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Mishra, Excavation Prodigy

Mishra, Excavation Prodigy

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · {2}{R} · Red commander

Haste {1}, {T}, Discard a card: Draw a card. Whenever you discard one or more artifact cards, add {R}{R}. This ability triggers only once each turn.
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What Mishra, Excavation Prodigy actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What a Mishra, Excavation Prodigy deck needs

Plays as self-discard. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

The Mishra, Excavation Prodigy deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

Best cards for Mishra, Excavation Prodigy

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.

Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards

  1. Geier Reach Sanitarium0 mana
  2. Fomori Vault0 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
  5. Artist's Talent2 mana
  6. Collector's Vault2 mana
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana
  8. Key to the City2 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  3. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  4. Genji Glove5 mana
  5. Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
  6. Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
  7. Lightning Runner5 mana
  8. Sword of the Paruns4 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Imperial Recruiter3 mana
  2. Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
  3. Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
  4. Moonsilver Key2 mana
  5. Pattern Matcher4 mana
  6. Gamble1 mana
  7. Hoarding Dragon5 mana
  8. Shrine Steward5 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Chain Reaction4 mana
  3. Street Spasm1 mana
  4. Selective Obliteration5 mana
  5. Mizzium Mortars2 mana
  6. Delete2 mana
  7. Earthquake1 mana
  8. Apocalypse5 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  4. The One Ring4 mana
  5. Sticky Fingers1 mana
  6. Vexing Bauble1 mana
  7. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
  8. Adaptive Omnitool2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  5. Commander's Plate1 mana
  6. Mithril Coat3 mana
  7. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  8. The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Palladium Myr3 mana
  3. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  4. Chrome Mox0 mana
  5. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  6. Mox Diamond0 mana
  7. Mana Vault1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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