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Mishra, Eminent One
UBRLegendary Creature — Human Artificer · from $0.19
At 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 addition to its other types. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
57 of 100 at $5 or less · 40 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 10 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 11 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 12 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 13 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 14 | Blasphemous Act | Sorcery | 9 | $0.72 |
| 15 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 16 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 17 | Chaos Warp | Instant | 3 | $0.32 |
| 18 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 19 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 20 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 21 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 22 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 23 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 24 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 25 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 26 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 27 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 28 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 29 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 30 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 31 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 32 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 33 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 34 | Watery Grave | Land | 0 | $9.86 |
| 35 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 36 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 37 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 38 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 39 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 40 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 41 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 42 | Steam Vents | Land | 0 | $9.63 |
| 43 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 44 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 45 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 46 | Blood Crypt | Land | 0 | $8.68 |
| 47 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 48 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 49 | Deflecting Swat | Instant | 3 | $70.85 |
| 50 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 51 | Sulfur Falls | Land | 0 | $0.20 |
| 52 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 53 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 54 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 55 | Dragonskull Summit | Land | 0 | $0.45 |
| 56 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 57 | Sunken Hollow | Land | 0 | $0.29 |
| 58 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 59 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 60 | Talisman of Dominance | Artifact | 2 | $0.49 |
| 61 | Smoldering Marsh | Land | 0 | $0.27 |
| 62 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 63 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 64 | Faithless Looting | Sorcery | 1 | $0.36 |
| 65 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 66 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 67 | Vandalblast | Sorcery | 1 | $1.74 |
| 68 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 69 | Jeska's Will | Sorcery | 3 | $39.58 |
| 70 | Drowned Catacomb | Land | 0 | $0.50 |
| 71 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 72 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 73 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 74 | Shivan Reef | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 75 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 76 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 77 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 78 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 79 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 80 | Talisman of Creativity | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 81 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 82 | Talisman of Indulgence | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 83 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 84 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 85 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 86 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 87 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 88 | Big Score | Instant | 4 | $0.41 |
| 89 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 90 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 91 | Underground River | Land | 0 | $0.51 |
| 92 | Sulfurous Springs | Land | 0 | $0.49 |
| 93 | Abrade | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 94 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 95 | Morphic Pool | Land | 0 | $28.50 |
| 96 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 97 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 98 | Training Center | Land | 0 | $17.67 |
| 99 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 100 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
Curve of these staples
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Most played with Mishra, Eminent One
The 25 most-played cards in 5 settled top-16 lists running Mishra, Eminent One at 16+ player events since Mar 20, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.
| # | Card | Played in | Top 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abrade | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Arcane Signet | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Audacious Reshapers | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Bedevil | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Blasphemous Act | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Blast-Furnace Hellkite | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Buried Ruin | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Chaos Warp | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Command Tower | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Crumbling Necropolis | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Cursed Mirror | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 13 | Darkwater Catacombs | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Dimir Aqueduct | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 15 | Dimir Signet | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Dreamstone Hedron | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Drossforge Bridge | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Emry, Lurker of the Loch | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 19 | Exotic Orchard | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Great Furnace | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Hedron Archive | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Hellkite Igniter | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Ichor Wellspring | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 24 | Idol of Oblivion | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
| 25 | Island | 100% · 5 of 5 | 0 |
Combos with Mishra, Eminent One
The 10 most popular of 54 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Gonti's Aether Heart + Mishra, Eminent One + Strionic Resonator
Infinite turns · Lock
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer + Gonti's Aether Heart + Mishra, Eminent One
Infinite turns · Lock
Gonti's Aether Heart + Lithoform Engine + Mishra, Eminent One
Infinite turns · Lock
Mishra, Eminent One + The Stasis Coffin
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you during an opponent's turn · You have protection from everything during your opponents' turns · Lock
Determined Iteration + Gonti's Aether Heart + Mishra, Eminent One
Infinite turns · Lock
Gonti's Aether Heart + Mishra, Eminent One + Panharmonicon
Infinite turns · Lock
Aetherflux Reservoir + Mishra, Eminent One
Infinite damage · Infinite lifegain triggers
Lithoform Engine + Mindslaver + Mishra, Eminent One + Strionic Resonator
You control up to three opponents on each of their turns · Lock
Gonti's Aether Heart + Mishra, Eminent One + Worldwalker Helm
Infinite turns · Lock
Ashnod's Altar + Mishra, Eminent One + Strionic Resonator
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Top finishes
5 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 9th of 16 — Torneo Casual PRECON +10 on Topdeck.ggJul 18, 2026 · 0–1–2 · by Bruno Arroyo Volcoff
- 5th of 19 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggMay 23, 2026 · 1–1–0 · by Alexis Rios Mendoza
- 11th of 16 — Viernes Fecha de Liga de Precon +10 on Topdeck.ggMar 27, 2026 · 0–2–1 · by Bruno Arroyo Volcoff
- 8th of 29 — Sábados de Commander > Pre-con +10 Evento Especial on Topdeck.ggMar 21, 2026 · 1–1–2 · by Bruno Arroyo Volcoff
- 6th of 16 — Viernes Fecha de Liga de Precon +10 on Topdeck.ggMar 20, 2026 · 0–0–3 · by Bruno Arroyo Volcoff
Precons led by Mishra, Eminent One
Official preconstructed decks with Mishra, Eminent One at the helm.
- Mishra's Burnished Banner
PreconCommander· Released Nov 2022
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.