Retro Framed Mishra by Arcykojot

Format: Commander

Commander: Mishra, Eminent One

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

Mishra, Eminent One leads a resilient Grixis artifact midrange deck that turns noncreature utility artifacts into aggressive 4/4 Construct creatures called Mishra's Warforms. The deck accelerates in the early turns using dense mana rocks like Sol Ring, Grim Monolith, and two-mana Signets to deploy Mishra by Turn 4. Once in play, Mishra's combat trigger creates hasty token copies of key artifacts like Ichor Wellspring, Idol of Oblivion, and Cranial Plating, providing immediate card advantage and rapid damage output. By Turn 5 and 6, the deck scales into oppressive attrition using recurring triggers from Spine of Ish Sah and Grave Pact, which sacrifice Warforms at the end step to wipe opposing boards. The deck closes games around Turn 7 through overwhelming combat steps with Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer, life drain from Marionette Master, or an infinite mana and draw combo using Metalworker and Staff of Domination.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aphetto Alchemist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodshot Cyclops
  • 1 Breath of Fury
  • 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dreadbore
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forbid
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Imskir Iron-Eater
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra, Eminent One
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scavenged Brawler
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Servo Schematic
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spine of Ish Sah
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terisiare's Devastation
  • 1 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine