Mishra, Eminent One

Mishra, Eminent One turns your noncreature artifacts into aggressive threats every combat. Your gameplan is to build a suite of powerful artifacts—mana rocks, utility pieces, and effects-matter cards—then use Mishra to animate copies as 4/4 hasty creatures. This gives you a steady stream of evasive damage while keeping your original artifacts intact for their effects. You're essentially doubling up on value each turn: your artifacts do their thing, and Mishra creates a temporary 4/4 beat stick.

The deck wants to be in the midrange space where you're ramping early with artifact mana, establishing board presence, and then pivoting into combat damage as the game progresses. You'll selectively choose which artifact to copy based on what's threatening—a Dark Depths token, a Gilded Lotus for mana burst, or an artifact that has already generated value. The haste is crucial; you're dealing damage immediately and forcing opponents to respect your threats.

Win through combat damage by dealing 21 commander damage or just grinding opponents down with a steady supply of 4/4s. The deck scales well with your artifacts, so investing in strong utility pieces and cost-reduction effects multiplies Mishra's impact.

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