CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€398.71of €400.00
Overall win rate
12%5 wins in 40 scored games
Games
40played in 4 tournaments
Rank
51in the rankings up to €400 · Elo 1374 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 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 (29)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (10)

Sorceries (3)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (11)

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
    2 versions, each with one of: Loyal Apprentice · Caesar, Legion's Emperor

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
  • 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

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
  • Powder Ganger: swapped for a test
  • Shadowblood Ridge: AI can't play it
  • Smothering Tithe: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Ainok Strike Leader: replacement
  • Black Market: replacement
  • Marsh Flats: replacement
  • Temple of Triumph: replacement
  • Wasteland Raider: test

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: wins through combat – 76% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Resilient: even in losses it lasts until its 11th own turn on average (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (35 losses)

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (5 wins)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.30 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (40 games)
  • Little pressure: only avg 20 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 28) logged (40 games)

Damage per game all games

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

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor avg 3.6hit in 18 of 40 games
  2. Impact Tremors avg 2.6hit in 6 of 40 games
  3. Warleader's Call avg 2.3hit in 8 of 40 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Impact Tremors avg 17.2hit in 6 of 40 games
  2. Warleader's Call avg 11.4hit in 8 of 40 games
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor avg 8.1hit in 18 of 40 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Astartes Warrior Token 2×40 games in deck
  2. Human Soldier Token 2×40 games in deck
  3. Soldier Token 2×40 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Hour of Reckoning 29×avg 0.7 per game · 40 games in deck
  2. Vault 75: Middle School 14×avg 0.3 per game · 40 games in deck
  3. Wasteland Raider 10×avg 0.3 per game · 30 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 15% of 292 attackers blocked in total, 5% 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. Wear // Tear 0%cast in 0 of 40 games
  2. Colonel Autumn 5%cast in 2 of 40 games
  3. Martial Coup 5%cast in 2 of 40 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 5 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–90%
  • turns 10–1120%
  • turns 12–1360%
  • turn 14+20%

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

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.02

0
6
1
17
2
20
3
15
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
29
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
10
Sorceries
3
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
11
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Esper Sentinel
€39.34
Anointed Procession
€35.29
Smothering Tithe
€32.60
Elspeth, Storm Slayer
€32.40
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
€32.04
Arid Mesa
€26.67
Voice of Victory
€20.28
Bloodstained Mire
€16.96

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.

2 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €398.71 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 38 · average place 49.0 · 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?