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Price
€99.95of €100.00
Overall win rate
40%106 wins in 262 scored games
Games
271 (9)played in 27 tournaments, 9 not scored (time limit)
Rank
7in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1678 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete 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.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 26, 2026: the tested version had risen to €100.75, above €100.00. 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 (30)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (13)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (36)

Kaalia of the Vast
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (1)

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”.

  • Kaalia of the Vast + Master of Cruelties → Target opponent loses the game

What the games show

From 262 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 50 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (262 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.23 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (262 games)
  • Attacks get through: 10% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 19%) logged (2732 attackers in 218 games)

Weaknesses

  • Weak against board wipes: 34% wins when opponents cast a board wipe, 46% without one (all-deck avg: 23% vs 28%) trend – not yet certain (124 / 138 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 262 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Kaalia of the Vast avg 5.6hit in 208 of 262 games
  2. Sephara, Sky's Blade avg 4.0hit in 63 of 262 games
  3. Serra's Emissary avg 3.4hit in 42 of 262 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Serra's Emissary avg 21.0hit in 42 of 262 games
  2. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight avg 20.2hit in 34 of 262 games
  3. Vilis, Broker of Blood avg 17.7hit in 34 of 262 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Sephara, Sky's Blade 51×262 games in deck
  2. Serra's Emissary 37×262 games in deck
  3. Drakuseth, Maw of Flames 26×262 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Archfiend of Depravity 167×avg 0.7 per game · 252 games in deck
  2. Vile Mutilator 114×avg 0.4 per game · 262 games in deck
  3. Ruinous Ultimatum 98×avg 1.0 per game · 95 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 10% of 2732 attackers blocked in total, 45% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Dragon Token 9×blocked in 6 games
  2. Teval, the Balanced Scale 9×blocked in 4 games
  3. Spirit Token 8×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. Vile Mutilator 0%cast in 0 of 262 games
  2. Vilis, Broker of Blood 3%cast in 9 of 262 games
  3. Drakuseth, Maw of Flames 4%cast in 10 of 262 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 106 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–919%
  • turns 10–1125%
  • turns 12–1327%
  • turn 14+27%

Combos in play logged Kaalia of the Vast + Master of Cruelties: all pieces cast in 15 games, 7 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.05

0
5
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19
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10
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1
4
8
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6
14
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
11 / 10
Card draw
8 / 6
Removal
12 / 9
Board wipe
4 / 4
Protection
6 / 6
Strategy
22 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
30
Instants
8
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
13
Enchantments
4
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Balefire Dragon
€13.40
Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
€8.20
Vilis, Broker of Blood
€7.17
Boros Charm
€4.21
Aurelia, the Warleader
€3.87
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
€3.87
Phyrexian Arena
€3.21
Lightning Greaves
€3.08

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 Subjugator Angel instead of Dazzling Angel · win rate 33% with, 42% without (48 / 214 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Lathliss, Dragon Queen instead of Demonlord Belzenlok · win rate 46% with, 39% without (41 / 221 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Serra Angel instead of Subjugator Angel · win rate 42% with, 36% without (207 / 55 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Despark instead of Crackling Doom · win rate 38% with, 42% without (116 / 146 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Murder instead of Disenchant · win rate 44% with, 40% without (50 / 212 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Rapacious Dragon instead of Subjugator Angel · win rate 41% with, 39% without (147 / 115 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

5 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €99.95 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 2 · average place 13.1 · 5× top 3 · 14× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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