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Price
€299.59of €300.00
Overall win rate
20%14 wins in 69 scored games
Games
71 (2)played in 7 tournaments, 2 not scored (time limit)
Rank
34in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1475 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 9 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete 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

Planeswalkers (5)

Instants (18)

Sorceries (13)

Artifacts (12)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (35)

Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
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”.

  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil + … → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana
    2 versions, each with one of: Carth the Lion

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
  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana
  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil + Carth the Lion → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana

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
  • Carth the Lion: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • The Chain Veil: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Growth Spiral: replacement
  • Leyline of the Guildpact: replacement
  • Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God: replacement
  • Talisman of Progress: test

What the games show

From 69 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 – 77% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Stable mana: fewer than 3 lands after turn 3 in only 4% of games (all-deck avg: 9%) logged (3 of 69 games)

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 14th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (14 wins)
  • Often eliminated first: in 41% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (28 of 69 games)
  • Attacks often get blocked: 26% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 18%) logged (457 attackers in 69 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 69 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Hope avg 9.2hit in 20 of 69 games
  2. Klothys, God of Destiny avg 7.1hit in 20 of 69 games
  3. Jodah, the Unifier avg 2.8hit in 14 of 69 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Hope avg 31.9hit in 20 of 69 games
  2. Klothys, God of Destiny avg 24.6hit in 20 of 69 games
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled avg 14.8hit in 11 of 69 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Hope 22×69 games in deck
  2. Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh 6×69 games in deck
  3. Klothys, God of Destiny 4×69 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Supreme Verdict 94×avg 1.4 per game · 69 games in deck
  2. Wrath of God 89×avg 1.3 per game · 69 games in deck
  3. Urza's Ruinous Blast 73×avg 1.1 per game · 69 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 26% of 457 attackers blocked in total, 13% 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. Borne Upon a Wind 0%cast in 0 of 69 games
  2. Sevinne's Reclamation 0%cast in 0 of 69 games
  3. Dark Ritual 4%cast in 3 of 69 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 14 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–97%
  • turns 10–1136%
  • turns 12–1314%
  • turn 14+43%

Combos in play logged Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil + Carth the Lion: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.92

0
14
1
18
2
16
3
5
4
4
5
3
6
4
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
23 / 19
Card draw
5 / 5
Removal
12 / 8
Board wipe
5 / 3
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
16 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
13
Planeswalkers
5
Instants
18
Sorceries
13
Artifacts
12
Enchantments
3
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Avacyn, Angel of Hope
€26.43
Flooded Strand
€14.94
The Chain Veil
€10.65
Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Windswept Heath
€10.30
Blood Crypt
€10.03
Steam Vents
€9.90
Breeding Pool
€9.89

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 €299.59 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 22 · average place 36.0 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 7 tournaments

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