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Price
€492.63of €500.00
Overall win rate
32%73 wins in 227 scored games
Games
260 (33)played in 26 tournaments, 33 not scored (time limit)
Rank
18in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1607 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 7 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 4 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

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 €506.12, 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)

Instants (10)

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”.

  • 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 · Altar of Dementia and 1 more
  • Rhythm of the Wild + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage
    4 versions, each with one of: Goblin Bombardment · Ashnod's Altar · Phyrexian Altar · Altar of Dementia
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Worldspine Wurm → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

Commander Spellbook lists 14 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 14 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 + 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
  • 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 + Altar of Dementia + Maskwood Nexus → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Near-infinite death triggers
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way + Phyrexian Altar → Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
  • Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way + Altar of Dementia → 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
  • Altar of Dementia + Rhythm of the Wild → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers

What the games show

From 227 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 – 84% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.78 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (227 games)

Weaknesses

  • Attacks often get blocked: 25% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 16%) logged (1669 attackers in 227 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 227 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Terror of the Peaks avg 3.0hit in 38 of 227 games
  2. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight avg 2.3hit in 27 of 227 games
  3. Ghalta, Primal Hunger avg 1.8hit in 19 of 227 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Worldspine Wurm avg 22.8hit in 17 of 227 games
  2. Ghalta, Primal Hunger avg 22.1hit in 19 of 227 games
  3. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn avg 20.3hit in 18 of 227 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Terror of the Peaks 18×227 games in deck
  2. Worldspine Wurm 16×227 games in deck
  3. Wrathful Raptors 13×227 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Austere Command 142×avg 0.6 per game · 227 games in deck
  2. Swords to Plowshares 48×avg 0.2 per game · 227 games in deck
  3. Zacama, Primal Calamity 41×avg 0.2 per game · 227 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 25% of 1669 attackers blocked in total, 15% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Goblin Token 17×blocked in 4 games
  2. Zombie Token 13×blocked in 3 games
  3. Zombie Druid Token 8×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. Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 0%cast in 0 of 227 games
  2. Rishkar's Expertise 5%cast in 6 of 121 games
  3. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn 5%cast in 12 of 227 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 73 wins came

  • by turn 73%
  • turns 8–916%
  • turns 10–1136%
  • turns 12–1327%
  • turn 14+18%

Combos in play logged Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Ashnod's Altar + Maskwood Nexus: all pieces cast in 8 games, 2 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 6 games, 2 won · Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Phyrexian Altar + Maskwood Nexus: all pieces cast in 4 games, 2 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.16

0
6
1
16
2
14
3
3
4
7
5
3
6
14
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
9 / 9
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
9 / 9
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
5 / 5
Strategy
32 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
24
Instants
10
Sorceries
9
Artifacts
12
Enchantments
8
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Phyrexian Altar
€35.94
Vaultborn Tyrant
€30.25
Arid Mesa
€27.18
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
€26.71
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
€26.43
Enlightened Tutor
€25.41
Terror of the Peaks
€24.06
Etali, Primal Conqueror
€22.43

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.

  • better Rishkar's Expertise instead of Earthshaker Dreadmaw · win rate 37% with, 26% without (121 / 106 games)
  • no clear difference Idol of Oblivion instead of Rishkar's Expertise · win rate 28% with, 37% without (125 / 102 games)
  • no clear difference Fellwar Stone instead of Springleaf Parade · win rate 30% with, 39% without (170 / 57 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Dragon Egg instead of Gisela, Blade of Goldnight · win rate 32% with, 33% without (139 / 88 games)

10 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 €492.63 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 3 · average place 22.8 · 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?