CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€399.56of €400.00
Overall win rate
22%9 wins in 40 scored games
Games
40played in 4 tournaments
Rank
31in the rankings up to €400 · Elo 1490 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 13 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
4complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €400 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 (26)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (14)

Sorceries (7)

Artifacts (5)

Enchantments (11)

Lands (35)

Baylen, the Haymaker
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (4)

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 – 7 versions with these cards: Cathars' Crusade · Storm Herd · Rosie Cotton of South Lane · Basking Broodscale · Scurry Oak · Impact Tremors · Warleader's Call
  • Springheart Nantuko + … → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens
    6 versions, each with one of: Tireless Provisioner · Doubling Season · Parallel Lives · Primal Vigor · Exalted Sunborn
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + … → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
    4 versions, each with one of: Exalted Sunborn · Doubling Season · Parallel Lives · Primal Vigor
  • 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 19 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 19 entries
  • 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
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Exalted Sunborn → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Storm Herd + Impact Tremors → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite damage
  • Storm Herd + Warleader's Call → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite damage
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Doubling Season → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Parallel Lives → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Builder's Talent + Basking Broodscale + Peregrin Took → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Primal Vigor → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • 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
  • Springheart Nantuko + Parallel Lives → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Primal Vigor → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Exalted Sunborn → 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: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Primal Vigor: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Tempt with Bunnies: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Agate Instigator: replacement
  • Nature's Lore: replacement
  • Pawpatch Formation: replacement
  • Tender Wildguide: replacement

What the games show

From 40 analysed games in 4 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 – 67% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (9 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 52% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (21 of 40 games)
  • Mana problems: fewer than 3 lands after its 3rd own turn in 18% of games (all-deck avg: 10%), then only 0% wins logged (7 of 40 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 40 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Baylen, the Haymaker avg 7.5hit in 18 of 40 games
  2. Impact Tremors avg 4.3hit in 3 of 40 games
  3. Warleader's Call avg 1.9hit in 4 of 40 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Warleader's Call avg 19.5hit in 4 of 40 games
  2. Agate Instigator avg 18.0hit in 4 of 40 games
  3. Baylen, the Haymaker avg 16.6hit in 18 of 40 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Baylen, the Haymaker 5×40 games in deck
  2. Halo Fountain 5×40 games in deck
  3. Impact Tremors 3×40 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Hour of Reckoning 33×avg 0.8 per game · 40 games in deck
  2. Swords to Plowshares 11×avg 0.3 per game · 40 games in deck
  3. Path to Exile 8×avg 0.2 per game · 40 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 11% of 461 attackers blocked in total, 6% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Elephant Token 3×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. Dawn's Truce 0%cast in 0 of 40 games
  2. Champions from Beyond 2%cast in 1 of 40 games
  3. Grand Crescendo 2%cast in 1 of 40 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 9 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–944%
  • turns 10–1111%
  • turns 12–1344%
  • turn 14+0%

Combos in play logged Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale: all pieces cast in 2 games, 0 won · Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won · Basking Broodscale + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won · Scurry Oak + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.84

0
11
1
19
2
20
3
5
4
6
5
1
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
12 / 9
Card draw
11 / 8
Removal
8 / 8
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
4 / 4
Strategy
27 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
26
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
14
Sorceries
7
Artifacts
5
Enchantments
11
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Smothering Tithe
€32.60
Gleaming Splendor
€28.80
Arid Mesa
€26.67
Doubling Season
€19.47
Parallel Lives
€18.79
Exalted Sunborn
€17.12
Wooded Foothills
€16.85
Jetmir's Garden
€14.02

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.

1 more tested card is still collecting games.

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Total €399.56 Cardmarket average as of Oct 29, 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 16 · average place 32.5 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 4 tournaments

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