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Aminatou, Veil Piercer
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Each enchantment card in your hand has miracle. Its miracle cost is equal to its mana cost reduced by {4}. (You may cast a card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
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“Surveil and miracle your way to value-laden enchantment dominance.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Blink, Graveyard, Tokens
Strategy
Aminatou, Veil Piercer is a smoothly efficient commander that rewards you for manipulating your library and hand. The surveil ability on your upkeep lets you curate the top of your deck, filtering out threats or setting up miracle draws, while also stocking your graveyard for value. The real payoff is the miracle cost reduction on enchantments—you're turning cards like Siege Rhino, Solemnity, or even cheap auras into bargain spells, essentially casting them for four mana less. This creates a soft ramp and card advantage engine that scales throughout the game.
Your typical game plan is to establish Aminatou, start surveiling every turn to set up draws and control what hits the graveyard, then cast enchantments at steep discounts or flashback strategies. You can lean into blink synergies to repeatedly trigger surveil, sacrifice outlets to abuse your graveyard, or simply bash through with a growing suite of aura-enhanced creatures. The deck wins through steady value accumulation, commander damage, or key enchantments that take over the game—Phyrexian Unlife or Luminous Broodmoth are classic targets.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Swap pricey fetchlands and original duals for basics and budget dual lands like Evolving Wilds; replace expensive tutors with Mill creatures or Careful Study effects to hit surveil naturally.
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