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Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

{1}{U}{B}

Legendary Creature — Vampire Detective

MKCMurders at Karlov Manor Commander#2mythic
Finishes
Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Heonhwa
Found in
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander Deck Revenant Recon
Printings3Combos2EDHREC rank#7,979
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Flying, vigilance Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirko. At the beginning of your end step, you may return target creature card with power less than Mirko's from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. (If it would die, exile it instead.)
1/3
FlyingVigilance
Plays as:
Counter PlacerReanimation
Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
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$0.36
$0.22 low$0.07 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.30· across 3 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

5 · latest Feb 2, 2024
  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    An ability that triggers "whenever you surveil" triggers after you're done surveilling, even if you have fewer cards in your library than the number of cards you're instructed to surveil. It even triggers if you have no cards in your library.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Finality counters aren't keyword counters, and a finality counter doesn't give any abilities to the permanent it's on. If that permanent loses its abilities and then would go to a graveyard, it will still be exiled instead.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Finality counters don't stop permanents from going to zones other than the graveyard from the battlefield. For example, if a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into its owner's hand from the battlefield, it does so normally.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Finality counters work on any permanent, not only creatures. If a permanent with a finality counter on it would go to a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.