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Price
€98.19of €100.00
Overall win rate
29%74 wins in 256 scored games
Games
270 (14)played in 27 tournaments, 14 not scored (time limit)
Rank
21in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1569 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 37 lands, 11 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete 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.

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)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (11)

Enchantments (3)

Jodah, the Unifier
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”.

  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + … → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite combat phases, Infinite colored mana
    3 versions, each with one of: Faeburrow Elder · Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge · Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • Ratadrabik of Urborg + Boromir, Warden of the Tower → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

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
  • Ratadrabik of Urborg + Boromir, Warden of the Tower → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Faeburrow Elder → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature ETB
  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite combat phases
  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat phases

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)
  • Adventurer's Inn: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Beast Within: AI can't play it
  • Clive's Hideaway: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Negate: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Selvala, Heart of the Wilds: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Cascading Cataracts: replacement
  • Daze: replacement
  • Halana and Alena, Partners: replacement
  • Rakdos Joins Up: replacement
  • Reliquary Tower: replacement

What the games show

From 256 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 – 97% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 41 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (256 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.91 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (256 games)
  • Often wins by combo: in 30 of 74 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 2% wins without it, 34% with it indication (44 games without, 212 with commander)
  • Struggles against flyers: 4% wins when at least 40% of opposing creatures have flying or reach, 31% at most 15% (all-deck avg: 18% vs 27%) indication (24 / 123 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 256 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Jodah, the Unifier avg 9.4hit in 125 of 256 games
  2. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain avg 2.7hit in 28 of 256 games
  3. Basim Ibn Ishaq avg 1.7hit in 38 of 256 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain avg 25.1hit in 28 of 256 games
  2. Jodah, the Unifier avg 19.2hit in 125 of 256 games
  3. Maelstrom Wanderer avg 18.6hit in 23 of 256 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Jodah, the Unifier 55×256 games in deck
  2. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 32×256 games in deck
  3. Maelstrom Wanderer 15×256 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Jodah, the Unifier 196×avg 0.8 per game · 256 games in deck
  2. Swords to Plowshares 58×avg 0.2 per game · 256 games in deck
  3. Assassin's Trophy 56×avg 0.2 per game · 256 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 23% of 2552 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 10×blocked in 7 games
  2. Cat Token 8×blocked in 3 games
  3. Glarb, Calamity's Augur 6×blocked in 5 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. Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 0%cast in 0 of 105 games
  2. Serah Farron // Crystallized Serah 0%cast in 0 of 256 games
  3. Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal 0%cast in 0 of 256 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 74 wins came

  • by turn 73%
  • turns 8–98%
  • turns 10–1142%
  • turns 12–1326%
  • turn 14+22%

Combos in play logged Ratadrabik of Urborg + Boromir, Warden of the Tower: all pieces cast in 33 games, 18 won · Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Faeburrow Elder: all pieces cast in 23 games, 10 won · Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Esika, God of the Tree: all pieces cast in 12 games, 5 won · Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds: all pieces cast in 21 games, 11 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.13

0
7
1
17
2
19
3
9
4
6
5
1
6
3
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
22 / 18
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
9 / 8
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
6 / 6
Strategy
14 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. 62 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
32
Instants
7
Sorceries
9
Artifacts
11
Enchantments
3
Lands
37

Most expensive cards

Esika, God of the Tree
€10.63
Boromir, Warden of the Tower
€6.14
Three Visits
€4.85
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
€4.64
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
€4.56
Plaza of Heroes
€3.74
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
€3.48
Skrelv, Defector Mite
€3.43

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 Etali, Primal Storm instead of Halana and Alena, Partners · win rate 26% with, 31% without (109 / 147 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Anguished Unmaking instead of Dovin's Veto · win rate 32% with, 28% without (40 / 216 games)
  • no clear difference Dovin's Veto instead of Anguished Unmaking · win rate 29% with, 30% without (206 / 50 games)
  • no clear difference Commander's Sphere instead of Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea · win rate 29% with, 29% without (177 / 79 games)

9 more tested cards are still collecting games.

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Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

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Best place 4 · average place 26.9 · 0× top 3 · 5× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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