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Price
€499.69of €500.00
Overall win rate
14%31 wins in 221 scored games
Games
260 (39)played in 26 tournaments, 39 not scored (time limit)
Rank
50in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1378 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 12 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete 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 €500 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 26, 2026: the tested version had risen to €505.28, above €500.00. 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 (34)

Instants (14)

Sorceries (4)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (34)

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (3)

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”.

  • Hullbreaker Horror + … → Infinite storm count, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature LTB
    2 versions, each with one of: Sol Ring
  • 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 5 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 5 entries
  • Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
  • 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
  • Hullbreaker Horror → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite storm count

What the games show

From 221 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 17 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (221 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 43% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (95 of 221 games)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (31 wins)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.37 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (221 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 221 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Hope avg 1.7hit in 24 of 221 games
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will avg 1.1hit in 17 of 221 games
  3. Archfiend of Ifnir avg 1.0hit in 21 of 221 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Hope avg 15.9hit in 24 of 221 games
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will avg 14.8hit in 17 of 221 games
  3. Archon of Cruelty avg 14.4hit in 10 of 221 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Zombie Token 13×221 games in deck
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will 10×209 games in deck
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Hope 9×221 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Mystic Remora 111×avg 0.5 per game · 221 games in deck
  2. Damn 71×avg 0.3 per game · 221 games in deck
  3. Nezahal, Primal Tide 58×avg 0.3 per game · 221 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 15% of 1941 attackers blocked in total, 13% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Zombie Token 15×blocked in 6 games
  2. Soldier Token 7×blocked in 3 games
  3. Ulalek, Fused Atrocity 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 221 games
  2. Hullbreaker Horror 5%cast in 11 of 221 games
  3. Victimize 6%cast in 11 of 195 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 31 wins came

  • by turn 73%
  • turns 8–93%
  • turns 10–1123%
  • turns 12–1326%
  • turn 14+45%

Combos in play logged Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring: all pieces cast in 6 games, 1 won · Sharuum the Hegemon + Phyrexian Metamorph: all pieces cast in 4 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 33 games, 6 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.82

1
0
16
1
24
2
6
3
4
4
6
5
3
6
5
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
11 / 11
Card draw
19 / 18
Removal
13 / 11
Board wipe
4 / 4
Protection
1 / 2
Strategy
17 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
34
Instants
14
Sorceries
4
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
4
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Esper Sentinel
€39.56
Smothering Tithe
€32.60
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
€26.43
Consecrated Sphinx
€25.65
Otawara, Soaring City
€25.32
Marsh Flats
€24.98
Cyclonic Rift
€23.77
Ranger-Captain of Eos
€21.21

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 Wayward Servant instead of Lazotep Chancellor · win rate 20% with, 12% without (44 / 177 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Lord of the Accursed instead of Lazotep Chancellor · win rate 17% with, 10% without (128 / 93 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Undead Augur instead of Raffine, Scheming Seer · win rate 13% with, 17% without (150 / 71 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Cemetery Reaper instead of Counterspell · win rate 13% with, 16% without (165 / 56 games)
  • no clear difference Careful Study instead of Raffine, Scheming Seer · win rate 15% with, 13% without (65 / 156 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Raffine, Scheming Seer instead of Pollywog Prodigy · win rate 14% with, 14% without (133 / 88 games)

5 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €499.69 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 21 · average place 44.8 · 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?