CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€199.28of €200.00
Overall win rate
45%112 wins in 250 scored games
Games
261 (11)played in 26 tournaments, 11 not scored (time limit)
Rank
5in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1718 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 24 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
0complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

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 (1)

Creatures (36)

Instants (6)

Sorceries (4)

Artifacts (13)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (34)

Giada, Font of Hope
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

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)
  • Lyra, Archangel of Dawn: not in Forge
  • Serra Paragon: swapped for a test
Played instead in the tournament
  • Herald of Eternal Dawn: replacement
  • Serra Angel: test

What the games show

From 250 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

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 55 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (250 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.16 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (250 games)
  • Attacks get through: 6% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 17%) logged (4055 attackers in 250 games)
  • Rarely out first: eliminated first in only 16% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (39 of 250 games)

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (112 wins)
  • Vulnerable to direct damage: only 46% of losses to combat, the rest to spells, drain or abilities (all-deck avg: 60% combat) logged (64 of 139 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 250 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Giada, Font of Hope avg 6.2hit in 201 of 250 games
  2. Angel Token avg 5.6hit in 61 of 250 games
  3. Serra's Emissary avg 2.9hit in 37 of 250 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Angel Token avg 22.8hit in 61 of 250 games
  2. Avacyn, Angel of Hope avg 22.7hit in 11 of 250 games
  3. Serra's Emissary avg 19.4hit in 37 of 250 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Angel Token 65×250 games in deck
  2. Serra's Emissary 29×250 games in deck
  3. Aegis Angel 14×250 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Farewell 379×avg 1.5 per game · 250 games in deck
  2. Wrath of God 260×avg 1.0 per game · 250 games in deck
  3. Cleansing Nova 173×avg 0.7 per game · 250 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 6% of 4055 attackers blocked in total, 49% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Thopter Token 16×blocked in 5 games
  2. Spirit Token 13×blocked in 3 games
  3. Birds of Paradise 8×blocked in 7 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. Flare of Fortitude 0%cast in 0 of 151 games
  2. Sunblast Angel 7%cast in 16 of 230 games
  3. Angel of the Ruins 9%cast in 23 of 250 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 112 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–914%
  • turns 10–1129%
  • turns 12–1323%
  • turn 14+34%

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.66

0
7
1
9
2
17
3
14
4
7
5
6
6
5
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
8 / 8
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
5 / 6
Board wipe
4 / 4
Protection
6 / 6
Strategy
36 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. 65 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
36
Instants
6
Sorceries
4
Artifacts
13
Enchantments
6
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Archangel of Thune
€16.92
Gisela, the Broken Blade
€16.75
Urza's Incubator
€15.98
Land Tax
€11.00
Flawless Maneuver
€8.11
The Book of Exalted Deeds
€8.07
Resplendent Angel
€7.31
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
€6.61

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 Serra Angel instead of Sunblast Angel · win rate 43% with, 48% without (149 / 101 games)
  • no clear difference Entreat the Angels instead of Herald of Eternal Dawn · win rate 45% with, 45% without (77 / 173 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Herald of Eternal Dawn instead of Serra Paragon · win rate 45% with, 45% without (210 / 40 games)

7 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €199.28 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 1 · average place 11.2 · 6× top 3 · 13× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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