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Price
€198.64of €200.00
Overall win rate
20%48 wins in 241 scored games
Games
260 (19)played in 26 tournaments, 19 not scored (time limit)
Rank
38in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1458 (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 €200 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 (32)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (12)

Enchantments (2)

Lands (37)

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
    6 versions, each with one of: Faeburrow Elder · Helm of the Host · Derevi, Empyrial Tactician · Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge · Selvala, Heart of the Wilds · Bloom Tender
  • Ratadrabik of Urborg + Boromir, Warden of the Tower → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

Commander Spellbook lists 7 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • Ratadrabik of Urborg + Boromir, Warden of the Tower → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite colored mana
  • 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
  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Faeburrow Elder + Helm of the Host → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature ETB
  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Bloom Tender + Helm of the Host → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature ETB

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)
  • Beast Within: AI can't play it
  • Frontier Bivouac: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Helm of the Host: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Cascading Cataracts: replacement
  • Chulane, Teller of Tales: replacement
  • Odric, Lunarch Marshal: replacement

What the games show

From 241 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

  • Often wins by combo: in 23 of 48 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication
  • Shrugs off removal: 19% wins when opponents cast 5+ removal spells, 7% with at most one (all-deck avg: 22% vs 31%) indication (141 / 15 games)
  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 35 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (241 games)

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 34% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (83 of 241 games)
  • Struggles against flyers: 0% wins when at least 40% of opposing creatures have flying or reach, 23% at most 15% (all-deck avg: 16% vs 26%) indication (20 / 124 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 241 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Jodah, the Unifier avg 8.4hit in 111 of 241 games
  2. Maelstrom Wanderer avg 1.8hit in 28 of 241 games
  3. Toski, Bearer of Secrets avg 1.8hit in 27 of 241 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Jodah, the Unifier avg 18.2hit in 111 of 241 games
  2. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain avg 17.9hit in 24 of 241 games
  3. Toski, Bearer of Secrets avg 16.1hit in 27 of 241 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Jodah, the Unifier 51×241 games in deck
  2. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 23×241 games in deck
  3. Maelstrom Wanderer 17×232 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Jodah, the Unifier 107×avg 0.4 per game · 241 games in deck
  2. Assassin's Trophy 56×avg 0.2 per game · 241 games in deck
  3. Swords to Plowshares 55×avg 0.2 per game · 241 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 20% of 2640 attackers blocked in total, 12% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Zombie Token 17×blocked in 7 games
  2. Human Soldier Token 15×blocked in 6 games
  3. Zombie Druid Token 15×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. Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 0%cast in 0 of 241 games
  2. Serah Farron // Crystallized Serah 0%cast in 0 of 241 games
  3. Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal 0%cast in 0 of 241 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 48 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–921%
  • turns 10–1140%
  • turns 12–1323%
  • turn 14+17%

Combos in play logged Ratadrabik of Urborg + Boromir, Warden of the Tower: all pieces cast in 37 games, 10 won · Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician: all pieces cast in 11 games, 4 won · Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Faeburrow Elder: all pieces cast in 21 games, 3 won · Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Esika, God of the Tree: all pieces cast in 31 games, 4 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.11

0
7
1
16
2
20
3
10
4
6
5
6
3
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
22 / 18
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
8 / 8
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
7 / 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
12
Enchantments
2
Lands
37

Most expensive cards

Bloom Tender
€13.11
Esika, God of the Tree
€10.63
Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Windswept Heath
€10.30
Breeding Pool
€9.89
Watery Grave
€9.82
Overgrown Tomb
€8.64
Hallowed Fountain
€8.01

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.

  • worse Odric, Lunarch Marshal instead of Halana and Alena, Partners · win rate 17% with, 27% without (179 / 62 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Arvad the Cursed instead of Odric, Lunarch Marshal · win rate 19% with, 24% without (182 / 59 games)

5 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 7 · average place 38.3 · 0× top 3 · 2× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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