CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€299.25of €300.00
Overall win rate
51%36 wins in 70 scored games
Games
70played in 7 tournaments
Rank
5in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1763 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €300 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 (39)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (4)

Artifacts (8)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (36)

Edgar Markov
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (2)

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”.

  • Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
    Example – 6 versions with these cards: Exquisite Blood · Bloodthirsty Conqueror · Sanguine Bond · Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose · Marauding Blight-Priest
  • Cathars' Crusade + … → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
    3 versions, each with one of: Viscera Seer · Yahenni, Undying Partisan · Bartolomé del Presidio

Commander Spellbook lists 9 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 9 entries
  • Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
  • Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
  • Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
  • Sanguine Bond + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
  • Marauding Blight-Priest + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
  • Marauding Blight-Priest + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
  • Viscera Seer + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Cathars' Crusade + Yahenni, Undying Partisan → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Cathars' Crusade + Bartolomé del Presidio → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

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)
  • Baron Bertram Graywater: swapped for a test
  • Bloodstained Mire: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Luxury Suite: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Orzhov Signet: AI can't play it
  • Rakdos Signet: AI can't play it
  • Teferi's Protection: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Viscera Seer: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Akroma's Will: replacement
  • Black Market Connections: replacement
  • Knight of the Ebon Legion: replacement
  • Lotus Petal: replacement
  • Reliquary Tower: replacement
  • Tainted Field: replacement
  • Voldaren Epicure: test

What the games show

From 70 analysed games in 7 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 – 99% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 45 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (70 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.07 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (70 games)
  • Wins without its commander too: 50% wins in games where it never came down logged (12 games without, 58 with commander)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (36 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Drops out early: in losses on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (34 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 70 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Vampire Token avg 12.3hit in 55 of 70 games
  2. Edgar Markov avg 9.1hit in 44 of 70 games
  3. Knight of the Ebon Legion avg 2.4hit in 14 of 70 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Vampire Token avg 15.7hit in 55 of 70 games
  2. Edgar Markov avg 14.4hit in 44 of 70 games
  3. Charismatic Conqueror avg 12.8hit in 8 of 70 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Vampire Token 46×70 games in deck
  2. Edgar Markov 6×70 games in deck
  3. Knight of the Ebon Legion 5×70 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Kindred Dominance 24×avg 0.3 per game · 70 games in deck
  2. Anguished Unmaking 17×avg 0.2 per game · 70 games in deck
  3. Swords to Plowshares 12×avg 0.2 per game · 70 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 18% of 1333 attackers blocked in total, 9% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Wizard Token 7×blocked in 3 games
  2. Isshin, Two Heavens as One 4×blocked in 3 games
  3. Mr. House, President and CEO 4×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. Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood 0%cast in 0 of 50 games
  2. Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage 0%cast in 0 of 70 games
  3. Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin 0%cast in 0 of 70 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 36 wins came

  • by turn 73%
  • turns 8–928%
  • turns 10–1144%
  • turns 12–1314%
  • turn 14+11%

Combos in play logged Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood: all pieces cast in 3 games, 1 won · Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Exquisite Blood: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Bloodthirsty Conqueror: all pieces cast in 2 games, 2 won · Sanguine Bond + Bloodthirsty Conqueror: all pieces cast in 2 games, 2 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.89

0
10
1
18
2
18
3
7
4
7
5
2
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
8 / 8
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
6 / 6
Board wipe
3 / 3
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
35 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
39
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
7
Sorceries
4
Artifacts
8
Enchantments
4
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Bloodthirsty Conqueror
€30.10
Teferi's Protection
€28.06
Exquisite Blood
€28.01
Charismatic Conqueror
€22.54
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32
Blood Crypt
€10.03
Sacred Foundry
€8.98
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
€8.82

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 €299.25 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 1 · average place 10.3 · 1× top 3 · 5× top 10 out of 7 tournaments

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