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Chief Miles O'Brien
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Seek out — Whenever you draw your second card each turn, double the number of each kind of counter on target artifact or creature you control.
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“Draw twice a turn to double counters on Spacecraft and creatures.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Tokens, Counters
Strategy
Chief Miles O'Brien is a straightforward card-draw payoff commander that rewards you for drawing extra cards each turn. His "Seek out" ability triggers whenever you draw your second card in a turn, doubling counters on any artifact or creature you control—turning a modest +1/+1 counter into +2/+2, or turning charge counters on Spacecraft into explosive threats. The gameplan is to assemble a modest mana engine that draws cards consistently (cantrips, wheel effects, or cards like Coastal Piracy) while stacking your board with artifacts and creatures that care about counters. Spacecraft naturally synergize here: they accumulate charge counters and transform into powerful creatures once they hit their Station threshold, and doubling those counters accelerates their payoff significantly.
You win through a combination of commander damage and artifact/creature aggression. O'Brien himself is a 2/4 blocker, but your Spacecraft and counter-laden creatures grow fast once the doubling engine is online. You're not storming off or comboing—you're grinding incremental value into an inevitable board state. Early turns focus on ramp (mana rocks, artifact mana) and early Spacecraft, then pivoting into cantrips and mild card draw once O'Brien is active. The deck is tempo-friendly: you're not trying to go off in one turn, just to establish a growing board that your opponents can't ignore.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive draw engines like Rhystic Study; use Coastal Piracy, Aether Gust, or basic cantrips like Preordain and Opt to trigger Seek out cheaply. Affordable Spacecraft like Borg Scout Sphere and D-7 Battle Cruiser do heavy lifting.
Signature Cards
- 1Island
- 2Reconnaissance Partition
- 3Everflowing Chalice
- 4Astral Cornucopia
- 5Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct
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