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Price
€199.41of €200.00
Overall win rate
19%44 wins in 234 scored games
Games
262 (28)played in 26 tournaments, 28 not scored (time limit)
Rank
43in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1440 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 13 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 11% of this deck's games hit the time limit without a winner even on the third try (all decks in this price class: 7%). Usually the Forge AI is stuck in a loop then, e.g. with lots of tokens. These games don't count – so the win rate is somewhat less meaningful.

At most €200 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 (27)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (13)

Sorceries (10)

Artifacts (6)

Enchantments (7)

Baylen, the Haymaker
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”.

  • Storm Herd + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens
    Example – 8 versions with these cards: Storm Herd · Cathars' Crusade · Rosie Cotton of South Lane · Basking Broodscale · Scurry Oak · Impact Tremors · Arabella, Abandoned Doll · Warleader's Call
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner + … → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens, Infinite creature ETB
    3 versions, each with one of: Doubling Season
  • Builder's Talent + Peregrin Took + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    2 versions, each with one of: Basking Broodscale · Scurry Oak

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

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  • Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Basking Broodscale + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Scurry Oak + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
  • Storm Herd + Cathars' Crusade → Near-infinite +1/+1 counters, Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens
  • Storm Herd + Impact Tremors → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite damage
  • Arabella, Abandoned Doll + Storm Herd → Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Storm Herd + Warleader's Call → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite damage
  • Builder's Talent + Basking Broodscale + Peregrin Took → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Builder's Talent + Scurry Oak + Peregrin Took → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite card draw
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Doubling Season → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers

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
  • Drumbellower: swapped for a test
Played instead in the tournament
  • Pawpatch Recruit: test
  • Sundering Growth: replacement

What the games show

From 234 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: mixed – 69% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 45% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (105 of 234 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 234 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Baylen, the Haymaker avg 6.5hit in 133 of 234 games
  2. Impact Tremors avg 3.1hit in 35 of 234 games
  3. Warleader's Call avg 3.1hit in 37 of 234 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Pegasus Token avg 41.0hit in 10 of 234 games
  2. Impact Tremors avg 20.7hit in 35 of 234 games
  3. Queen Allenal of Ruadach avg 20.1hit in 12 of 234 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Baylen, the Haymaker 14×234 games in deck
  2. Impact Tremors 12×234 games in deck
  3. Saproling Token 12×234 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Hour of Reckoning 177×avg 0.8 per game · 234 games in deck
  2. Generous Gift 48×avg 0.2 per game · 234 games in deck
  3. Swords to Plowshares 37×avg 0.2 per game · 234 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 12% of 3038 attackers blocked in total, 8% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Rabbit Token 14×blocked in 8 games
  2. Elephant Token 10×blocked in 10 games
  3. Soldier Token 7×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. Veil of Summer 6%cast in 14 of 234 games
  2. Grand Crescendo 8%cast in 18 of 234 games
  3. Storm Herd 8%cast in 18 of 234 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 44 wins came

  • by turn 72%
  • turns 8–97%
  • turns 10–1141%
  • turns 12–1332%
  • turn 14+18%

Combos in play logged Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale: all pieces cast in 3 games, 0 won · Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak: all pieces cast in 5 games, 2 won · Basking Broodscale + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 2 games, 0 won · Scurry Oak + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.70

0
11
1
23
2
19
3
4
4
4
5
1
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
15 / 9
Card draw
10 / 8
Removal
8 / 8
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
4 / 4
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. 64 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
27
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
13
Sorceries
10
Artifacts
6
Enchantments
7
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Doubling Season
€19.91
Windswept Heath
€10.30
Seedborn Muse
€10.06
Sacred Foundry
€8.98
Caretaker's Talent
€8.88
Temple Garden
€7.09
Stomping Ground
€7.08
Academy Manufactor
€6.55

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 Elvish Spirit Guide instead of Gala Greeters · win rate 15% with, 22% without (104 / 130 games)
  • no clear difference Cultivate instead of Gala Greeters · win rate 17% with, 23% without (178 / 56 games)
  • no clear difference Rampant Growth instead of Gala Greeters · win rate 21% with, 15% without (150 / 84 games)
  • no clear difference Gala Greeters instead of Llanowar Elves · win rate 20% with, 18% without (121 / 113 games)

9 more tested cards are still collecting games.

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Total €199.41 Cardmarket average as of Oct 27, 2026

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Placement in every tournament

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

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Best place 10 · average place 38.9 · 0× top 3 · 1× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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