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Price
€97.61of €100.00
Overall win rate
11%27 wins in 237 scored games
Games
270 (33)played in 27 tournaments, 33 not scored (time limit)
Rank
55in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1344 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 12% of this deck's games hit the time limit without a winner even on the third try (all decks in this price class: 6%). 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.

At most €100 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 (2)

Creatures (35)

Instants (5)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (7)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (36)

Frodo, Adventurous HobbitSam, Loyal Attendant
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”.

  • Warren Soultrader + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    8 versions, each with one of: Cauldron Familiar · Academy Manufactor · Peregrin Took · Nadier's Nightblade · Prosperous Innkeeper · Essence Warden and 1 more

Commander Spellbook lists 8 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 8 entries
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Peregrin Took → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Nadier's Nightblade → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Cauldron Familiar + Academy Manufactor → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Cauldron Familiar + Peregrin Took → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Prosperous Innkeeper → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Essence Warden + Chatterfang, Squirrel General → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Cauldron Familiar + Samwise Gamgee → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

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)
  • Commander's Sphere: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Idol of Oblivion: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Camellia, the Seedmiser: replacement
  • Hazel's Brewmaster: replacement
  • Ninja Pizza: replacement

What the games show

From 237 analysed games in 27 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 – 100% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Unfazed by artifact/enchantment removal: 16% wins when opponents cast 2+ artifact or enchantment removal spells, 4% without them (all-deck avg: 22% vs 27%) indication (90 / 73 games)

Weaknesses

  • Little pressure: only avg 15 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (237 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 46% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (110 of 237 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.30 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (237 games)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (27 wins)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 237 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Sam, Loyal Attendant avg 2.6hit in 138 of 237 games
  2. Feasting Hobbit avg 2.1hit in 21 of 237 games
  3. Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles avg 1.0hit in 14 of 237 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Feasting Hobbit avg 23.6hit in 21 of 237 games
  2. Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles avg 16.7hit in 14 of 237 games
  3. Chatterfang, Squirrel General avg 11.5hit in 11 of 237 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Feasting Hobbit 11×237 games in deck
  2. Banquet Guests 7×237 games in deck
  3. Squirrel Token 7×237 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Fell the Mighty 124×avg 0.5 per game · 237 games in deck
  2. Dusk 124×avg 0.5 per game · 237 games in deck
  3. The Battle of Bywater 98×avg 0.4 per game · 237 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 25% of 1439 attackers blocked in total, 6% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Elf Warrior Token 22×blocked in 3 games
  2. Goblin Token 15×blocked in 3 games
  3. Insect Token 12×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. Dusk // Dawn 0%cast in 0 of 237 games
  2. Banquet Guests 8%cast in 18 of 237 games
  3. Prosperous Innkeeper 8%cast in 20 of 237 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 27 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–97%
  • turns 10–1115%
  • turns 12–1337%
  • turn 14+41%

Combos in play logged Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Peregrin Took: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Warren Soultrader + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Nadier's Nightblade: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Warren Soultrader + Cauldron Familiar + Academy Manufactor: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.79

0
8
1
20
2
22
3
6
4
4
5
1
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
16 / 17
Card draw
10 / 9
Removal
6 / 7
Board wipe
4 / 3
Protection
0 / 2
Strategy
26 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. 62 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
35
Instants
5
Sorceries
9
Artifacts
7
Enchantments
6
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Warren Soultrader
€14.97
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
€7.39
Academy Manufactor
€6.55
Toxic Deluge
€4.93
Call of the Ring
€3.96
Essence Warden
€3.31
Treebeard, Gracious Host
€3.27
Sanguine Bond
€3.24

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 Mentor of the Meek instead of Dawn of Hope · win rate 12% with, 11% without (117 / 120 games)

4 more tested cards are still collecting games.

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Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

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Best place 23 · average place 48.0 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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