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Price
€199.43of €200.00
Overall win rate
31%77 wins in 246 scored games
Games
260 (14)played in 26 tournaments, 14 not scored (time limit)
Rank
16in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1586 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 8 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 €200 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 €204.37, above €200.00. 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 (21)

Instants (10)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (14)

Enchantments (9)

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”.

  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + … → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
    7 versions, each with one of: Ashnod's Altar · Maskwood Nexus · Life Finds a Way · Goblin Bombardment · Blasting Station · Thornbite Staff
  • Rhythm of the Wild + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage
    4 versions, each with one of: Goblin Bombardment · Ashnod's Altar · Blasting Station · Spawning Pit
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Worldspine Wurm → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

Commander Spellbook lists 12 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 12 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 + Thornbite Staff + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way + Ashnod's Altar → Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Worldspine Wurm → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way + Goblin Bombardment → Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Blasting Station + Maskwood Nexus → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Near-infinite damage
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way + Blasting Station → Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
  • 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
  • Blasting Station + Rhythm of the Wild → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage
  • Spawning Pit + Rhythm of the Wild → Infinite charge counters on a permanent, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

What the games show

From 246 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 – 93% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Attacks often get blocked: 27% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 17%) logged (2388 attackers in 246 games)
  • Depends on its commander: only 8% wins without it, 32% with it indication (12 games without, 234 with commander)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 12th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (77 wins)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 246 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Worldspine Wurm avg 2.9hit in 31 of 246 games
  2. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn avg 2.8hit in 35 of 246 games
  3. Ghalta and Mavren avg 2.4hit in 30 of 246 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 29.9hit in 19 of 246 games
  2. Worldspine Wurm avg 23.3hit in 31 of 246 games
  3. Ghalta and Mavren avg 19.7hit in 30 of 246 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Dinosaur Beast Token 26×246 games in deck
  2. Worldspine Wurm 20×246 games in deck
  3. Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant 15×246 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Austere Command 124×avg 0.5 per game · 246 games in deck
  2. Terastodon 63×avg 0.3 per game · 216 games in deck
  3. Zacama, Primal Calamity 60×avg 0.2 per game · 246 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 27% of 2388 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Elephant Token 41×blocked in 20 games
  2. Squirrel Token 14×blocked in 6 games
  3. Thopter Token 11×blocked in 5 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. Zacama, Primal Calamity 2%cast in 6 of 246 games
  2. Rishkar's Expertise 6%cast in 15 of 246 games
  3. Druid's Deliverance 7%cast in 16 of 246 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 77 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–99%
  • turns 10–1132%
  • turns 12–1326%
  • turn 14+31%

Combos in play logged Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Ashnod's Altar + Maskwood Nexus: all pieces cast in 8 games, 3 won · Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Goblin Bombardment + Maskwood Nexus: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Thornbite Staff + Ashnod's Altar: all pieces cast in 10 games, 5 won · Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way + Ashnod's Altar: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.83

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4
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21
2
16
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2
4
6
5
5
6
9
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
11 / 9
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
9 / 9
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
5 / 5
Strategy
30 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
21
Instants
10
Sorceries
9
Artifacts
14
Enchantments
9
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
€26.71
Life Finds a Way
€12.10
Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Windswept Heath
€10.30
Seedborn Muse
€10.06
Ashnod's Altar
€9.71
Sacred Foundry
€8.98
Thornbite Staff
€7.22

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 Fling instead of Ghired's Belligerence · win rate 28% with, 32% without (40 / 206 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Talisman of Unity instead of Birds of Paradise · win rate 31% with, 32% without (167 / 79 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

7 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €199.43 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 6 · average place 23.7 · 0× 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?