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Price
€499.53of €500.00
Overall win rate
4%7.2 wins in 177 scored games
Games
260 (83)played in 26 tournaments, 83 not scored (time limit)
Rank
62in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1168 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
5complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 32% of this deck's games hit the time limit without a winner even on the third try (all decks in this price class: 17%). Usually the Forge AI is stuck in a loop then, e.g. with lots of tokens. These games don't count – so the win rate is somewhat less meaningful.

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 8 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 4 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

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 €501.74, 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 (30)

Instants (9)

Sorceries (5)

Artifacts (10)

Enchantments (9)

Lands (36)

Flubs, the Fool
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (5)

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”.

  • Cloudstone Curio + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
    6 versions, each with one of: Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh · Kobolds of Kher Keep · Crimson Kobolds · Crookshank Kobolds
  • Springheart Nantuko + … → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
    4 versions, each with one of: Tireless Provisioner · Lotus Cobra
  • Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill
  • Food Chain + Squee, the Immortal → Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Underworld Breach + Frantic Search + Dragon's Rage Channeler → Near-infinite looting, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite self-discard triggers

Commander Spellbook lists 13 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Food Chain + Squee, the Immortal → Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Underworld Breach + Frantic Search + Dragon's Rage Channeler → Near-infinite looting, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
  • Cloudstone Curio + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Kobolds of Kher Keep → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
  • Cloudstone Curio + Crimson Kobolds + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
  • Cloudstone Curio + Crimson Kobolds + Crookshank Kobolds → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
  • Cloudstone Curio + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Crookshank Kobolds → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
  • Cloudstone Curio + Crimson Kobolds + Kobolds of Kher Keep → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
  • Cloudstone Curio + Crookshank Kobolds + Kobolds of Kher Keep → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens

What the games show

From 177 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 – 79% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Shrugs off removal: 5% wins when opponents cast 5+ removal spells, 0% with at most one (all-deck avg: 22% vs 29%) indication (96 / 16 games)
  • Often wins by combo: in 3 of 7 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Little pressure: only avg 7 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (177 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.11 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (177 games)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 12th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (7 wins)
  • Often eliminated first: in 33% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (59 of 177 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 177 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Valakut Exploration avg 0.7hit in 14 of 177 games
  2. Wayward Swordtooth avg 0.5hit in 11 of 177 games
  3. Dragon's Rage Channeler avg 0.5hit in 15 of 177 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Valakut Exploration avg 8.6hit in 14 of 177 games
  2. Earthquake avg 8.5hit in 10 of 177 games
  3. Wayward Swordtooth avg 8.3hit in 11 of 177 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Laboratory Maniac 3×10 games in deck
  2. Wonder 3×134 games in deck
  3. Beast Token 3×177 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Flubs, the Fool 55×avg 0.3 per game · 177 games in deck
  2. Ancient Grudge 12×avg 0.1 per game · 177 games in deck
  3. Pongify 11×avg 0.1 per game · 177 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 12% of 560 attackers blocked in total, 20% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Squirrel Token 5×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. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty 0%cast in 0 of 177 games
  2. Cloud of Faeries 0%cast in 0 of 177 games
  3. Dragonback Assault 6%cast in 10 of 177 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 7 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–914%
  • turns 10–1114%
  • turns 12–1343%
  • turn 14+29%

Combos in play logged Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won · Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner: all pieces cast in 9 games, 1 won · Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra: all pieces cast in 6 games, 2 won · Food Chain + Squee, the Immortal: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 1.89

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16
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5
4
1
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1
6
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
21 / 20
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
6 / 6
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
0 / 2
Strategy
25 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
30
Instants
9
Sorceries
5
Artifacts
10
Enchantments
9
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Boseiju, Who Endures
€43.71
Gemstone Caverns
€38.83
Scalding Tarn
€28.11
Lotus Petal
€25.96
Birgi, God of Storytelling
€25.18
Misty Rainforest
€25.10
Exploration
€24.99
Sensei's Divining Top
€20.99

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 Rampaging Baloths instead of Courser of Kruphix · win rate 8% with, 2% without (60 / 117 games)
  • better Growth Spiral instead of Loot, Exuberant Explorer · win rate 6% with, 0% without (118 / 59 games)
  • better Conduit of Worlds instead of Wonder · win rate 7% with, 2% without (73 / 104 games)
  • no clear difference Anger instead of Wonder · win rate 3% with, 7% without (117 / 60 games)
  • no clear difference Wonder instead of Conduit of Worlds · win rate 3% with, 7% without (134 / 43 games)

12 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €499.53 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 24 · average place 54.7 · 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?