Aminatou, Veil Piercer is a Legendary Creature — Human Wizard (mana cost {1}{W}{U}{B}; 2/4; rarity: mythic; most recent printing listed by S...
Aminatou, Veil Piercer is a Legendary Creature — Human Wizard (mana cost {1}{W}{U}{B}; 2/4; rarity: mythic; most recent printing listed by Scryfall: Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander) and the face commander of the Miracle Worker precon. Its text:
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Each enchantment card in your hand has miracle. Its miracle cost is equal to its mana cost reduced by {4}. (You may cast a card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
An upgrade guide should never invent a decklist, so this one works by role: what the commander's text rewards, which roles in a stock list usually underperform, and which roles to strengthen — with real, checkable cards named for the add slots.
What to cut, by role
Cut by role, not by name. The first cuts in most precons are the highest-cost cards that do not connect to the commander's text — expensive spells that belong to a different deck's plan. Next are the redundant pieces: the third and fourth copy of an effect the deck already has at two, in colours the mana base casts awkwardly. Finally, cut the win-more cards: anything that only matters when you are already far ahead is a slot a role-player needs more.
What to add, by role
Add interaction and card flow before adding power. The two named adds below are real cards whose text serves this commander directly — check both in the MTGBrew card database:
Scroll of Fate — Artifact (mana cost {3}): {T}: Manifest a card from your hand. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Temporal Mastery — Sorcery (mana cost {5}{U}{U}): Take an extra turn after this one. Exile Temporal Mastery.
Miracle {1}{U} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
Beyond the named adds, strengthen the roles in this order: ramp that arrives before the commander, removal that answers any permanent type your colours struggle with, and draw attached to things the deck already does. Build the upgraded list in the MTGBrew AI deck builder, where the budget you set is a hard rule the brew never exceeds.
If this topic is on your bench, keep going with Arcades, the Strategist Commander Guide: How the Deck Actually Wins — it covers the neighbouring decisions from a different angle, and the two pieces together give you a fuller picture than either one alone.
The upgrade philosophy
A precon upgrade is finished when the deck does its commander's thing every game, not when it contains the most famous cards. Make a handful of role-based changes, play the deck, and let real games nominate the next round of cuts.
Keep reading
Keep reading: Arcades, the Strategist Commander Guide: How the Deck Actually Wins and Birthing Pod in Commander: What It Does and Which Decks Want It.
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