Is Mirror of the Forebears good in Commander?

Mirror of the Forebears in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Mirror of the Forebears enters the battlefield, you name a creature type, and for two mana it becomes a copy of any creature you control that shares that type — a repeatable clone effect on an artifact that costs only one mana to cast. In Magda, Brazen Outlaw builds specifically, that means a second Magda trigger engine for two mana at instant speed, which is an absurd rate for what it does.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Magda, Brazen Outlaw

24.4% of decks · synergy 0.23

Mirror of the Forebears is a staple in Magda, Brazen Outlaw decks because copying Magda herself doubles the Treasure output from tapped Dwarves, accelerating the five-Treasure tutor condition by a full turn cycle or more.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Mirror of the Forebears is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the honest answer is that Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage, a one-mana artifact with a two-mana activation is too slow and too conditional when clone effects have to compete against the raw power of those formats' threat density. Commander is where Mirror of the Forebears earns its slot — tribal decks with a critical creature they want to double get a one-drop that sits on board and threatens a copy every turn, and the artifact type means it dodges creature removal. Oathbreaker could support it in the right signature-spell shell, but the playerbase is small enough that inclusion data there is noise.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

316 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood Nexus Cursed MirrorMirror of the ForebearsElixir 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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298 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood Nexus Sculpting SteelMirror of the ForebearsElixir 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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244 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood Nexus Cursed MirrorMirror of the ForebearsElixir of ImmortalityDwarven ScorcherSculpting Steel 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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32 decks

Sharuum the HegemonMirror of the Forebears

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB

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16 decks

Mirror-Mad PhantasmMirror of the Forebears

Infinite self-mill

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Mirror of the Forebears isn't available in the current index, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a live number. Historically it has been an affordable pickup, and given its narrow but dedicated home in Magda, Brazen Outlaw decks, demand is consistent without being speculative — buy it when you need it, not as a hedge.