Lorehold miracle reanimator [Primer] by timmm

Format: Commander

Commander: Lorehold, the Historian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Boros deck harnesses Lorehold, the Historian to break the timing and mana restrictions of high-impact instants and sorceries. By converting every instant and sorcery in hand into a miracle {2} spell, the deck weaponizes upkeep loot triggers on each opponent's turn. Combined with topdeck manipulation engines like Library of Leng, Penance, and Scroll Rack, the deck reliably casts game-warping spells such as Rise of the Eldrazi, Brilliant Restoration, Triumphant Reckoning, and Wake the Past for just two mana. The secondary game plan exploits artifact recursion, pitching massive threats like Portal to Phyrexia, Triplicate Titan, and Krang, Utrom Warlord into the graveyard and returning them en masse. Supported by free commander-centric protection spells like Deflecting Swat and Flawless Maneuver, the deck transitions from ramp to a catastrophic board presence on Turn 5, closing games on Turn 6 through overwhelming combat damage or rapid Approach of the Second Sun double-casts.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Colossus of the Blood Age
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Daretti, Scrap Savant
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Illustrious Wanderglyph
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lorehold, the Historian
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Penance
  • 1 Phyrexian Triniform
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Pursue the Past
  • 1 Redress Fate
  • 1 Refurbish
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rise of the Eldrazi
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Trash for Treasure
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Triplicate Titan
  • 1 Triumphant Reckoning
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Victory Chimes
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 What Must Be Done
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine