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Price
€497.92of €500.00
Overall win rate
13%30 wins in 226 scored games
Games
260 (34)played in 26 tournaments, 34 not scored (time limit)
Rank
54in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1369 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 12 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
4complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 10 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 8 more only partially well. This result is therefore much less meaningful – the deck probably plays stronger in human hands. 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 €500.28, 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 (15)

Instants (24)

Sorceries (10)

Artifacts (12)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (34)

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (4)

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 + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite turns, Lock
    10 versions, each with one of: Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld · Ghostly Flicker · Essence Flux · Blur · Planar Incision · Twinflame and 1 more
  • Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin + … → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite lifeloss
    2 versions, each with one of: Psychosis Crawler · Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill
  • Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac → Exile your library, Win the game

Commander Spellbook lists 14 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 14 entries
  • Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill
  • Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste
  • Dualcaster Mage + Saw in Half → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite magecraft triggers
  • 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
  • Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac → Exile your library, Win the game
  • 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
  • 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

What the games show

From 226 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: mixed – 59% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Often wins by combo: in 13 of 30 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 44% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (100 of 226 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 226 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Niv-Mizzet, Parun avg 5.4hit in 50 of 226 games
  2. Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind avg 3.4hit in 26 of 226 games
  3. Kefka, Ruler of Ruin avg 3.4hit in 87 of 226 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 29.8hit in 26 of 226 games
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun avg 24.5hit in 50 of 226 games
  3. Wizard Token avg 14.1hit in 21 of 226 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Niv-Mizzet, Parun 40×226 games in deck
  2. Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind 29×202 games in deck
  3. Kefka, Ruler of Ruin 21×226 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Kefka, Court Mage 258×avg 1.1 per game · 226 games in deck
  2. Mystic Remora 108×avg 0.5 per game · 226 games in deck
  3. Vandalblast 55×avg 0.2 per game · 226 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 14% of 1180 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Flubs, the Fool 4×blocked in 4 games
  2. Fish Token 3×blocked in 3 games
  3. Six 3×blocked in 3 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. Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld 0%cast in 0 of 216 games
  2. Pyroblast 0%cast in 0 of 216 games
  3. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty 0%cast in 0 of 226 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 30 wins came

  • by turn 73%
  • turns 8–913%
  • turns 10–1133%
  • turns 12–1337%
  • turn 14+13%

Combos in play logged Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze: all pieces cast in 12 games, 4 won · Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Dualcaster Mage + Saw in Half: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.22

2
0
20
1
21
2
15
3
3
4
2
5
1
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
15 / 14
Card draw
9 / 7
Removal
13 / 10
Board wipe
3 / 4
Protection
1 / 2
Strategy
24 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
15
Instants
24
Sorceries
10
Artifacts
12
Enchantments
4
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
€33.09
Displacer Kitten
€28.21
Lotus Petal
€25.96
Birgi, God of Storytelling
€25.18
Bone Miser
€24.02
Polluted Delta
€19.12
Monument to Endurance
€18.14
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32

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 Phantasmal Image instead of Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger · win rate 15% with, 12% without (107 / 119 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger instead of Phantasmal Image · win rate 14% with, 12% without (144 / 82 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Laboratory Maniac instead of Kefka, Dancing Mad · win rate 13% with, 13% without (70 / 156 games)
  • no clear difference Nightscape Familiar instead of Kefka, Dancing Mad · win rate 13% with, 13% without (54 / 172 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Anger instead of Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied · win rate 13% with, 13% without (181 / 45 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

4 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €497.92 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 25 · average place 45.7 · 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?