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Price
€399.88of €400.00
Overall win rate
12%5 wins in 40 scored games
Games
41 (1)played in 4 tournaments, 1 not scored (time limit)
Rank
56in the rankings up to €400 · Elo 1335 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 12 of them basic
Game Changer
2of 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 6 more only partially well. This result is therefore much less meaningful – the deck probably plays stronger in human hands. Affected cards

At most €400 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 (17)

Instants (22)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (12)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (34)

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
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”.

  • Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite turns, Lock
    Example – 9 versions with these cards: Dualcaster Mage · Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld · Ghostly Flicker · Essence Flux · Blur · Planar Incision · Saw in Half
  • Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin + … → Infinite draw triggers, Infinite card draw, Near-infinite damage
    5 versions, each with one of: Curiosity · Niv-Mizzet, Parun · Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind · Psychosis Crawler
  • Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill

Commander Spellbook lists 15 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill
  • Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, Parun → Infinite draw triggers, Infinite card draw, Near-infinite damage
  • Dualcaster Mage + Saw in Half → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite magecraft triggers
  • Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Curiosity → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite damage
  • Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite creature ETB
  • Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin + Psychosis Crawler → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifeloss, Infinite draw triggers
  • Dualcaster Mage + Essence Flux → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers
  • Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin → Near-infinite damage, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers
  • Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin → Near-infinite damage, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers
  • Dualcaster Mage + Blur → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Dualcaster Mage + Planar Incision → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite magecraft triggers
  • Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld + Essence Flux → Infinite turns, Lock
  • Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld + Ghostly Flicker → Infinite turns, Lock
  • Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld + Planar Incision → Infinite turns, Lock
  • Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld + Blur → Infinite turns, Lock

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)
  • Blur: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Bojuka Bog: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Dualcaster Mage: AI can't play it
  • Faithless Looting: AI can't play it
  • Ghostly Flicker: AI can't play it
  • Mindbreak Trap: AI can't play it
  • Pact of Negation: AI can't play it
  • Planar Incision: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Psychosis Crawler: AI can't play it
  • Swan Song: AI can't play it
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
  • Windfall: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Anger: test
  • Archaeomancer: replacement
  • Archfiend of Ifnir: replacement
  • Cabal Ritual: replacement
  • Dragon's Rage Channeler: replacement
  • Laboratory Maniac: replacement
  • Painful Quandary: replacement
  • Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak: replacement
  • Polluted Delta: replacement
  • Pyroblast: replacement
  • Syphon Mind: replacement
  • Valley Floodcaller: replacement

What the games show

From 40 analysed games in 4 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: mixed – 49% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Often wins by combo: in 4 of 5 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 38% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (15 of 40 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 40 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Niv-Mizzet, Parun avg 7.8hit in 10 of 40 games
  2. Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind avg 4.1hit in 5 of 40 games
  3. Kefka, Ruler of Ruin avg 3.3hit in 15 of 40 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind avg 32.8hit in 5 of 40 games
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun avg 31.2hit in 10 of 40 games
  3. Wizard Token avg 23.0hit in 5 of 40 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Niv-Mizzet, Parun 9×40 games in deck
  2. Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind 8×40 games in deck
  3. Kefka, Ruler of Ruin 2×40 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Kefka, Court Mage 61×avg 1.5 per game · 40 games in deck
  2. Archfiend of Ifnir 24×avg 0.6 per game · 40 games in deck
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Parun 19×avg 0.5 per game · 40 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 15% of 212 attackers blocked in total, 16% of those by flyers or reach

Not enough blocks logged yet.

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. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty 0%cast in 0 of 40 games
  2. Borne Upon a Wind 0%cast in 0 of 40 games
  3. Chain of Vapor 0%cast in 0 of 40 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 5 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–90%
  • turns 10–1140%
  • turns 12–1360%
  • turn 14+0%

Combos in play logged Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, Parun: all pieces cast in 3 games, 1 won · Dualcaster Mage + Saw in Half: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Curiosity: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.37

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20
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15
3
5
4
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5
2
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
15 / 14
Card draw
12 / 7
Removal
12 / 10
Board wipe
3 / 4
Protection
1 / 2
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. 65 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
17
Instants
22
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
12
Enchantments
6
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
€32.88
Displacer Kitten
€29.05
Lotus Petal
€24.74
Birgi, God of Storytelling
€24.46
Bone Miser
€23.46
Monument to Endurance
€17.46
Pact of Negation
€14.26
Swan Song
€10.91

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.

3 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €399.88 Cardmarket average as of Oct 29, 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 17 · average place 48.2 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 4 tournaments

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