EDH Optimizer
Chief Miles O'Brien
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · 2U
Color identity: Blue
Chief Miles O'Brien is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Seek out — Whenever you draw your second card each turn, double the number of each kind of counter on target artifact or creature you control.
Reference price of the card: €5.59
Average lands in decks for Chief Miles O'Brien: 37
Build your Chief Miles O'Brien deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Chief Miles O'Brien 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Chief Miles O'Brien deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (64/100)
- Consistency96
- Speed66
- Interaction19
- Resilience68
- Closing59
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (27 nonbasic, 10 Island)
Astral Cornucopia · Darksteel Reactor · Everflowing Chalice · Frantic Search · Insight Engine · Lux Cannon · Reconnaissance Partition · Archmage Ascension · Consecrated Sphinx · Data, Exploring Humanity · Empowered Autogenerator · Irenicus's Vile Duplication · Jefferies Tube · Mr. Spock, Science Officer · Quantum Misalignment · Replicating Ring · Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct · Sol Ring · Spark Double · The Millennium Calendar · Twenty-Toed Toad · Vexing Puzzlebox · Aetheric Amplifier · As Foretold · Brainstorm · Brainsurge · Clearwater Goblet · Coretapper · Court of Vantress · Dominion Saboteur · Energy Chamber · Extravagant Replication · Flash Photography · Gavel of the Righteous · Gemstone Array · Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm · Infused Arrows · Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor · Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge · Midnight Clock · Mirror Room // Fractured Realm · Moxite Refinery · Multiversal Recruitment · Opt · Panoptic Mirror · Pensive Professor · Pentad Prism · Phyrexian Metamorph · Pongify · Power Conduit · Propaganda · Rotating Fireplace · Sakashima of a Thousand Faces · Sphinx's Approach · Starship Enterprise · Surge Node · The Eternity Elevator · Vedalken Infuser · Academy Elite · Alhammarret's Archive · Arcane Denial · Arcane Signet · Shore Leave Planet · Academy Ruins · Ancient Tomb · Deserted Temple · Fabled Passage · Flooded Strand · Gemstone Caverns · Inventors' Fair · Lonely Sandbar · Lotus Field · Lotus Vale · Mishra's Workshop · Misty Rainforest · Nesting Grounds · Polluted Delta · Prismatic Vista · Reliquary Tower · Scalding Tarn · Scorched Ruins · Seat of the Synod · The Mycosynth Gardens · Thespian's Stage · Trenzalore Clocktower · Urza's Saga · Uthros, Titanic Godcore · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard
🃏 Recommended cards for Chief Miles O'Brien
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Chief Miles O'Brien, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Lux Cannon | 80% | +79% |
| Reconnaissance Partition | 80% | +79% |
| Darksteel Reactor | 80% | +79% |
| Astral Cornucopia | 80% | +77% |
| Insight Engine | 80% | +75% |
| Everflowing Chalice | 80% | +64% |
| Jefferies Tube | 60% | +60% |
| Vexing Puzzlebox | 60% | +59% |
| Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct | 60% | +59% |
| Empowered Autogenerator | 60% | +59% |
| Data, Exploring Humanity | 60% | +59% |
| Shore Leave Planet | 60% | +59% |
| Mr. Spock, Science Officer | 60% | +58% |
| The Millennium Calendar | 60% | +58% |
| Archmage Ascension | 60% | +58% |
| Replicating Ring | 60% | +58% |
| Quantum Misalignment | 60% | +56% |
| Twenty-Toed Toad | 60% | +53% |
| Irenicus's Vile Duplication | 60% | +52% |
| Consecrated Sphinx | 60% | +48% |
| Frantic Search | 80% | +48% |
| Spark Double | 60% | +47% |
| Infused Arrows | 40% | +40% |
| Clearwater Goblet | 40% | +40% |
💰 The best cards for your Chief Miles O'Brien deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Lux Cannon
- Darksteel Reactor
- Astral Cornucopia
- Insight Engine
- Everflowing Chalice
- Empowered Autogenerator
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Vexing Puzzlebox
- Data, Exploring Humanity
- Quantum Misalignment
- Twenty-Toed Toad
- Irenicus's Vile Duplication
- Spark Double
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Mr. Spock, Science Officer
- Consecrated Sphinx
- Scorched Ruins
- Lotus Vale
- Starship Enterprise
- Flash Photography
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Chief Miles O'Brien's color identity?
Chief Miles O'Brien is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Chief Miles O'Brien come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Chief Miles O'Brien deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 12 % of the time and floods 2 %. Deck health: C+ (64/100).
How many lands should a Chief Miles O'Brien deck run?
Real Chief Miles O'Brien decks run 37 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Chief Miles O'Brien?
The three highest-synergy cards are Lux Cannon, Reconnaissance Partition, Darksteel Reactor. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Chief Miles O'Brien decks.
What combos does Chief Miles O'Brien have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Chief Miles O'Brien. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Chief Miles O'Brien deck cost?
You can start cheap: Lux Cannon, Darksteel Reactor, Astral Cornucopia are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.