Revenant Recon
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- Commander
- Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $142.27
- Grade
- B
How it grades
Fundamentals 81/100. Plays like Reanimator / graveyard.
This reads as Reanimator / graveyard, built around Mirko, Obsessive Theorist. The graveyard is a second hand: stock it fast, then cheat the biggest things in it onto the battlefield for a fraction of their cost. Self-mill and discard are card selection, not card loss. Graveyard hate is the deck's nightmare, so diversify threats and keep a fair backup plan. Its strongest fundamental is land count (37 lands. About 39 fits this curve for Reanimator / graveyard); the first thing to tighten is ramp: 7 ramp effects (want 10+ for this curve for Reanimator / graveyard).
- B+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- AMana curve
- B-Ramp
- A+Card draw
- B+Interaction
- B+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Mana reliability88% of your spells arrive on time. Massacre Wurm is the riskiest: its B cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
- B-Ramp7 ramp effects (want 10+ for this curve for Reanimator / graveyard).
- B+Interaction8 removal/protection effects (want 10+ for Reanimator / graveyard).
- B+Commander synergyOnly 32 of 62 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want +1/+1 counter, graveyard, surveil support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Reanimator, Surveil; from EDHREC).
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #4,327
Strong on land count, mana curve, card draw, win conditions and legality & size.
85 cards graded: A- 7, B+ 30, B 42, B- 3, C+ 2, C 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Revenant Recon from B to B+.
Essence FluxU$1.85
In place of Counterpoint: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your enters-the-battlefield engine (21 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck).
Stitcher's SupplierB$0.36
In place of Foreboding Steamboat: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (42/100)
Fuels your graveyard payoffs (10 in deck). Feeds the commanders' graveyard payoff. Top-5% staple by play data.
Orcish Bowmasters1B$43.37
In place of Massacre Wurm: its B cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (68/100)
Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff. WotC game-changer. Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+).
Wizard ClassU$3.17
In place of Thoughtbound Phantasm: weakest slot in the deck (51/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck).
Chasm Skulker2U$0.83
In place of Whispering Snitch: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Walking BallistaXX$10.11
In place of Amphin Mutineer: weakest slot in the deck (70/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
Ripples of Undeath1B$8.68
In place of Marvo, Deep Operative: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Fuels your graveyard payoffs (10 in deck). Feeds the commanders' graveyard payoff. Top-5% staple by play data.
Emry, Lurker of the Loch2U$0.68
In place of Charnel Serenade: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (11 producers). Fuels your graveyard payoffs (10 in deck). Feeds the commanders' graveyard payoff.
Marionette Apprentice1B$2.06
In place of Mission Briefing: its U cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (60/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (11 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
Decanter of Endless Water3$5.05
In place of Dimir Signet: weakest slot in the deck (72/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 7 of 10+). Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 29
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Instants 9
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Sorceries 9
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Artifacts 9
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Enchantments 6
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Lands 37
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