Aminatou truly is a miracle worker, provided you give her the right cards to work with.

Aminatou’s surveil ability can help there too, but she could still use a bit of help.

A deceptively devious military man makes for a great Commander deck.

Cover image of Magic The Gathering Aminatou Veil Piercer Commander Deck Guide, with Aminatou alongside several other cards.

You’ll even have a few combos to wield, too.

What ultimately wins you the game could be multiple things.

Enchantments are an incredibly diverse permanent typethat can perform many different tasks.

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Redress Fate art by Julie Dillon

They can even steal from your opponents like Mind’s Dilation of Grave Betrayal.

If your creatures aren’t also enchantments, they should haveabilities that are triggered by or enhanced by enchantments.

In general, you should havea wide range of enchantmentsthatshould make up the backbone of the deck.

Image of Aminatou, Veil Piercer card.

There areseveral cards with their own built-in miracle coststhat could pair quite well with Aminatou.

The first isTerminus, a white board-sweeper that has a miraculous cost of just one white mana.

And let’s not forget Redress Fate, courtesy ofDuskmourn’s Miracle Worker Commander deck.

Cover image for Magic The Gathering Sergeant John Benton Commander Deck Guide, featuring John and several other cards.

There area few other miracle cards worth considering.

Banishing Stroke can be a decent removal spell for one mana.

Or in Aminatou’s case,Sensei’s Divining Top and Scroll Rack.

Image of Redress Fate card art by Julie Dillon

Redress Fate art by Julie Dillon

Blue also offers several cheap spells to help fix your draws.

Diabolic Vision and Lim-Dul’s Vault do much the same with a little black mana for flavoring.

One fantastic card for Aminatou is Enlightened Tutor.

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Answers And Board Sweepers

Enchantments can only do so much to keep control of an unruly board.

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