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Price
€99.52of €100.00
Overall win rate
28%70 wins in 254 scored games
Games
270 (16)played in 27 tournaments, 16 not scored (time limit)
Rank
22in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1554 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 10 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 1 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

At most €100 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 €100.60, above €100.00. 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 (18)

Instants (11)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (16)

Enchantments (10)

Lands (36)

Atla Palani, Nest Tender
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (3)

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”.

  • Rhythm of the Wild + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage
    3 versions, each with one of: Goblin Bombardment · Ashnod's Altar · Spawning Pit
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Maskwood Nexus + … → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Near-infinite colorless mana
    2 versions, each with one of: Ashnod's Altar · Goblin Bombardment
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Worldspine Wurm → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

Commander Spellbook lists 6 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 6 entries
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Ashnod's Altar + Maskwood Nexus → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Near-infinite colorless mana
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Goblin Bombardment + Maskwood Nexus → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Near-infinite damage
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Worldspine Wurm → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Goblin Bombardment + Rhythm of the Wild → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage
  • Ashnod's Altar + Rhythm of the Wild → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colorless mana
  • Spawning Pit + Rhythm of the Wild → Infinite charge counters on a permanent, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

What the games show

From 254 analysed games in 27 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 – 98% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Recovers from board wipes: 33% wins when opponents cast a board wipe, 21% without one (all-deck avg: 23% vs 28%) indication (139 / 115 games)

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (70 wins)
  • Depends on its commander: only 0% wins without it, 29% with it indication (14 games without, 240 with commander)
  • Vulnerable to graveyard hate: 8% wins when opponents played graveyard hate (e.g. Bojuka Bog, Rest in Peace), 30% without it (all-deck avg: 24% vs 25%) indication (25 / 229 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 254 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Dinosaur Beast Token avg 3.4hit in 24 of 254 games
  2. Worldspine Wurm avg 2.8hit in 33 of 254 games
  3. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn avg 2.4hit in 33 of 254 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Dinosaur Beast Token avg 36.4hit in 24 of 254 games
  2. Worldspine Wurm avg 21.6hit in 33 of 254 games
  3. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn avg 18.4hit in 33 of 254 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Dinosaur Beast Token 29×254 games in deck
  2. Worldspine Wurm 26×254 games in deck
  3. Dinosaur Token 18×254 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Austere Command 235×avg 0.9 per game · 254 games in deck
  2. Zacama, Primal Calamity 71×avg 0.3 per game · 254 games in deck
  3. Terastodon 66×avg 0.3 per game · 244 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 22% of 2488 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Elephant Token 38×blocked in 22 games
  2. Thopter Token 17×blocked in 3 games
  3. Squirrel Token 14×blocked in 6 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. Druid's Deliverance 4%cast in 10 of 254 games
  2. Zacama, Primal Calamity 5%cast in 12 of 254 games
  3. Worldspine Wurm 6%cast in 16 of 254 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 70 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–93%
  • turns 10–1126%
  • turns 12–1334%
  • turn 14+37%

Combos in play logged Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Ashnod's Altar + Maskwood Nexus: all pieces cast in 5 games, 1 won · Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Goblin Bombardment + Maskwood Nexus: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Worldspine Wurm: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Goblin Bombardment + Rhythm of the Wild: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.62

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5
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23
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15
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3
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5
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7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
14 / 9
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
11 / 9
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
5 / 5
Strategy
25 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. 63 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
18
Instants
11
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
16
Enchantments
10
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Ashnod's Altar
€9.71
Stomping Ground
€7.08
Three Visits
€4.85
Spire Garden
€4.80
Skullclamp
€4.63
Boros Charm
€4.21
Rhythm of the Wild
€3.27

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.

  • no clear difference Thrashing Brontodon instead of Fling · win rate 26% with, 32% without (195 / 59 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Kinjalli's Sunwing instead of Belonging · win rate 30% with, 27% without (40 / 214 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Abrade instead of Fling · win rate 29% with, 26% without (136 / 118 games)

8 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

Copy the list, create a new list under “Wants” on Cardmarket and paste it.

Total €99.52 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 8 · average place 26.7 · 0× top 3 · 3× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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