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Price
€278.61of €300.00
Overall win rate
6%4 wins in 69 scored games
Games
71 (2)played in 7 tournaments, 2 not scored (time limit)
Rank
61in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1222 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete 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

Commander (2)

Creatures (37)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (6)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (36)

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

Combos in the deck (3)

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
  • Peregrin Took + … → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
    2 versions, each with one of: Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Experimental Confectioner
  • Sam, Loyal Attendant + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor + Experimental Confectioner → Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB

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 + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
  • Peregrin Took + Experimental Confectioner → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature tokens
  • 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
  • Sam, Loyal Attendant + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor + Experimental Confectioner → Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB

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)
  • Idol of Oblivion: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Lobelia, Defender of Bag End: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Nadier's Nightblade: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Smothering Tithe: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Camellia, the Seedmiser: replacement
  • Esper Sentinel: replacement
  • Fell the Mighty: replacement
  • Hazel's Brewmaster: replacement
  • Jaheira, Friend of the Forest: replacement

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 – 100% 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

  • Little pressure: only avg 12 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (69 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 48% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (33 of 69 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.26 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (69 games)

Damage per game all games

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

  1. Sam, Loyal Attendant avg 2.7hit in 37 of 69 games
  2. Feasting Hobbit avg 1.0hit in 5 of 69 games
  3. Squirrel Token avg 0.9hit in 2 of 69 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Shire Shirriff avg 5.4hit in 7 of 69 games
  2. Sam, Loyal Attendant avg 5.1hit in 37 of 69 games
  3. Mirkwood Bats avg 3.3hit in 6 of 69 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Food Token 3×69 games in deck
  2. Squirrel Token 3×69 games in deck
  3. Warren Soultrader 2×50 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Fell the Mighty 64×avg 0.9 per game · 69 games in deck
  2. Dusk 21×avg 0.3 per game · 69 games in deck
  3. The Battle of Bywater 14×avg 0.2 per game · 69 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 15% of 385 attackers blocked in total, 10% 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. Dusk // Dawn 0%cast in 0 of 69 games
  2. Farmer Cotton 4%cast in 3 of 69 games
  3. Banquet Guests 6%cast in 4 of 69 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 4 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–90%
  • turns 10–110%
  • turns 12–13100%
  • turn 14+0%

Combos in play logged Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Peregrin Took + Experimental Confectioner: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won · 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

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.60

0
9
1
22
2
23
3
5
4
2
5
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
18 / 17
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
7 / 7
Board wipe
3 / 3
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
23 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
6
Enchantments
4
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Smothering Tithe
€32.60
Verdant Catacombs
€24.21
Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
€22.52
Delighted Halfling
€20.71
Warren Soultrader
€14.97
Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Windswept Heath
€10.30
Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
€9.33

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 €278.61 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 36 · average place 53.9 · 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?