Is Cursed Mirror good in Commander?

Cursed Mirror in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Cursed Mirror enters as a copy of any creature on the battlefield with haste — that's the whole reason it exists, and it's immediate, free value stapled onto a mana rock. The one-turn time limit is the cost, but with commanders like Etali, Primal Conqueror or Astral Dragon, one attack step is all you need.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Etali, Primal Conqueror

74.8% of decks · synergy 0.69

Etali, Primal Conqueror attacks and triggers on the same turn it enters, so Cursed Mirror becomes a second Etali for a single turn — that's two free spell-stealing triggers before the copy vanishes. At 75% inclusion across 15,000-plus Etali decks, this is about as close to an auto-include as the format produces.

02

Mishra, Eminent One

74.3% of decks · synergy 0.69

Mishra, Eminent One creates artifact copies at the start of combat, and Cursed Mirror enters as a creature — meaning it feeds Mishra's trigger as an artifact creature while also providing a haste body to copy something threatening on the spot. The synergy is structural, not incidental.

03

Osgir, the Reconstructor

66.5% of decks · synergy 0.59

Osgir, the Reconstructor exiles artifacts from the graveyard and puts copies into play, so Cursed Mirror gets double value: once when it enters with haste, and again when Osgir reanimates it for a second copy trigger on a future turn.

04

Rootha, Mastering the Moment

55.1% of decks · synergy 0.48

Rootha, Mastering the Moment wants permanents with powerful enters-the-battlefield effects it can bounce and replay, and Cursed Mirror's clone ability resets every time it re-enters — Rootha turns a one-time haste clone into a recurring toolbox piece.

05

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver

49.2% of decks · synergy 0.47

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver leans on cheap artifacts sacrificed to reduce Dargo's cost, and Cursed Mirror fills both roles: it's a one-mana artifact that can copy Dargo himself for an extra haste attacker the turn you're setting up the kill.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	not legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Cursed Mirror genuinely shines — singleton means you almost always find a worthwhile creature to copy, and the one-turn window is irrelevant when the deck is built around abusing enters-the-battlefield effects or landing a kill immediately. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but largely ignored, because those formats demand cards that function as standalone threats, and a conditional one-turn clone attached to a Mana Claw is too situational to compete with the raw power density available. Cursed Mirror is a Commander card wearing a Legacy-legal jersey.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

9,226 decks

Astral DragonCursed Mirror

Infinite copies of noncreature permanents you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite ETB

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3,210 decks

Felidar GuardianCursed Mirror

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB

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1,939 decks

Bladewing the RisenCursed Mirror

Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB

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342 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood NexusCursed MirrorSculpting Steel Elixir of ImmortalityDwarven ScorcherXorn Clown Car

Infinite card draw; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite colored mana; Infinite damage to creatures; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Put all artifact and creature cards from your library onto the battlefield; Put all artifact cards and a subset of creature cards from your library onto the battleifeld

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316 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood NexusCursed MirrorMirror of the Forebears Elixir of ImmortalityDwarven ScorcherXorn Clown Car

Infinite card draw; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite colored mana; Infinite damage to creatures; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Put all artifact and creature cards from your library onto the battlefield; Put all artifact cards and a subset of creature cards from your library onto the battleifeld

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current market rate. Given its near-auto-include status in several high-volume commanders, Cursed Mirror has historically held meaningful value for a non-mythic utility artifact — worth picking up rather than waiting.