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Price
€99.46of €100.00
Overall win rate
42%112 wins in 267 scored games
Games
270 (3)played in 27 tournaments, 3 not scored (time limit)
Rank
6in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1680 (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

At most €100 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €100.61, above €100.00. Win rate and placement come from the tested version.

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 (46)

Instants (3)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (3)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (36)

Gishath, Sun's Avatar
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”.

  • Polyraptor + … → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite death triggers
    3 versions, each with one of: Marauding Raptor · Forerunner of the Empire · Warstorm Surge

Commander Spellbook lists 3 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 3 entries
  • Polyraptor + Marauding Raptor → Draw the game, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB
  • Polyraptor + Forerunner of the Empire → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite damage to all creatures, Infinite death triggers
  • Polyraptor + Warstorm Surge → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

What the games show

From 267 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 – 94% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 46 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (267 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.03 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (267 games)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 2% wins without it, 50% with it indication (47 games without, 220 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 267 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Gishath, Sun's Avatar avg 8.8hit in 160 of 267 games
  2. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn avg 3.3hit in 56 of 267 games
  3. Dinosaur Beast Token avg 3.2hit in 32 of 267 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Dinosaur Beast Token avg 26.9hit in 32 of 267 games
  2. Rampaging Brontodon avg 20.7hit in 34 of 267 games
  3. Ghalta, Primal Hunger avg 16.9hit in 34 of 267 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Gishath, Sun's Avatar 42×267 games in deck
  2. Rampaging Brontodon 42×267 games in deck
  3. Dinosaur Beast Token 31×267 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Wakening Sun's Avatar 190×avg 0.7 per game · 267 games in deck
  2. Bronzebeak Foragers 171×avg 0.6 per game · 267 games in deck
  3. Zacama, Primal Calamity 72×avg 0.3 per game · 267 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 21% of 4089 attackers blocked in total, 15% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Vampire Token 17×blocked in 5 games
  2. Thopter Token 17×blocked in 4 games
  3. Plant Token 16×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. Trumpeting Carnosaur 5%cast in 14 of 267 games
  2. Warstorm Surge 7%cast in 19 of 267 games
  3. Zacama, Primal Calamity 9%cast in 23 of 267 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 112 wins came

  • by turn 74%
  • turns 8–915%
  • turns 10–1134%
  • turns 12–1330%
  • turn 14+16%

Combos in play logged Polyraptor + Marauding Raptor: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Polyraptor + Forerunner of the Empire: all pieces cast in 2 games, 2 won · Polyraptor + Warstorm Surge: all pieces cast in 3 games, 1 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.16

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5
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12
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14
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9
4
6
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6
6
11
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
18 / 16
Card draw
5 / 9
Removal
8 / 6
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
1 / 3
Strategy
29 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. 63 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
46
Instants
3
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
3
Enchantments
3
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Polyraptor
€12.00
Apex Altisaur
€7.67
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
€7.19
Wrathful Raptors
€5.34
Three Visits
€4.85
Spire Garden
€4.80
Boros Charm
€4.21
Rhythm of the Wild
€3.27

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 Majestic Heliopterus instead of Regal Imperiosaur · win rate 48% with, 41% without (50 / 217 games)
  • no clear difference Shifting Ceratops instead of Majestic Heliopterus · win rate 38% with, 43% without (40 / 227 games)

9 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €99.46 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 1 · average place 13.2 · 4× top 3 · 13× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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