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Price
€198.00of €200.00
Overall win rate
20%48 wins in 245 scored games
Games
263 (18)played in 26 tournaments, 18 not scored (time limit)
Rank
39in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1457 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

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 (31)

Instants (10)

Sorceries (3)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (10)

Lands (36)

Caesar, Legion's Emperor
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”.

  • Breath of Fury + … → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite death triggers
    3 versions, each with one of: Loyal Apprentice · Caesar, Legion's Emperor · Lagomos, Hand of Hatred

Commander Spellbook lists 3 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 3 entries
  • Breath of Fury + Loyal Apprentice → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite death triggers
  • Caesar, Legion's Emperor + Breath of Fury → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite death triggers
  • Breath of Fury + Lagomos, Hand of Hatred → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite death 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)
  • Breath of Fury: AI can't play it
  • Desolate Mire: AI can't play it
  • Lagomos, Hand of Hatred: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Shadowblood Ridge: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Exotic Orchard: replacement
  • Heroic Reinforcements: replacement
  • Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace: replacement
  • Temple of Silence: replacement

What the games show

From 245 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 – 74% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.40 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (245 games)
  • Little pressure: only avg 24 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (245 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 245 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor avg 4.4hit in 133 of 245 games
  2. Soldier Token avg 3.3hit in 46 of 245 games
  3. Warleader's Call avg 3.1hit in 46 of 245 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Impact Tremors avg 18.9hit in 32 of 245 games
  2. Soldier Token avg 17.6hit in 46 of 245 games
  3. Warleader's Call avg 16.3hit in 46 of 245 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Soldier Token 38×245 games in deck
  2. Caesar, Legion's Emperor 10×245 games in deck
  3. Impact Tremors 10×245 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Hour of Reckoning 206×avg 0.8 per game · 245 games in deck
  2. Ruinous Ultimatum 165×avg 0.7 per game · 245 games in deck
  3. Wasteland Raider 103×avg 0.4 per game · 237 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 13% of 2641 attackers blocked in total, 12% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Thopter Token 14×blocked in 6 games
  2. Human Soldier Token 9×blocked in 4 games
  3. Dog Token 8×blocked in 4 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. Wear // Tear 3%cast in 7 of 245 games
  2. Martial Coup 5%cast in 13 of 245 games
  3. Entrapment Maneuver 6%cast in 14 of 245 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 48 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–98%
  • turns 10–1142%
  • turns 12–1338%
  • turn 14+12%

Combos in play logged Breath of Fury + Loyal Apprentice: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Caesar, Legion's Emperor + Breath of Fury: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Breath of Fury + Lagomos, Hand of Hatred: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.98

0
5
1
19
2
21
3
13
4
2
5
1
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
10 / 10
Card draw
7 / 7
Removal
8 / 8
Board wipe
4 / 4
Protection
2 / 2
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
31
Instants
10
Sorceries
3
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
10
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Voice of Victory
€19.76
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32
Commissar Severina Raine
€14.49
Myrel, Shield of Argive
€14.34
Blood Crypt
€10.03
Sacred Foundry
€8.98
Godless Shrine
€8.76
Flawless Maneuver
€8.11

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.

8 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 €198.00 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 4 · average place 38.3 · 0× top 3 · 3× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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