Revenant Recon II

Commander / EDH Reanimator Surveil UB (Dimir)

JP-Romero

Creature (26)

• 1x Amphin Mutineer
• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dimir Spybug
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Eye of Duskmantle
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Foulmire Knight
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Lazav, the Multifarious
• 1x Ledger Shredder
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Master of Death
• 1x Mindwhisker
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Snarling Gorehound
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Thoughtbound Phantasm
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Case of the Shifting Visage
• 1x Enhanced Surveillance
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC

Land (37)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 9x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Port of Karfell
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tocasia's Dig Site

Instant (11)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Consider
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Curate
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Ephara's Dispersal
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Otherworldly Gaze
• 1x Pile On
• 1x Think Twice

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Charnel Serenade
• 1x Connive / Concoct
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Discovery / Dispersal
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unearth

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Power Conduit
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thought Vessel

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This is my take on a Bracket 3 upgrade for the Revenant Recon deck.
Here are the changes I made and why. Find my tips for piloting the deck at the end.

23 cards OUT:
Copy Catchers,Counterpoint,Disinformation Campaign,Dogged Detective,Dream Eater,Final-Word Phantom,Foreboding Steamboat,Hostile Desert,Marvo, Deep Operative,Mulldrifter,Nightveil Sprite,Notion Rain,Phyrexian Arena,Price of Fame,Ransom Note,River of Tears,Sinister Starfish,Sphinx of the Second Sun,Twilight Prophet,Unshakable Tail,Watcher of Hours,Whispering Snitch

23 cards IN:
Archon of Cruelty,Buried Alive,Buried Ruin,Counterspell,Cyclonic RiftGC,Dark Confidant,Deep Analysis,Demonic TutorGC,Fain, the Broker,Feed the Swarm,Foulmire Knight,Frantic Search,Hullbreaker Horror,Ledger Shredder,Mindwhisker,Power Conduit,Rhystic StudyGC,Sea Gate Oracle,Shipwreck Marsh,Snarling Gorehound,Stitcher's Supplier,Think Twice,Unearth

Swap Decision Breakdown

This is my take on a Bracket 3 upgrade for the Revenant Recon deck. Here are the 23 changes I did and why. Find my tips for piloting the deck at the end.

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Graveyard Setup & Surveil Support

• Watcher of Hours swapped for Frantic Search
  Faster filtering, untaps lands, feeds reanimation lines.
• Sinister Starfish swapped for Stitcher's Supplier
  Better dump volume for 1 mana, death synergy.
• Nightveil Sprite swapped for Ledger Shredder
  Still evasive, now scales and filters hand on opponent's turn too.
• Twilight Prophet swapped for Buried Alive
  Nice but off-synergy, so out. Instant graveyard setup engine in.

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Reanimation Bombs

• Sphinx of the Second Sun swapped for Archon of Cruelty
  Brutal ETB swing, value and disruption all in one.
• Dream Eater swapped for Hullbreaker Horror
  A true control finisher, protects itself, grows value.

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Tutors, Draw & Card Advantage

• Ransom Note swapped for Demonic TutorGC GAME CHANGER #1
  Unconditional tutor improves consistency.
• Whispering Snitch swapped for Rhystic StudyGC GAME CHANGER #2
  From minor surveil ping to absolute draw engine.
• Mulldrifter swapped for Sea Gate Oracle
  Draws a card on ETB, Unearth- and Mirko-compatible.
• Foreboding Steamboat swapped for Think Twice
  Cuts filler creature for a flashback draw spell that supports graveyard lines.
• Phyrexian Arena swapped for Dark Confidant
  Leaner draw engine, a bit risky, but synergizes well with Mirko & the deck’s low curve.

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Interaction & Stack Control

• Price of Fame swapped for Cyclonic RiftGC GAME CHANGER #3
  From clunky removal to board-wide bounce and tempo swing.
• Counterpoint swapped for Counterspell
  Classic, efficient, and better at protecting your board.
• Notion Rain swapped for Feed the Swarm
  We already have decent draw, but still needed removal for problematic permanents.

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Synergy & Utility

• Copy Catchers swapped for Mindwhisker
  Keeps exile synergy, adds disruption and pressure.
• Marvo, Deep Operative swapped for Power Conduit
  Off-theme energy card replaced with synergy engine.
• Dogged Detective swapped for Foulmire Knight
  Adventure draw spell, strong Unearth/Mirko synergy.
• Disinformation Campaign swapped for Fain, the Broker
  Disruptive early, recursive late, graveyard-friendly upgrade.
• Unshakable Tail swapped for Unearth
  Enables fast recursion and triggers Mirko with low-MV creatures.
• Final-Word Phantom swapped for Snarling Gorehound Exchanged slow surveil creature for a faster one that helps Mirko grow.

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Mana Base Upgrade

• River of Tears swapped for Shipwreck Marsh
  Cleaner fixing with no awkward timing windows.
• Hostile Desert swapped for Buried Ruin
  Low-impact beatstick for a utility that recovers artifacts. Undo's a player's destroy or your own painful surveil decisions.

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Piloting Notes

Our commander, Mirko, Obsessive Theorist is deceptively powerful once online.
You don’t need him to be huge—just bigger than 1. Use cheap surveil pieces early to grow him fast. At 2+ power, he starts recurring value bodies each end step. Don’t worry about swinging—vigilance is nice, but he’s safer holding the line and fueling recursion. Be careful about over-voltroning him as we do not run much to protect him, so don't be afraid to use Power Conduit or Fain, the Broker on other creatures.

Surveil Priorities:
Big reanimation targets: Archon of Cruelty, Grave Titan, Overseer of the Damned
Flashback spells: Deep Analysis, Think Twice
Unearth creatures: Sea Gate Oracle, Ledger Shredder, Dimir Spybug , Baleful Strix, Mirko, Obsessive Theorist himself
Extra lands or rocks when flooded

About Deep Analysis:
Ignore the upfront cost—we never cast it that way. It’s 2 mana from the graveyard for 2 cards. Discard it, surveil it, flash it back. Clean and efficient.

Date added	4 months
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.16
Tokens	Copy Clone, Inkling 2/1 WB, On an Adventure, Salamander Warrior 4/3 U, Treasure, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W, Zombie 2/2 B