Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist is a self-improving detective who gets bigger every time you surveil, then uses that growing power to reanimate fallen creatures. Your core gameplan is to run plenty of surveil effects—both from card draw and dedicated surveil spells—to stack counters on Mirko while filling your graveyard with threats. As Mirko grows, you unlock the ability to recur creatures from your graveyard, essentially turning your discard pile into a second hand. The finality counter mechanic ensures your reanimated threats stick around, making this a resilient engine that generates value every turn cycle.

You win by either growing Mirko into a flying evasion threat and swinging for commander damage, or by building a critical mass of reanimated creatures that overwhelm your opponents. The deck naturally fuels itself: surveiling mills creatures into your graveyard, Mirko grows, then you bring threats back during your end step. Include some evasion and protection to keep Mirko alive, along with high-impact creatures in the 2-4 mana range that you'll want to recur repeatedly.

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