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Price
€197.60of €200.00
Overall win rate
11%25 wins in 227 scored games
Games
260 (33)played in 26 tournaments, 33 not scored (time limit)
Rank
55in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1334 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
6complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 13% of this deck's games hit the time limit without a winner even on the third try (all decks in this price class: 7%). 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 €200 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 (37)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (5)

Enchantments (5)

Lands (36)

Frodo, Adventurous HobbitSam, Loyal Attendant
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (6)

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”.

  • Ygra, Eater of All + Ashnod's Altar + … → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    4 versions, each with one of: Experimental Confectioner · Camellia, the Seedmiser · Savvy Hunter · Peregrin Took
  • Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Academy Manufactor + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    2 versions, each with one of: Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • Pippin, Warden of Isengard + Hazel's Brewmaster + … → Infinite tapped Food tokens, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite Clue tokens
    2 versions, each with one of: Academy Manufactor · Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • Peregrin Took + Experimental Confectioner → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature tokens
  • Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Hazel's Brewmaster + Gilded Goose → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Farmer Cotton + Samwise Gamgee + Academy Manufactor + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

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

Show all 11 entries
  • Peregrin Took + Experimental Confectioner → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature tokens
  • Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Hazel's Brewmaster + Gilded Goose → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Savvy Hunter → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB, Infinite draw triggers
  • Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Ygra, Eater of All + Camellia, the Seedmiser + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Academy Manufactor + Jaheira, Friend of the Forest → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Pippin, Warden of Isengard + Hazel's Brewmaster + Academy Manufactor → Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite tapped Food tokens, Infinite Clue tokens
  • Sam, Loyal Attendant + Peregrin Took + Camellia, the Seedmiser + Academy Manufactor → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Sam, Loyal Attendant + Pippin, Warden of Isengard + Hazel's Brewmaster → Infinite tapped Food tokens
  • Farmer Cotton + Samwise Gamgee + Academy Manufactor + Ashnod's Altar → 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)
  • Ashnod's Altar: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Camellia, the Seedmiser: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Dawn of Hope: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Experimental Confectioner: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Hazel's Brewmaster: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Jaheira, Friend of the Forest: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
  • Windswept Heath: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Ygra, Eater of All: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Cauldron Familiar: replacement
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General: replacement
  • Chromatic Lantern: replacement
  • Evolving Wilds: replacement
  • Fell the Mighty: replacement
  • Idol of Oblivion: replacement
  • Motivated Pony: replacement
  • Nuka-Cola Vending Machine: replacement
  • Warren Soultrader: replacement

What the games show

From 227 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 – 100% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Little pressure: only avg 13 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (227 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 45% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (102 of 227 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.27 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (227 games)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (25 wins)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 227 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Feasting Hobbit avg 3.2hit in 18 of 227 games
  2. Sam, Loyal Attendant avg 2.9hit in 130 of 227 games
  3. Banquet Guests avg 0.8hit in 7 of 227 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Feasting Hobbit avg 40.8hit in 18 of 227 games
  2. Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles avg 9.9hit in 16 of 227 games
  3. Savvy Hunter avg 6.1hit in 12 of 227 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Feasting Hobbit 18×227 games in deck
  2. Sam, Loyal Attendant 10×227 games in deck
  3. Food Token 5×227 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Fell the Mighty 158×avg 0.7 per game · 227 games in deck
  2. Dusk 90×avg 0.4 per game · 227 games in deck
  3. The Battle of Bywater 66×avg 0.3 per game · 227 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 18% of 1337 attackers blocked in total, 8% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Goblin Token 15×blocked in 3 games
  2. Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin 3×blocked in 3 games
  3. Muldrotha, the Gravetide 3×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. Dusk // Dawn 0%cast in 0 of 227 games
  2. Ashnod's Altar 6%cast in 3 of 52 games
  3. Heroic Intervention 7%cast in 16 of 227 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 25 wins came

  • by turn 74%
  • turns 8–94%
  • turns 10–1124%
  • turns 12–1328%
  • turn 14+40%

Combos in play logged Peregrin Took + Experimental Confectioner: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Hazel's Brewmaster + Gilded Goose: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won · Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Savvy Hunter: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took + Ashnod's Altar: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.69

0
8
1
22
2
21
3
7
4
3
5
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
17 / 17
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
7 / 7
Board wipe
3 / 3
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
24 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
37
Instants
7
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
5
Enchantments
5
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Delighted Halfling
€20.71
Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Windswept Heath
€10.30
Ashnod's Altar
€9.71
Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
€9.33
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
€8.79
Godless Shrine
€8.76
Overgrown Tomb
€8.64

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.

4 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €197.60 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 12 · average place 47.9 · 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?