What are the best cards for Desmond Miles?

Across 166 public decks, the most-played cards with Desmond Miles are Assassin Initiate (90%), Royal Assassin (89%) and Merciless Harlequin (75%).

Which cards have the best synergy with Desmond Miles?

The cards played far more often with Desmond Miles than usual: Brotherhood Ambushers (846× its usual rate), Poison-Blade Mentor (626× its usual rate) and Roshan, Hidden Magister (619× its usual rate).

What colors is Desmond Miles?

Desmond Miles is mono-black, so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.

How popular is Desmond Miles?

Desmond Miles leads 166 public decks in our corpus, #2,786 of 3,757 commanders.

Desmond Miles

BMono-black commanders166 decks in the corpus

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin1B$0.34

Desmond Miles appears in 166 public decks. The most-played cards are Assassin Initiate, Royal Assassin and Merciless Harlequin. The strongest synergies by lift are Brotherhood Ambushers, Poison-Blade Mentor and Roshan, Hidden Magister.

Build a deck with Desmond Miles

Commander Brawl

Top cards

#1Swamp

Basic Land — Swamp

93.4%

155 decks-0.01$0.18

#2Assassin Initiate

Creature — Human Assassin

89.8%

149 decks+5.16$0.30

#3Royal Assassin

Creature — Human Assassin

1BB3

88.6%

147 decks+3.50$0.40

#4Merciless Harlequin

Creature — Human Assassin

2B3

75.3%

125 decks+6.42$0.16

#5Sol Ring

Artifact

74.1%

123 decks-0.13$1.51

#6Hired Poisoner

Creature — Human Assassin

69.3%

115 decks+4.78$0.20

#7Blood Operative

Creature — Vampire Assassin

1BB3

69.3%

115 decks+6.02$0.18

#8Mari, the Killing Quill

Legendary Creature — Vampire Assassin

1BB3

68.7%

114 decks+4.11$6.03

#9Poison-Blade Mentor

Creature — Human Assassin

1B2

68.1%

113 decks+6.44$0.30

#10Restart Sequence

Sorcery

3B4

66.9%

111 decks+4.44$0.32

#11Rogue's Passage

Land

66.3%

110 decks+1.22$0.43

#12Big Game Hunter

Creature — Human Rebel Assassin

1BB3

65.1%

108 decks+3.43$0.40

#13Guildsworn Prowler

Creature — Tiefling Rogue Assassin

1B2

64.5%

107 decks+4.84$0.23

#14Chain Assassination

Instant

2BB4

63.3%

105 decks+5.35$0.29

#15Massacre Girl, Known Killer

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

2BB4

62.7%

104 decks+3.18$0.49

#16Brotherhood Regalia

Artifact — Equipment

61.4%

102 decks+3.03$9.69

#17Hidden Blade

Artifact — Equipment

60.8%

101 decks+5.02$0.32

#18The Revelations of Ezio

Enchantment — Saga

2B3

60.2%

100 decks+6.20$0.35

#19Dark Impostor

Creature — Vampire Assassin

2B3

59.0%

98 decks+4.73$0.42

#20Arcane Signet

Artifact

57.8%

96 decks-0.07$0.41

#21Jacob Frye

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

2B3

57.8%

96 decks+6.40$0.32

#22Gixian Skullflayer

Creature — Phyrexian Human Assassin

2B3

56.0%

93 decks+5.98$0.17

#23Massacre Girl

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

3BB5

54.2%

90 decks+2.24$0.48

#24Midnight Assassin

Creature — Vampire Assassin

2B3

53.6%

89 decks+5.36$0.26

#25Black Market Connections

Enchantment

2B3

53.0%

88 decks+0.78$13.90

#26Roshan, Hidden Magister

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

3B4

51.2%

85 decks+6.43$0.29

#27Nekrataal

Creature — Human Assassin

2BB4

50.6%

84 decks+4.28$0.14

#28Thorn of the Black Rose

Creature — Human Assassin

3B4

50.6%

84 decks+4.20$0.16

#29Swiftfoot Boots

Artifact — Equipment

50.0%

83 decks+0.51$2.84

#30Cover of Darkness

Enchantment

1B2

49.4%

82 decks+2.72$21.91

#31Bojuka Bog

Land

47.0%

78 decks+0.00$1.64

#32Termination Facilitator

Creature — Human Assassin

1B2

47.0%

78 decks+5.53$2.52

#33Guul Draz Assassin

Creature — Vampire Assassin

45.8%

76 decks+4.59$3.03

#34Jet Medallion

Artifact

45.8%

76 decks-0.24$13.90

#35Unstoppable Slasher

Creature — Zombie Assassin

2B3

45.8%

76 decks+2.29$7.16

#36Silumgar Assassin

Creature — Human Assassin

1B2

45.2%

75 decks+5.46$0.36

#37Ruthless Ripper

Creature — Human Assassin

45.2%

75 decks+5.27$0.22

