CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€392.08of €400.00
Overall win rate
48%19 wins in 40 scored games
Games
40played in 4 tournaments
Rank
3in the rankings up to €400 · Elo 1738 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €400 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 (41)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (5)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (36)

Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (2)

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”.

  • Apex Altisaur + Wrathful Raptors + … → Destroy all creatures opponents control, Near-infinite damage
    2 versions, each with one of: Akroma's Will · Heroic Intervention
  • Polyraptor + … → Infinite creature tokens, Draw the game, Infinite creature ETB
    2 versions, each with one of: Marauding Raptor · Forerunner of the Empire

Commander Spellbook lists 4 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 4 entries
  • Apex Altisaur + Wrathful Raptors + Akroma's Will → Destroy all creatures opponents control, Near-infinite damage
  • Polyraptor + Marauding Raptor → Draw the game, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB
  • Apex Altisaur + Wrathful Raptors + Heroic Intervention → Destroy all creatures opponents control, Near-infinite damage
  • Polyraptor + Forerunner of the Empire → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite damage to all creatures, Infinite death 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)
  • Herald's Horn: swapped for a test
  • Marauding Raptor: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Ravenous Tyrannosaurus: test
  • Thunderherd Migration: replacement

What the games show

From 40 analysed games in 4 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 – 96% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 53 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 28) logged (40 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.40 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (40 games)
  • Stable mana: fewer than 3 lands after turn 3 in only 0% of games (all-deck avg: 10%) logged (0 of 40 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (19 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Vulnerable to direct damage: only 38% of losses to combat, the rest to spells, drain or abilities (all-deck avg: 61% combat) logged (8 of 21 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 40 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Gishath, Sun's Avatar avg 9.7hit in 25 of 40 games
  2. Dinosaur Beast Token avg 5.5hit in 6 of 40 games
  3. Ghalta and Mavren avg 3.6hit in 7 of 40 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 36.5hit in 6 of 40 games
  2. Ghalta and Mavren avg 20.7hit in 7 of 40 games
  3. Ghalta, Primal Hunger avg 16.0hit in 6 of 40 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Gishath, Sun's Avatar 9×40 games in deck
  2. Dinosaur Beast Token 6×40 games in deck
  3. Ghalta and Mavren 5×40 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Bronzebeak Foragers 26×avg 0.7 per game · 40 games in deck
  2. Wakening Sun's Avatar 17×avg 0.4 per game · 40 games in deck
  3. Zacama, Primal Calamity 14×avg 0.3 per game · 40 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 20% of 850 attackers blocked in total, 19% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 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. Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 0%cast in 0 of 40 games
  2. Teferi's Protection 0%cast in 0 of 40 games
  3. Trumpeting Carnosaur 2%cast in 1 of 40 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 19 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–916%
  • turns 10–1158%
  • turns 12–1326%
  • turn 14+0%

Combos in play logged Apex Altisaur + Wrathful Raptors + Akroma's Will: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Polyraptor + Marauding Raptor: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Apex Altisaur + Wrathful Raptors + Heroic Intervention: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Polyraptor + Forerunner of the Empire: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.35

0
5
1
9
2
16
3
7
4
8
5
5
6
13
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
16 / 16
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
6 / 6
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
4 / 3
Strategy
26 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
41
Instants
7
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
5
Enchantments
4
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Cavern of Souls
€35.61
Vaultborn Tyrant
€28.46
Teferi's Protection
€28.17
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
€26.46
Etali, Primal Conqueror
€21.93
Wooded Foothills
€16.85
Urza's Incubator
€16.15
Akroma's Will
€14.98

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.

3 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

Copy the list, create a new list under “Wants” on Cardmarket and paste it.

Total €392.08 Cardmarket average as of Oct 29, 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 3 · average place 9.2 · 1× top 3 · 2× top 10 out of 4 tournaments

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