---
name: "Mirko, Obsessive Theorist"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Vampire Detective"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Vigilance"]
set: "MKC"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor Commander"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Heonhwa"
oracle_id: "1692f19e-4906-4808-965f-5f0284004f55"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mirko-obsessive-theorist-mkc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Vampire Detective
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Vigilance

## Oracle Text
Flying, vigilance
Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirko.
At the beginning of your end step, you may return target creature card with power less than Mirko's from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. (If it would die, exile it instead.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rubblebelt Maverick](/printing/rubblebelt-maverick-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
2. [Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker](/printing/mirko-vosk-mind-drinker-gk1.md) — Legendary Creature — Vampire
3. [Morbius the Living Vampire](/printing/morbius-the-living-vampire-om1.md) — Legendary Creature — Vampire Scientist Villain
4. [Unliving Legionnaire](/printing/unliving-legionnaire-msh.md) — Creature — Vampire Villain
5. [Memory Vampire](/printing/memory-vampire-clu.md) — Creature — Vampire Detective
6. [Bishop of Rebirth](/printing/bishop-of-rebirth-pxln.md) — Creature — Vampire Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #50
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Heonhwa
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`