Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

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Mirko, Obsessive Theorist: Legendary Creature - Vampire Detective, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Vampire Detective
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
1/3
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
2
Artist
Heonhwa
Commander rank
7,938 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Vigilance
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and black legendary creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 2 in that set, with art by Heonhwa. It costs {1}{U}{B} (one generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-08-30).

Card text

Flying, vigilance

Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirko.

At the beginning of your end step, you may return target creature card with power less than Mirko's from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. (If it would die, exile it instead.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.68 (as of 2026-08-30).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Mirko, Obsessive Theorist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #316Mythic2024
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #50Mythic2024

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Mirko, Obsessive Theorist, newest first.

  • An ability that triggers "whenever you surveil" triggers after you're done surveilling, even if you have fewer cards in your library than the number of cards you're instructed to surveil. It even triggers if you have no cards in your library.
  • Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.
  • Finality counters work on any permanent, not only creatures. If a permanent with a finality counter on it would go to a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.
  • Finality counters don't stop permanents from going to zones other than the graveyard from the battlefield. For example, if a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into its owner's hand from the battlefield, it does so normally.
  • Finality counters aren't keyword counters, and a finality counter doesn't give any abilities to the permanent it's on. If that permanent loses its abilities and then would go to a graveyard, it will still be exiled instead.

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