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Melek, Reforged Researcher
USD foil $0.54
MTGO 0.59 tix

Melek, Reforged Researcher

{3}{U}{R}

Legendary Creature — Weird Detective

Melek's power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast.

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Set
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM #430)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
5
Released
2024-02-09
Artist
Andreas Zafiratos
EDHREC rank
#12,406
Colour identity
{R}{U}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.29
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Mystic Confluence 68 %+64.0 %
  2. Fact or Fiction 67 %+60.4 %
  3. Chandra's Ignition 67 %+59.4 %
  4. Spell Swindle 60 %+55.3 %
  5. Gravitic Punch 54 %+53.1 %
  6. Aetherize 61 %+49.0 %
  7. Big Score 74 %+47.8 %
  8. Soul's Fire 49 %+47.2 %
  9. Mystic Retrieval 49 %+44.1 %
  10. Rogue's Passage 57 %+43.1 %
  11. Rewind 48 %+41.9 %
  12. Practical Research 42 %+41.0 %
  13. Unwind 46 %+40.8 %
  14. Haughty Djinn 44 %+38.3 %
  15. Pirate's Pillage 42 %+35.6 %
  16. Chemister's Insight 37 %+35.5 %
  17. Lórien Revealed 41 %+35.3 %
  18. Unexpected Windfall 50 %+34.4 %
  19. Kazuul's Fury 37 %+34.4 %
  20. Kazuul's Fury 37 %+34.4 %
  21. Artful Dodge 36 %+34.2 %
  22. Sublime Epiphany 36 %+32.7 %
  23. Temur Battle Rage 36 %+32.0 %
  24. Frantic Search 73 %+31.7 %
  25. Desertion 32 %+31.5 %
  26. Silundi Vision 36 %+30.4 %
  27. Silundi Vision 36 %+30.4 %
  28. Aetherspouts 32 %+29.4 %
  29. Soul Read 29 %+28.6 %
  30. Immolating Gyre 30 %+28.2 %
  31. Bender's Waterskin 34 %+27.7 %
  32. Faithless Looting 58 %+27.1 %
  33. Crackling Drake 27 %+24.5 %
  34. Wavebreak Hippocamp 24 %+23.3 %
  35. Pull from Tomorrow 28 %+22.6 %
  36. Behold the Multiverse 24 %+22.0 %
  37. Rain of Revelation 22 %+21.8 %
  38. Access Denied 24 %+21.7 %
  39. Cosmic Epiphany 21 %+20.9 %
  40. Drown in Dreams 23 %+20.6 %
  41. Deep Analysis 27 %+20.5 %
  42. Pore Over the Pages 21 %+20.1 %
  43. Ill-Timed Explosion 23 %+20.0 %
  44. Fling 21 %+19.1 %
  45. Enter the Enigma 25 %+19.0 %
  46. Seize the Spoils 26 %+18.5 %
  47. Sundering Eruption 24 %+18.5 %
  48. Sundering Eruption 24 %+18.5 %
  49. Soul Immolation 19 %+18.1 %
  50. Confounding Riddle 19 %+18.1 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 98 %+0.7 %
  2. Mountain 98 %+0.6 %
  3. Command Tower 87 %-0.2 %
  4. Arcane Signet 85 %+3.4 %
  5. Sulfur Falls 75 %+7.4 %
  6. Big Score 74 %+47.8 %
  7. Frantic Search 73 %+31.7 %
  8. Sol Ring 71 %-15.1 %
  9. Mystic Confluence 68 %+64.0 %
  10. Izzet Signet 68 %+13.5 %
  11. Chandra's Ignition 67 %+59.4 %
  12. Fact or Fiction 67 %+60.4 %
  13. Shivan Reef 65 %+5.2 %
  14. Talisman of Creativity 62 %+8.3 %
  15. Aetherize 61 %+49.0 %
  16. Spell Swindle 60 %+55.3 %
  17. Faithless Looting 58 %+27.1 %
  18. Rogue's Passage 57 %+43.1 %
  19. Frostboil Snarl 55 %+11.0 %
  20. Gravitic Punch 54 %+53.1 %
  21. Cascade Bluffs 52 %+6.5 %
  22. Izzet Boilerworks 51 %+16.6 %
  23. Unexpected Windfall 50 %+34.4 %
  24. Soul's Fire 49 %+47.2 %
  25. Stormcarved Coast 49 %+4.8 %
  26. Mystic Retrieval 49 %+44.1 %
  27. Storm-Kiln Artist 48 %+8.7 %
  28. Rewind 48 %+41.9 %
  29. Blasphemous Act 48 %+9.4 %
  30. Unwind 46 %+40.8 %
  31. Archmage Emeritus 44 %+9.1 %
  32. Haughty Djinn 44 %+38.3 %
  33. Steam Vents 43 %-7.2 %
  34. Chaos Warp 43 %+2.2 %
  35. Practical Research 42 %+41.0 %
  36. Pirate's Pillage 42 %+35.6 %
  37. Mystic Sanctuary 42 %+15.5 %
  38. Fellwar Stone 42 %+9.8 %
  39. Lórien Revealed 41 %+35.3 %
  40. Temple of Epiphany 38 %-0.1 %
  41. Consider 37 %+15.5 %
  42. Chemister's Insight 37 %+35.5 %
  43. Goblin Electromancer 37 %+9.3 %
  44. Kazuul's Fury 37 %+34.4 %
  45. Kazuul's Fury 37 %+34.4 %
  46. Artful Dodge 36 %+34.2 %
  47. Temur Battle Rage 36 %+32.0 %
  48. Training Center 36 %-6.0 %
  49. Reliquary Tower 36 %-12.6 %
  50. Silundi Vision 36 %+30.4 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗
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