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Mishra, Eminent One
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · {2}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
What Mishra, Eminent One actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, create a token that's a copy of target noncreature artifact you control, except its name is Mishra's Warform and it's a 4/4 Construct artifact creature in addi
What a Mishra, Eminent One deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifacts (its text counts them)
- high-value creatures and activated-ability creatures worth copying or borrowing
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
The Mishra, Eminent One deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 12× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 22× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Mishra, Eminent One
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Baleful Strix2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Cauldron Familiar1 mana
- Thousand-Faced Shadow1 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Fleshbag Marauder3 mana
A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
- Sarkhan, Fireblood3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Purphoros, God of the Forge4 mana
- Kavaron, Memorial World0 mana
- Chief of the Foundry3 mana
- Frostcliff Siege3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Combos with Mishra, Eminent One
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Mishra, Eminent One is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Mishra, Eminent One + Gonti's Aether Heart + Strionic Resonator2,156 decks
- Mishra, Eminent One + Gonti's Aether Heart + Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer1,924 decks
- Mishra, Eminent One + Gonti's Aether Heart + Lithoform Engine1,868 decks
- Mishra, Eminent One + The Stasis Coffin1,509 decks
- Mishra, Eminent One + Gonti's Aether Heart + Determined Iteration1,299 decks
- Mishra, Eminent One + Gonti's Aether Heart + Panharmonicon816 decks
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