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Price
€499.26of €500.00
Overall win rate
15%32 wins in 214 scored games
Games
260 (46)played in 26 tournaments, 46 not scored (time limit)
Rank
48in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1404 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 9 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
4complete 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.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €502.74, above €500.00. Win rate and placement come from the tested version.

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 (11)

Planeswalkers (9)

Instants (18)

Sorceries (11)

Artifacts (11)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (35)

Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (4)

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”.

  • The Chain Veil + Teferi, Temporal Archmage + … → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana
    3 versions, each with one of: Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset · Carth the Lion
  • Teferi, Master of Time + Ichormoon Gauntlet + … → Infinite turns, Lock
    3 versions, each with one of: The Chain Veil · Oath of Teferi · Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Oath of Teferi + … → Infinite card draw, Infinite creature ETB, Exile all of your opponents' permanents and hands
    3 versions, each with one of: Spark Double · The Chain Veil
  • Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Spark Double + Rings of Brighthearth + … → Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite blinking, Infinite card draw
    2 versions, each with one of: Teferi, Temporal Archmage · Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset

Commander Spellbook lists 11 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana
  • Teferi, Master of Time + Ichormoon Gauntlet + The Chain Veil → Infinite turns, Lock
  • Teferi, Master of Time + Ichormoon Gauntlet + Oath of Teferi → Infinite turns, Lock
  • Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset + The Chain Veil → Infinite activations of most planeswalkers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers
  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil + Carth the Lion → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana
  • Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Oath of Teferi → Exile all of your opponents' permanents and hands, Infinite card draw, Infinite creature ETB
  • Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Spark Double + Oath of Teferi → Infinite blinking of permanents, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Aminatou, the Fateshifter + The Chain Veil → Exile all permanents opponents control, Infinite planeswalker activations, Infinite card draw
  • Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Teferi, Master of Time + Ichormoon Gauntlet → Infinite turns, Lock
  • Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Spark Double + Rings of Brighthearth + Teferi, Temporal Archmage → Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite blinking, Infinite card draw
  • Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Spark Double + Rings of Brighthearth + Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset → Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite blinking, Infinite card draw

What the games show

From 214 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 – 62% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Resilient: even in losses it lasts until its 11th own turn on average (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (182 losses)

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 14th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (32 wins)
  • Little pressure: only avg 21 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (214 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 36% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (76 of 214 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.44 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (214 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 214 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Klothys, God of Destiny avg 8.4hit in 74 of 214 games
  2. Avacyn, Angel of Hope avg 5.6hit in 51 of 214 games
  3. Jodah, the Unifier avg 1.3hit in 23 of 214 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Klothys, God of Destiny avg 24.3hit in 74 of 214 games
  2. Avacyn, Angel of Hope avg 23.5hit in 51 of 214 games
  3. Jodah, the Unifier avg 12.0hit in 23 of 214 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Hope 39×208 games in deck
  2. Klothys, God of Destiny 23×214 games in deck
  3. Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh 13×214 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Wrath of God 185×avg 0.9 per game · 199 games in deck
  2. Farewell 163×avg 0.8 per game · 192 games in deck
  3. Supreme Verdict 156×avg 0.7 per game · 214 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 21% of 848 attackers blocked in total, 9% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 10×blocked in 3 games
  2. Vampire Token 7×blocked in 3 games
  3. Tidus, Yuna's Guardian 4×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. Borne Upon a Wind 0%cast in 0 of 214 games
  2. Oath of Teferi 3%cast in 5 of 164 games
  3. Elvish Spirit Guide 7%cast in 15 of 214 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 32 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–93%
  • turns 10–1119%
  • turns 12–1325%
  • turn 14+53%

Combos in play logged Teferi, Temporal Archmage + The Chain Veil: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Teferi, Master of Time + Ichormoon Gauntlet + The Chain Veil: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Teferi, Master of Time + Ichormoon Gauntlet + Oath of Teferi: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset + The Chain Veil: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.81

0
16
1
15
2
15
3
8
4
5
5
3
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
23 / 19
Card draw
8 / 5
Removal
11 / 8
Board wipe
4 / 3
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
15 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
11
Planeswalkers
9
Instants
18
Sorceries
11
Artifacts
11
Enchantments
4
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Teferi's Protection
€28.06
Misty Rainforest
€25.10
Verdant Catacombs
€24.21
Ichormoon Gauntlet
€21.38
Polluted Delta
€19.12
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32
Wooded Foothills
€16.74
Aminatou, the Fateshifter
€15.52

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.

  • better Kruphix, God of Horizons instead of Paradox Haze · win rate 19% with, 8% without (140 / 74 games)
  • no clear difference Blasphemous Act instead of Wrath of God · win rate 19% with, 13% without (58 / 156 games)
  • no clear difference Talisman of Dominance instead of Talisman of Creativity · win rate 18% with, 13% without (79 / 135 games)
  • no clear difference Talisman of Creativity instead of Karametra, God of Harvests · win rate 16% with, 13% without (139 / 75 games)
  • no clear difference Athreos, Shroud-Veiled instead of Kruphix, God of Horizons · win rate 14% with, 15% without (43 / 171 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Commander's Sphere instead of Altar of the Pantheon · win rate 15% with, 15% without (146 / 68 games)

10 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €499.26 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 10 · average place 43.7 · 0× top 3 · 1× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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