B/REDHREC #6548

Mishra, Claimed by Gix

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Artificer

Whenever you attack, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of attacking creatures. If Mishra, Claimed by Gix and a creature named Phyrexian Dragon Engine are attacking, and you both own and control them, exile them, then meld them into Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia. It enters tapped and attacking.

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“Drain & widen token army, meld into a flying finisher.”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCombat damage, Tokens swarm

ThemesTokens, Aristocrats, Sacrifice

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Mishra, Claimed by Gix is a life-gain engine wrapped in a combat-focused commander. Every time you attack, you drain opponents while gaining life equal to your attacking creature count, which scales beautifully in a wide token or creature-heavy strategy. The deck wants to build a board of cheap attackers—tokens, small utility creatures, or go-wide strategies—then turn them sideways repeatedly to pressure life totals while you climb out of range of damage.

The meld clause is the flashy endgame: if you can sneak in Phyrexian Dragon Engine alongside Mishra, you'll fuse them into Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia, a much bigger threat that keeps pressuring opponents. This incentivizes a creature-dense build rather than a pure control list. You're not trying to combo off; you're grinding value and draining people out while staying healthy and threatening lethal in the air.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Key Synergies

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Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip pricey token generators like Doubling Season; use Bitterblossom, Ophiomancer, or Monastery Mentor instead, and fill slots with efficient sacrifice outlets and free sac triggers.