CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€299.97of €300.00
Overall win rate
13%9 wins in 68 scored games
Games
70 (2)played in 7 tournaments, 2 not scored (time limit)
Rank
53in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1351 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 12 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 9 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 5 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

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 (1)

Creatures (35)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (12)

Sorceries (3)

Artifacts (11)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (34)

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
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”.

  • Sharuum the Hegemon + … → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
    2 versions, each with one of: Phyrexian Metamorph · Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Tortured Existence + Peregrine Drake → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite tapped creature tokens

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
  • Sharuum the Hegemon + Phyrexian Metamorph → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Tortured Existence + Peregrine Drake → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite tapped creature tokens
  • Sharuum the Hegemon + Hashaton, Scarab's Fist → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, 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)
  • Avacyn, Angel of Hope: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Dimir Signet: AI can't play it
  • Flooded Strand: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Kitsa, Otterball Elite: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Liliana, Death's Majesty: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Massacre Wurm: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Mindbreak Trap: AI can't play it
  • Orzhov Signet: AI can't play it
  • Peregrine Drake: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Polluted Delta: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Putrid Imp: AI can't play it
  • Silence: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Skirge Familiar: AI can't play it
  • Springleaf Drum: AI can't play it
  • Swan Song: AI can't play it
  • Tortured Existence: AI can't play it
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Champion of Wits: replacement
  • Clever Impersonator: replacement
  • Consecrated Sphinx: replacement
  • Contaminated Landscape: replacement
  • Corpse Knight: replacement
  • Gempalm Polluter: replacement
  • God-Eternal Oketra: replacement
  • Grave Titan: replacement
  • Hullbreaker Horror: replacement
  • Into the Flood Maw: replacement
  • Lightning Greaves: replacement
  • Merfolk Looter: replacement
  • Mox Amber: replacement
  • Path of Ancestry: replacement
  • Rot Hulk: test
  • Victimize: replacement
  • Vizier of Many Faces: replacement

What the games show

From 68 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

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 14th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (9 wins)
  • Little pressure: only avg 19 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (68 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 34% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (23 of 68 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 68 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Zombie Warrior Token avg 1.8hit in 7 of 68 games
  2. God-Eternal Oketra avg 1.6hit in 9 of 68 games
  3. Temmet, Naktamun's Will avg 1.4hit in 8 of 68 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Zombie Warrior Token avg 17.3hit in 7 of 68 games
  2. Archon of Cruelty avg 14.8hit in 6 of 68 games
  3. God-Eternal Oketra avg 12.3hit in 9 of 68 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will 7×68 games in deck
  2. Zombie Token 5×68 games in deck
  3. Archon of Cruelty 4×68 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Swords to Plowshares 14×avg 0.2 per game · 68 games in deck
  2. Angel of the Ruins 13×avg 0.2 per game · 68 games in deck
  3. Path to Exile 13×avg 0.2 per game · 68 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 21% of 606 attackers blocked in total, 15% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Birds of Paradise 4×blocked in 4 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. Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator 0%cast in 0 of 68 games
  2. Tataru Taru 0%cast in 0 of 68 games
  3. Phyrexian Metamorph 1%cast in 1 of 68 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 9 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–90%
  • turns 10–1122%
  • turns 12–1333%
  • turn 14+44%

Combos in play logged Sharuum the Hegemon + Phyrexian Metamorph: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Tortured Existence + Peregrine Drake: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Sharuum the Hegemon + Hashaton, Scarab's Fist: all pieces cast in 8 games, 1 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.69

0
18
1
25
2
6
3
3
4
7
5
2
6
4
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
12 / 11
Card draw
18 / 18
Removal
12 / 11
Board wipe
4 / 4
Protection
1 / 2
Strategy
18 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
35
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
12
Sorceries
3
Artifacts
11
Enchantments
3
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Esper Sentinel
€39.56
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
€26.43
Polluted Delta
€19.12
Flooded Strand
€14.94
Swan Song
€10.68
Watery Grave
€9.82
Mystic Remora
€9.37
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
€8.79

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.

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Total €299.97 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 21 · average place 45.1 · 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?