The "Keys" to a Miracle

Commander / EDH* Miracle Surveil WUB (Esper)

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Land (37)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Island
• 2x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Meticulous Archive
• 1x Obscura Storefront
• 1x Plains
• 2x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Shadowy Backstreet
• 1x Swamp
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Tocasia's Dig Site
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Valgavoth's Lair
• 1x Vault of Champions

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Enchantment (23)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Answered Prayers
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Cacophony Unleashed
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Court of Vantress
• 1x Defiled Crypt / Cadaver Lab
• 1x Extravagant Replication
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ominous Roost
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Trouble in PairsGC

Instant (10)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Banishing Stroke
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Drag the Canal
• 1x Inkshield
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Otherworldly Gaze
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Utter End

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kaya, Spirits' Justice

Commander (1)

Creature (17)

• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Dimir Spybug
• 1x Dream Eater
• 1x Entity Tracker
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Metamorphosis Fanatic
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Ondu Spiritdancer
• 1x Sister Repentia
• 1x Spirited Companion
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Triumph of Saint Katherine
• 1x Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal
• 1x Zephyrim

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Time Wipe

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Phoenix Cards and Games had a progressive monthly Commander EDH League where I played as Master of Keys. I began by running "Miracle Worker" out of the box from the Duskmourne Series. It is an Esper PreCon with an Enchantment Matters theme and also a few miracles.

I went with The Master of Keys because of He is an Engine with the "X" self Mill ability to generate card advantage. Animatou actually was too slow to set up. Being a flyer with +1/+1 Counters put opponent's in danger of Commander Damage kills with keys, but The Mill and Escape ability gives your enchantments recursive ability, which is Key* (see what I did there?). We are setting up the self Mill using Surveil cards and we LOVE Miracles when we see them. We plan to hit several miracles through top deck manipulation. At the right moment these can be game changers.

Miracles:

1. Triumph of Saint Katherine

2. Metamorphosis Fanatic

3. Entreat the Angels

4. Temporal Mastery

5. Zephyrim

6. Banishing Stroke

7. Sister Repentia

Notes:

• Master of Keys has no way to "push damage". If you cannot win in combat or through control, you are basically stalemated.

• You DO NOT necessarily want Keys to be indestructible if there is not a full graveyard fill of Enchantment options to reanimate. Because the engine of the deck is bringing keys back with X mana cost in order to escape valuable enchantments, you can get stuck.

• Our MVP is Inkshield. This card alone swings Victory from the jaws of defeat.

Results:

• After Week 1, we realized many things. We lost two matches we could have won just by missing a key attack and by missing triggers. We are probably out of the League heading to Week 2. Commander Tax does not help Master of Keys at all. We need more self Mill, but we have to add power to the deck and get rid of

Date added	2 months
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 1/1 U w/ High Flying, Clue, Copy Clone, Detective 2/2 WU, Horror 2/2 B, Inkling 2/1 WB, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Shark X/X U, Spirit 1/1 W, Monarch Emblem, Treasure, Zephyrim 3/3 W