CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€327.28of €400.00
Overall win rate
22%11 wins in 50 scored games
Games
50played in 5 tournaments
Rank
30in the rankings up to €400 · Elo 1499 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 37 lands, 18 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete 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 (13)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (14)

Enchantments (20)

Lands (37)

Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (1)

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”.

  • Aggravated Assault + … → Infinite combat phases, Infinite combat damage, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
    2 versions, each with one of: Nature's Will · Sanctum Weaver

Commander Spellbook lists 2 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 2 entries
  • Aggravated Assault + Nature's Will → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
  • Sanctum Weaver + Aggravated Assault → Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat phases, Infinite untap of creatures you control

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
  • Greater Good: AI can't play it
  • Gruul Signet: AI can't play it
  • Mossfire Valley: AI can't play it
  • Nature's Lore: swapped for a test
Played instead in the tournament
  • Harmonize: replacement
  • Lotus Cobra: test
  • Overlord of the Boilerbilges: replacement
  • Rampaging Baloths: replacement

What the games show

From 50 analysed games in 5 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 – 81% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 41 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 28) logged (50 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (11 wins)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.82 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (50 games)
  • Stable mana: fewer than 3 lands after turn 3 in only 4% of games (all-deck avg: 10%) logged (2 of 50 games)

Weaknesses

  • Drops out early: in losses on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (39 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 50 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Giggling Skitterspike avg 6.6hit in 6 of 50 games
  2. Unnatural Growth avg 4.9hit in 10 of 50 games
  3. Bello, Bard of the Brambles avg 4.9hit in 31 of 50 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Giggling Skitterspike avg 54.7hit in 6 of 50 games
  2. Unnatural Growth avg 24.7hit in 10 of 50 games
  3. Berserkers' Onslaught avg 14.2hit in 8 of 50 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Unnatural Growth 6×50 games in deck
  2. Giggling Skitterspike 4×50 games in deck
  3. Berserkers' Onslaught 3×50 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Decimate 25×avg 0.5 per game · 50 games in deck
  2. Collective Resistance 8×avg 0.2 per game · 50 games in deck
  3. Abrade 7×avg 0.1 per game · 50 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 20% of 426 attackers blocked in total, 10% of those by flyers or reach

Not enough blocks logged yet.

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. Deflecting Swat 0%cast in 0 of 50 games
  2. Thran Dynamo 4%cast in 2 of 50 games
  3. Chimil, the Inner Sun 10%cast in 5 of 50 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 11 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–936%
  • turns 10–1136%
  • turns 12–1318%
  • turn 14+9%

Combos in play logged Aggravated Assault + Nature's Will: all pieces cast in 1 games, 1 won · Sanctum Weaver + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 1 games, 1 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.60

0
3
1
20
2
7
3
13
4
11
5
6
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
24 / 20
Card draw
8 / 8
Removal
7 / 7
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
18 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. 62 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
13
Instants
7
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
14
Enchantments
20
Lands
37

Most expensive cards

Deflecting Swat
€64.03
Boseiju, Who Endures
€44.10
Jeska's Will
€32.46
Wooded Foothills
€16.85
Fanatic of Rhonas
€15.05
Aggravated Assault
€14.37
Giggling Skitterspike
€13.83
Guardian Project
€13.53

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 €327.28 Cardmarket average as of Oct 29, 2026

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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 32.2 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 5 tournaments

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