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Price
€351.97of €500.00
Overall win rate
21%46 wins in 217 scored games
Games
260 (43)played in 26 tournaments, 43 not scored (time limit)
Rank
37in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1476 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 13 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €500 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 (20)

Instants (10)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (23)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (35)

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
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 artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    2 versions, each with one of: The Reaver Cleaver · Sword of Feast and Famine

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
  • The Reaver Cleaver + Aggravated Assault → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Sword of Feast and Famine + Aggravated Assault → Infinite combat phases

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)
  • Dispatch: AI can't play it
  • Fire-Lit Thicket: AI can't play it
  • Lifestream's Blessing: swapped for a test
  • Mossfire Valley: AI can't play it
  • Rugged Prairie: AI can't play it
  • Sungrass Prairie: AI can't play it
  • Sunscorched Divide: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Akiri, Fearless Voyager: test
  • Arid Mesa: replacement
  • Bonders' Enclave: replacement
  • Codsworth, Handy Helper: replacement
  • Stomping Ground: replacement
  • Temple Garden: replacement
  • Wooded Foothills: replacement

What the games show

From 217 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: wins through combat – 95% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Attacks often get blocked: 23% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 16%) logged (1404 attackers in 217 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 37% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (80 of 217 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 217 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER avg 14.1hit in 156 of 217 games
  2. Vincent, Vengeful Atoner avg 2.7hit in 18 of 217 games
  3. Tifa, Martial Artist avg 1.4hit in 14 of 217 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Vincent, Vengeful Atoner avg 33.1hit in 18 of 217 games
  2. Tifa, Martial Artist avg 20.9hit in 14 of 217 games
  3. Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER avg 19.5hit in 156 of 217 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER 49×217 games in deck
  2. Vincent, Vengeful Atoner 15×217 games in deck
  3. Slayers' Stronghold 7×217 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Vanquish the Horde 151×avg 0.7 per game · 217 games in deck
  2. Austere Command 140×avg 0.6 per game · 217 games in deck
  3. Path to Exile 55×avg 0.3 per game · 217 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 23% of 1404 attackers blocked in total, 12% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Vampire Token 17×blocked in 5 games
  2. Zombie Token 7×blocked in 5 games
  3. Birds of Paradise 5×blocked in 5 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. Lifestream's Blessing 0%cast in 0 of 17 games
  2. Clever Concealment 0%cast in 0 of 217 games
  3. Unfinished Business 0%cast in 0 of 217 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 46 wins came

  • by turn 72%
  • turns 8–924%
  • turns 10–1133%
  • turns 12–1324%
  • turn 14+17%

Combos in play logged The Reaver Cleaver + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 7 games, 6 won · Sword of Feast and Famine + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 7 games, 5 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.81

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13
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20
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19
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4
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7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
11 / 10
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
6 / 6
Board wipe
3 / 3
Protection
10 / 6
Strategy
28 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
20
Instants
10
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
23
Enchantments
3
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Esper Sentinel
€39.56
Buster Sword
€34.17
Enlightened Tutor
€25.41
Sword of Feast and Famine
€24.63
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
€22.99
The Reaver Cleaver
€19.43
Shadowspear
€18.09
Stoneforge Mystic
€16.07

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 Akiri, Fearless Voyager instead of Lifestream's Blessing · win rate 20% with, 24% without (176 / 41 games)
  • no clear difference Helitrooper instead of Excalibur, Sword of Eden · win rate 22% with, 20% without (117 / 100 games)

13 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €351.97 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 12 · average place 34.7 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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