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Price
€299.33of €300.00
Overall win rate
23%16 wins in 69 scored games
Games
70 (1)played in 7 tournaments, 1 not scored (time limit)
Rank
32in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1479 (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 2 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

At most €300 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

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 (25)

Instants (9)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (12)

Enchantments (8)

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”.

  • Polyraptor + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
    Example – 9 versions with these cards: Polyraptor · Rhythm of the Wild · Goblin Bombardment · Blasting Station · Marauding Raptor · Forerunner of the Empire · Warstorm Surge · Ashnod's Altar and 1 more
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + … → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
    9 versions, each with one of: Maskwood Nexus · Life Finds a Way · Ashnod's Altar · Goblin Bombardment · Phyrexian Altar · Blasting Station and 1 more
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Worldspine Wurm → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

Commander Spellbook lists 19 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 19 entries
  • Polyraptor + Marauding Raptor → Draw the game, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB
  • Polyraptor + Forerunner of the Empire → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite damage to all creatures, Infinite death triggers
  • 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
  • Polyraptor + Warstorm Surge → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Phyrexian Altar + Maskwood Nexus → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Near-infinite colored mana
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way + Ashnod's Altar → Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
  • Polyraptor + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • 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 + Phyrexian Altar → Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
  • Polyraptor + Blasting Station → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • 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
  • Phyrexian Altar + Rhythm of the Wild → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colored mana
  • Blasting Station + Rhythm of the Wild → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage

Adjusted for the Forge AI

The list above is the best tested version, the way you would play it in real games. The Forge AI can't play a few cards – they were replaced in the tournament (the deck builder also rearranges other slots within the budget). The win rate comes from games with these replacements; the original cards themselves were not tested by the AI.

In the list (original cards)
  • Beast Within: AI can't play it
  • Blasting Station: AI can't play it
  • Culling Dais: AI can't play it
  • Fanatical Devotion: AI can't play it
  • Goblin Bombardment: AI can't play it
  • Gruul Signet: AI can't play it
  • Marauding Raptor: AI can't play it
  • Mirror Entity: AI can't play it
  • Reliquary Tower: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Birds of Paradise: replacement
  • Druid's Deliverance: replacement
  • Fellwar Stone: replacement
  • Growing Ranks: test
  • Idol of Oblivion: replacement
  • Roc Egg: replacement
  • Terastodon: replacement
  • Terramorphic Expanse: replacement
  • Wrathful Raptors: replacement

What the games show

From 69 analysed games in 7 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 – 95% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Attacks often get blocked: 36% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 18%) logged (538 attackers in 69 games)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (16 wins)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 69 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight avg 3.7hit in 13 of 69 games
  2. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn avg 2.8hit in 12 of 69 games
  3. Dinosaur Beast Token avg 2.2hit in 7 of 69 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 21.9hit in 7 of 69 games
  2. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight avg 19.5hit in 13 of 69 games
  3. Ghalta and Mavren avg 19.0hit in 6 of 69 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Ghalta and Mavren 6×69 games in deck
  2. Wrathful Raptors 6×69 games in deck
  3. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn 5×69 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Austere Command 25×avg 0.4 per game · 69 games in deck
  2. Zacama, Primal Calamity 18×avg 0.3 per game · 69 games in deck
  3. Swords to Plowshares 14×avg 0.2 per game · 69 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 36% of 538 attackers blocked in total, 12% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Plant Token 10×blocked in 3 games
  2. Elephant Token 9×blocked in 6 games
  3. Rabbit Token 9×blocked in 3 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. Rishkar's Expertise 0%cast in 0 of 69 games
  2. Apex Altisaur 6%cast in 4 of 69 games
  3. Ghalta, Primal Hunger 6%cast in 4 of 69 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 16 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–96%
  • turns 10–1131%
  • turns 12–1331%
  • turn 14+31%

Combos in play logged Polyraptor + Marauding Raptor: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Polyraptor + Forerunner of the Empire: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Ashnod's Altar + Maskwood Nexus: all pieces cast in 2 games, 0 won · Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Goblin Bombardment + Maskwood Nexus: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.14

0
4
1
17
2
16
3
3
4
6
5
5
6
12
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
9 / 9
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
9 / 9
Board wipe
3 / 2
Protection
5 / 5
Strategy
31 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
25
Instants
9
Sorceries
9
Artifacts
12
Enchantments
8
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Phyrexian Altar
€35.94
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
€26.71
Wooded Foothills
€16.74
Jetmir's Garden
€13.78
Life Finds a Way
€12.10
Polyraptor
€12.00
Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Windswept Heath
€10.30

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 swap has enough games for a verdict yet.

3 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €299.33 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 20 · average place 32.7 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 7 tournaments

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