First printed in Outlaws of Thunder Junction (2024)

Forsaken Miner

Creature — Skeleton Rogue

This creature can't block.
Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay Black . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

In the last 30 days 0.9% of Standard decks played it (13 of 1416). Most played in WB (unclassified). In the last 30 days 1.2% of Commander decks played it (74 of 6150). Most played in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Forsaken Miner in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Premier Draft	54.1%	0.0	+2.1	31624
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Sealed	53.1%	-2.2	-1.1	1541

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Staple

Duel Commander staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#692)
Black, Creatures, Recursion

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

94 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Blood Artist + Forsaken Miner + Warren Soultrader
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Forsaken Miner + Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel + Warren Soultrader
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Blood Artist + Forsaken Miner + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Forsaken Miner + Phyrexian Altar + Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Forsaken Miner + Vengeful Bloodwitch + Warren Soultrader
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Forsaken Miner + Phyrexian Altar + Vengeful Bloodwitch
Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Forsaken Miner + Goblin Bombardment + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Forsaken Miner + Pitiless Plunderer
Cast any number of spells from opponents' libraries, Exile each opponent's library…: Forsaken Miner + Phyrexian Altar + Rakdos, the Muscle
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Forsaken Miner + Susurian Voidborn + Warren Soultrader

See all 94 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 13 of 1416 decks (0.9%).

Share of decks

0.9%

▼ 0.7 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

13 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.8

in the main deck

Win rate

53%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WB (unclassified)	0.9%	23%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	0.8%	83%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Soulstone Sanctuary	100%	7.8
Requiting Hex	100%	3.2
Corpses of the Lost	92%	108.9
Dissection Practice	92%	108.9
Gollum, Riddle Master	92%	93.4
Realm of Koh	92%	62.2
Iridescent Vinelasher	92%	30.4
Desolation Prowler	85%	99.8
Sunset Saboteur	85%	99.8
Nighthowl Pursuer	85%	99.8

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-Black eresopacaso in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Black Bertram in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Black eresopacaso in Standard Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Mono-Black Bertram in Standard Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Mono-Black Kerci in Standard Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Mono-Black Bertram in Standard Challenge 32 Special	3-3 50%
Mono-Black Bertram in Standard Challenge 16 Special	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WB Kerci, 25 Oct	4 main	#21 1-3
WB Elenear, 24 Oct	2 main	#31 0-3
Mono-Black eresopacaso, 21 Oct	4 main	#14 3-3
Mono-Black eresopacaso, 20 Oct	4 main	#12 4-2
Mono-Black Bertram, 20 Oct	4 main	#23 3-3
WB Arena ranked player, 19 Oct	4 main
Mono-Black Kerci, 14 Oct	4 main	#8 3-3
Mono-Black eresopacaso, 11 Oct	4 main	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 74 of 6150 decks (1.2%).

Share of decks

1.2%

▼ 0.2 vs previous 30 days