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Desmond Miles
USD $0.46
USD foil $0.36
EUR €0.28
MTGO 0.02 tix

Desmond Miles

{1}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

Menace

Desmond Miles gets +1/+0 for each other Assassin you control and each Assassin card in your graveyard.

Whenever Desmond Miles deals combat damage to a player, surveil X, where X is the amount of damage it dealt to that player.

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SurveilMenace
Set
Assassin's Creed (ACR #24)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
2
Released
2024-07-05
Artist
Julia Vasilyeva
EDHREC rank
#5,451
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, 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 0.07
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. Assassin Initiate 90 %+89.5 %
  2. Royal Assassin 89 %+86.0 %
  3. Merciless Harlequin 78 %+77.5 %
  4. Poison-Blade Mentor 72 %+72.3 %
  5. Mari, the Killing Quill 71 %+70.2 %
  6. Hired Poisoner 70 %+69.9 %
  7. Restart Sequence 69 %+68.1 %
  8. Guildsworn Prowler 67 %+66.7 %
  9. Blood Operative 65 %+65.0 %
  10. Hidden Blade 64 %+63.2 %
  11. The Revelations of Ezio 61 %+61.4 %
  12. Chain Assassination 61 %+61.2 %
  13. Big Game Hunter 63 %+61.0 %
  14. Brotherhood Regalia 61 %+58.7 %
  15. Midnight Assassin 58 %+57.6 %
  16. Gixian Skullflayer 57 %+57.1 %
  17. Hullcarver 56 %+55.4 %
  18. Massacre Girl, Known Killer 58 %+54.5 %
  19. Jacob Frye 54 %+54.1 %
  20. Dark Impostor 54 %+53.8 %
  21. Roshan, Hidden Magister 53 %+53.1 %
  22. Nekrataal 53 %+52.2 %
  23. Thorn of the Black Rose 51 %+50.3 %
  24. Massacre Girl 57 %+50.2 %
  25. Shadow, Mysterious Assassin 51 %+50.0 %
  26. Agate-Blade Assassin 50 %+49.6 %
  27. Cover of Darkness 51 %+47.4 %
  28. Termination Facilitator 47 %+47.2 %
  29. Rogue's Passage 66 %+46.7 %
  30. Unstoppable Slasher 50 %+44.6 %
  31. Unscrupulous Contractor 44 %+44.0 %
  32. Brotherhood Patriarch 43 %+43.1 %
  33. Brotherhood Ambushers 43 %+42.7 %
  34. Smoke Bomb 41 %+40.8 %
  35. Guul Draz Assassin 41 %+40.2 %
  36. Silumgar Assassin 40 %+39.5 %
  37. Ruthless Ripper 39 %+38.4 %
  38. Reno and Rude 38 %+37.1 %
  39. Changeling Outcast 41 %+35.7 %
  40. Interceptor, Shadow's Hound 36 %+35.5 %
  41. Vein Ripper 38 %+33.7 %
  42. Virtus the Veiled 34 %+33.4 %
  43. Hired Blade 33 %+32.8 %
  44. Iridescent Vinelasher 33 %+32.2 %
  45. Kiku, Night's Flower 32 %+31.6 %
  46. Thrill-Kill Assassin 31 %+31.1 %
  47. Murder 41 %+30.9 %
  48. Cruel Sadist 31 %+30.6 %
  49. Rooftop Assassin 30 %+29.9 %
  50. Scarblade Elite 30 %+29.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 96 %+1.0 %
  2. Assassin Initiate 90 %+89.5 %
  3. Royal Assassin 89 %+86.0 %
  4. Merciless Harlequin 78 %+77.5 %
  5. Sol Ring 74 %-11.4 %
  6. Poison-Blade Mentor 72 %+72.3 %
  7. Mari, the Killing Quill 71 %+70.2 %
  8. Hired Poisoner 70 %+69.9 %
  9. Restart Sequence 69 %+68.1 %
  10. Guildsworn Prowler 67 %+66.7 %
  11. Rogue's Passage 66 %+46.7 %
  12. Blood Operative 65 %+65.0 %
  13. Hidden Blade 64 %+63.2 %
  14. Big Game Hunter 63 %+61.0 %
  15. Brotherhood Regalia 61 %+58.7 %
  16. Chain Assassination 61 %+61.2 %
  17. The Revelations of Ezio 61 %+61.4 %
  18. Midnight Assassin 58 %+57.6 %
  19. Massacre Girl, Known Killer 58 %+54.5 %
  20. Gixian Skullflayer 57 %+57.1 %
  21. Massacre Girl 57 %+50.2 %
  22. Hullcarver 56 %+55.4 %
  23. Arcane Signet 55 %-6.2 %
  24. Dark Impostor 54 %+53.8 %
  25. Jacob Frye 54 %+54.1 %
  26. Roshan, Hidden Magister 53 %+53.1 %
  27. Nekrataal 53 %+52.2 %
  28. Swiftfoot Boots 52 %+20.1 %
  29. Thorn of the Black Rose 51 %+50.3 %
  30. Shadow, Mysterious Assassin 51 %+50.0 %
  31. Cover of Darkness 51 %+47.4 %
  32. Agate-Blade Assassin 50 %+49.6 %
  33. Unstoppable Slasher 50 %+44.6 %
  34. Defile 49 %+14.2 %
  35. Go for the Throat 48 %+25.4 %
  36. Jet Medallion 48 %-14.2 %
  37. Termination Facilitator 47 %+47.2 %
  38. Bojuka Bog 47 %-0.3 %
  39. Black Market Connections 46 %+21.3 %
  40. Dark Ritual 46 %-21.5 %
  41. Unscrupulous Contractor 44 %+44.0 %
  42. Feed the Swarm 44 %-6.6 %
  43. Brotherhood Patriarch 43 %+43.1 %
  44. Brotherhood Ambushers 43 %+42.7 %
  45. Smoke Bomb 41 %+40.8 %
  46. Murder 41 %+30.9 %
  47. Guul Draz Assassin 41 %+40.2 %
  48. Changeling Outcast 41 %+35.7 %
  49. Night's Whisper 40 %+14.8 %
  50. Cabal Coffers 40 %-14.7 %

Format legality

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