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Price
€498.00of €500.00
Overall win rate
26%56 wins in 213 scored games
Games
260 (47)played in 26 tournaments, 47 not scored (time limit)
Rank
24in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1539 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 12 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €500 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €505.77, above €500.00. Win rate and placement come from the tested version.

grey: role in the deckGame Changer counts for the bracketCombo part of a comboAI can't play replaced in tournamentsAI limited played weakly by the AI

Commander (1)

Creatures (45)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (1)

Artifacts (6)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (34)

Animar, Soul of Elements
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (1)

Detected from the decklist (Commander Spellbook): theoretically possible, see Spellbook for requirements. Whether a combo actually came together in games is shown above under “What the games show”.

  • Hullbreaker Horror → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
    Example – 13 versions with these cards: Hullbreaker Horror · Temur Sabertooth · Selvala, Heart of the Wilds · Animar, Soul of Elements · Maelstrom Wanderer · Temur Ascendancy · Fanatic of Rhonas · Sol Ring and 5 more

Commander Spellbook lists 13 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 13 entries
  • Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
  • Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Animar, Soul of Elements + Hullbreaker Horror → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Hullbreaker Horror + Peregrine Drake + Cloud of Faeries → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
  • Temur Sabertooth + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Lightning Greaves → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana
  • Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite storm count
  • Hullbreaker Horror + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Maelstrom Wanderer → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana
  • Temur Sabertooth + Maelstrom Wanderer + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds → Cast a subset of spells in your library, Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature ETB
  • Hullbreaker Horror + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Temur Ascendancy → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana
  • Temur Sabertooth + Fanatic of Rhonas + Maelstrom Wanderer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
  • Temur Sabertooth + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Temur Ascendancy → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite blinking
  • Temur Sabertooth + Fanatic of Rhonas + Temur Ascendancy → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
  • Hullbreaker Horror → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite storm count

What the games show

From 213 analysed games in 26 tournaments (tournament lists as played by Forge). Games that hit the time limit don't count, just like in the rankings. Values in brackets: average of all decks in the same price class. “logged”: recorded in the game log. “indication”: recurring pattern, but no proof of cause and effect.

Play style: wins through combat – 97% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Often wins by combo: in 46 of 56 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication
  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 34 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (213 games)

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 40% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (85 of 213 games)
  • Depends on its commander: only 0% wins without it, 28% with it indication (16 games without, 197 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 213 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Animar, Soul of Elements avg 14.7hit in 157 of 213 games
  2. Forgotten Ancient avg 3.6hit in 28 of 213 games
  3. Hydroid Krasis avg 1.7hit in 20 of 213 games

Damage when used when it hits

Total damage ÷ games in which the card dealt damage – its strength when used

  1. Forgotten Ancient avg 27.4hit in 28 of 213 games
  2. Zoanthrope avg 24.8hit in 13 of 213 games
  3. Animar, Soul of Elements avg 20.0hit in 157 of 213 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

Cards that most often knocked an opposing commander out of the game

  1. Animar, Soul of Elements 66×213 games in deck
  2. Forgotten Ancient 26×213 games in deck
  3. Hydroid Krasis 12×213 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

Opposing cards destroyed, exiled, bounced or countered when this card resolved (tokens excluded)

  1. Artisan of Kozilek 129×avg 0.7 per game · 190 games in deck
  2. Mystic Remora 81×avg 0.4 per game · 213 games in deck
  3. Rhystic Study 57×avg 0.3 per game · 206 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 15% of 2459 attackers blocked in total, 9% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Goblin Token 34×blocked in 3 games
  2. Squirrel Token 20×blocked in 5 games
  3. Human Soldier Token 10×blocked in 4 games

Rarely cast candidates to cut

Cards in this list that were cast least often in their games – often too expensive or too slow (lands excluded)

  1. Cloud of Faeries 0%cast in 0 of 213 games
  2. Peregrine Drake 0%cast in 0 of 213 games
  3. Rattleclaw Mystic 9%cast in 20 of 213 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 56 wins came

  • by turn 72%
  • turns 8–925%
  • turns 10–1150%
  • turns 12–1314%
  • turn 14+9%

Combos in play logged Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring: all pieces cast in 12 games, 8 won · Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements: all pieces cast in 50 games, 27 won · Animar, Soul of Elements + Hullbreaker Horror: all pieces cast in 50 games, 31 won · Hullbreaker Horror + Peregrine Drake + Cloud of Faeries: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.11

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0
13
1
18
2
14
3
7
4
3
5
3
6
6
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
19 / 16
Card draw
11 / 11
Removal
8 / 8
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
22 cards no target

Count / target from the EDHREC average deck (the line), red means clearly below. Strategy: the remaining cards without one of these roles, such as the creatures and effects the deck is built around. 65 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
45
Instants
7
Sorceries
1
Artifacts
6
Enchantments
6
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Scalding Tarn
€28.11
Consecrated Sphinx
€25.65
Otawara, Soaring City
€25.32
Misty Rainforest
€25.10
Cyclonic Rift
€23.77
Hexing Squelcher
€21.55
Delighted Halfling
€20.71
Worldly Tutor
€18.20

What the program has learned

Each tournament the deck tests one card. A verdict needs at least 40 games with and without the card. Since the deck is rebuilt every tournament with current prices and data, tested cards can drop out again later.

  • worse Negate instead of Pongify · win rate 24% with, 37% without (172 / 41 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Primordial Sage instead of Nulldrifter · win rate 24% with, 35% without (167 / 46 games)
  • no clear difference Surrak Dragonclaw instead of Branching Evolution · win rate 29% with, 25% without (58 / 155 games)

6 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €498.00 Cardmarket average as of Oct 27, 2026

Open Cardmarket Wants

Prices without shipping. Individual cards may have become cheaper or more expensive on Cardmarket.

Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

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Best place 2 · average place 30.0 · 1× top 3 · 4× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

Played by the Forge AI, four players per game. An average deck wins 25%. How are decks tested?