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Price
€418.48of €500.00
Overall win rate
10%19 wins in 187 scored games
Games
260 (73)played in 26 tournaments, 73 not scored (time limit)
Rank
55in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1331 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
4complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 28% 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.

At most €500 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 (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”.

  • Warren Soultrader + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    7 versions, each with one of: Chatterfang, Squirrel General · Cauldron Familiar · Academy Manufactor · Peregrin Took · 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
  • Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Savvy Hunter → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB, Infinite draw triggers
  • 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
  • Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Savvy Hunter → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB, Infinite draw triggers
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Peregrin Took → 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)
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Fell the Mighty: replacement

What the games show

From 187 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: 29) logged (187 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 48% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (90 of 187 games)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (19 wins)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.31 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (187 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 187 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Sam, Loyal Attendant avg 2.3hit in 99 of 187 games
  2. Feasting Hobbit avg 1.4hit in 11 of 187 games
  3. Banquet Guests avg 1.0hit in 7 of 187 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Feasting Hobbit avg 24.4hit in 11 of 187 games
  2. Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles avg 9.7hit in 17 of 187 games
  3. Chatterfang, Squirrel General avg 7.6hit in 21 of 187 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Feasting Hobbit 7×187 games in deck
  2. Banquet Guests 6×187 games in deck
  3. Soldier Token 6×187 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Fell the Mighty 96×avg 0.5 per game · 187 games in deck
  2. The Battle of Bywater 92×avg 0.5 per game · 187 games in deck
  3. Dusk 53×avg 0.3 per game · 187 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 17% of 1414 attackers blocked in total, 6% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Vampire Token 15×blocked in 4 games
  2. Soldier Token 6×blocked in 4 games
  3. Flubs, the Fool 6×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 187 games
  2. The One Ring 0%cast in 0 of 187 games
  3. Revive the Shire 6%cast in 11 of 187 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 19 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–90%
  • turns 10–1121%
  • turns 12–1342%
  • turn 14+37%

Combos in play logged Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine: all pieces cast in 7 games, 1 won · Peregrin Took + Experimental Confectioner: all pieces cast in 5 games, 2 won · Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Savvy Hunter: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.63

0
10
1
21
2
21
3
6
4
3
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

The One Ring
€99.25
Esper Sentinel
€39.56
Smothering Tithe
€32.60
Marsh Flats
€24.98
Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
€22.52
Delighted Halfling
€20.71
Warren Soultrader
€14.97
Heroic Intervention
€10.37

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.

1 more tested card is still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €418.48 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 18 · average place 47.0 · 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?