergy
Gossip's Talent
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
47%synergy
Search for Azcanta
47%inclusion17 decks36 decks
45%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Disinformation Campaign
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
18%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Dance of the Dead
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Think Tank
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Virtue of Knowledge
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Teferi, Master of Time
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
75%inclusion27 decks36 decks
36%synergy
Tocasia's Dig Site
64%inclusion23 decks36 decks
61%synergy
Rogue's Passage
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
27%synergy
Reliquary Tower
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
-6%synergy
Drownyard Temple
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
24%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-3%synergy
Tomb Fortress
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
7%synergy
Restless Reef
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
3%synergy
Mistrise Village
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
2%synergy
Witch's Clinic
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Sunken Palace
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
89%inclusion32 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Sol Ring
89%inclusion32 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
78%inclusion28 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Signet
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Mind Stone
31%inclusion11 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Laser Screwdriver
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Thought Vessel
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
-10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-14%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion36 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion36 decks36 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
97%inclusion35 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Hollow
92%inclusion33 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Tainted Isle
83%inclusion30 decks36 decks
39%synergy
Choked Estuary
75%inclusion27 decks36 decks
27%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
67%inclusion24 decks36 decks
27%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
64%inclusion23 decks36 decks
24%synergy
Undercity Sewers
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
41%synergy
Conduit Pylons
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
59%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
61%inclusion22 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
58%inclusion21 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Underground River
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
16%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
56%inclusion20 decks36 decks
32%synergy
Watery Grave
53%inclusion19 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Fetid Pools
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
34%synergy
Hidden Grotto
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
48%synergy
Myriad Landscape
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
22%synergy
River of Tears
44%inclusion16 decks36 decks
34%synergy
Morphic Pool
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Delta
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Port of Karfell
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
21%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
19%synergy
Gallifrey Council Chamber
22%inclusion8 decks36 decks
22%synergy
Fell the Profane
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
5%synergy
Sinister Hideout
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
-17%synergy
Ash Barrens
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Temple of Deceit
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
-23%synergy
Underground Sea
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
-6%synergy
Fabled Passage
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
-3%synergy
Murky Sewer
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Prismatic Vista
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Urza's Cave
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
-1%synergy