#38Brotherhood Ambushers

Creature — Human Assassin

4B5

44.6%

74 decks+6.74$0.19

#39Vein Ripper

Creature — Vampire Assassin

3BBB6

44.0%

73 decks+2.50$7.85

#40Dark Ritual

Instant

44.0%

73 decks-0.42$5.41

#41Brotherhood Patriarch

Creature — Human Assassin

3B4

44.0%

73 decks+5.94$0.17

#42Virtus the Veiled

Legendary Creature — Azra Assassin

2B3

44.0%

73 decks+4.17$8.01

#43Feed the Swarm

Sorcery

1B2

42.8%

71 decks-0.17$0.35

#44Unscrupulous Contractor

Creature — Human Assassin

2B3

42.2%

70 decks+4.91$0.18

#45Cabal Coffers

Land

41.6%

69 decks-0.27$26.73

#46Cruel Sadist

Creature — Human Assassin

41.6%

69 decks+5.43$0.26

#47Agate-Blade Assassin

Creature — Lizard Assassin

1B2

41.6%

69 decks+4.92$0.22

#48Changeling Outcast

Creature — Shapeshifter

40.4%

67 decks+2.21$2.64

#49Thrill-Kill Assassin

Creature — Human Assassin

1B2

39.2%

65 decks+5.66$0.20

#50Smoke Bomb

Artifact

39.2%

65 decks+4.84$0.35

#51Kiku, Night's Flower

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

BB2

38.6%

64 decks+4.89$4.60

#52Defile

Instant

38.6%

64 decks+0.16$1.16

#53Scarblade Elite

Creature — Elf Assassin

BB2

38.0%

63 decks+5.77$2.99

#54Reanimate

Sorcery

38.0%

63 decks-0.07$10.40

#55Phyrexian Arena

Enchantment

1BB3

36.7%

61 decks-0.00$3.93

#56Night's Whisper

Sorcery

1B2

36.1%

60 decks+0.29$0.31

#57Go for the Throat

Instant

1B2

35.5%

59 decks+0.45$0.64

#58Shadow, Mysterious Assassin

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

2B3

34.9%

58 decks+3.96$0.26

#59Buried Alive

Sorcery

2B3

34.3%

57 decks+0.92$2.72

#60Tragic Slip

Instant

34.3%

57 decks+0.71$0.27

Highest synergy

#1Brotherhood Ambushers

Creature — Human Assassin

4B5

74 decks+6.74

In 45% of these decks, 846× its usual rate.

#2Poison-Blade Mentor

Creature — Human Assassin

1B2

113 decks+6.44

In 68% of these decks, 626× its usual rate.

#3Roshan, Hidden Magister

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

3B4

85 decks+6.43

In 51% of these decks, 619× its usual rate.

#4Merciless Harlequin

Creature — Human Assassin

2B3

125 decks+6.42

In 75% of these decks, 614× its usual rate.

#5Jacob Frye

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

2B3

96 decks+6.40

In 58% of these decks, 602× its usual rate.

#6The Revelations of Ezio

Enchantment — Saga

2B3

100 decks+6.20

In 60% of these decks, 491× its usual rate.

#7Blood Operative

Creature — Vampire Assassin

1BB3

115 decks+6.02

In 69% of these decks, 410× its usual rate.

#8Gixian Skullflayer

Creature — Phyrexian Human Assassin

2B3

93 decks+5.98

In 56% of these decks, 396× its usual rate.

#9Brotherhood Patriarch

Creature — Human Assassin

3B4

73 decks+5.94

In 44% of these decks, 381× its usual rate.

#10Scarblade Elite

Creature — Elf Assassin

BB2

63 decks+5.77

In 38% of these decks, 320× its usual rate.

#11Thrill-Kill Assassin

Creature — Human Assassin

1B2

65 decks+5.66

In 39% of these decks, 286× its usual rate.

#12Termination Facilitator

Creature — Human Assassin

1B2

78 decks+5.53

In 47% of these decks, 252× its usual rate.

Public decklists

No public Brawl lists for this commander yet — Moxfield lists are excluded from the public catalogue.

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Questions about Desmond Miles

What are the best cards for Desmond Miles?: Across 166 public decks, the most-played cards with Desmond Miles are Assassin Initiate (90%), Royal Assassin (89%) and Merciless Harlequin (75%).
Which cards have the best synergy with Desmond Miles?: The cards played far more often with Desmond Miles than usual: Brotherhood Ambushers (846× its usual rate), Poison-Blade Mentor (626× its usual rate) and Roshan, Hidden Magister (619× its usual rate).
What colors is Desmond Miles?: Desmond Miles is mono-black, so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.
How popular is Desmond Miles?: Desmond Miles leads 166 public decks in our corpus, #2,786 of 3,757 commanders.