Millikin
Artifact Creature — Construct
, Mill a card: Add 
. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #1263
Millikin enters as a two-mana mana rock that mills you for one every time it taps — free value in any deck that wants its graveyard stocked. The cost is real: self-mill is a downside if you're not built around it, and Voltaic Construct or The Capitoline Triad are the kinds of commanders that turn that mill into an engine rather than an accident.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Capitoline Triad
The Capitoline Triad is the premier home for Millikin because the deck is explicitly built to untap artifacts and exploit graveyard resources, making every activation of Millikin pull double duty as ramp and setup. At an 83% inclusion rate, it's practically a staple.
Araumi of the Dead Tide
Araumi of the Dead Tide wants a stocked graveyard to Encore creatures, and Millikin provides both the mana to activate Araumi and the fuel to fill the bin. The 65% inclusion rate reflects how cleanly it fits the game plan.
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser triggers off spells cast from the graveyard, so every card Millikin mills is a potential future trigger — the artifact doubles as setup for the engine. It shows up in 62% of Quintorius lists.
Trazyn the Infinite
Trazyn the Infinite can borrow activated abilities from artifacts in the graveyard, which means Millikin milling itself or other key artifacts can become a resource Trazyn exploits directly. It's in 60% of Trazyn builds.
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore mills aggressively and casts permanents from the graveyard, so Millikin accelerates both the mill count and the mana needed to deploy what gets exiled. Nearly half of all Grolnok decks run it.
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 Millikin does its best work — graveyard synergy decks are abundant, two-mana rocks that contribute to a yard-filling plan are genuinely playable, and the self-mill cost is often a feature rather than a bug. In Legacy and Vintage, Millikin is technically legal but competes with far more efficient mana acceleration and sees essentially no play. Modern is the same story: the format demands explosive starts, and a vanilla two-mana tap-for-one doesn't clear the bar even with the mill rider. Millikin is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Wan Shi Tong, All-KnowingMillikinJunktrollerIntruder Alarm
Infinite ETB; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Millikin is deep bulk — pick it up out of a commons bin or grab a playset for under a dollar without thinking twice. Bulk rares with niche graveyard utility don't spike dramatically, so the price is likely to stay flat unless a new commander pushes self-mill into the mainstream.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.