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Price
€98.65of €100.00
Overall win rate
26%69 wins in 261 scored games
Games
271 (10)played in 27 tournaments, 10 not scored (time limit)
Rank
30in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1521 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
5complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 8 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 4 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

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)

Creatures (34)

Instants (12)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (2)

Lands (36)

Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (5)

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 creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    12 versions, each with one of: Victimize · Unearth · Fake Your Own Death · Ashnod's Altar · Viscera Seer · Goblin Bombardment and 1 more
  • Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar + … → Infinite death triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colorless mana
    5 versions, each with one of: Crime Novelist · Juri, Master of the Revue · Goblin Bombardment · Korvold, Fae-Cursed King · Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    4 versions, each with one of: Ashnod's Altar · Viscera Seer · Woe Strider · Goblin Bombardment
  • Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Animation Module + Pitiless Plunderer + … → Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB, Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    3 versions, each with one of: Viscera Seer · Goblin Bombardment · Woe Strider
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

Commander Spellbook lists 25 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Woe Strider → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar + Juri, Master of the Revue → Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colorless mana
  • Crime Novelist + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers
  • Viscera Seer + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
  • Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Unearth → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage
  • Viscera Seer + Dualcaster Mage + Unearth → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Crime Novelist + Animation Module + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers
  • Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage + Unearth → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite colorless mana, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Dualcaster Mage + Fake Your Own Death + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Animation Module + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer → Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB, Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Dualcaster Mage + Fake Your Own Death + Viscera Seer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Dualcaster Mage + Fake Your Own Death + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Animation Module + Pitiless Plunderer + Goblin Bombardment → Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB, Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Woe Strider + Dualcaster Mage + Victimize → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
  • Woe Strider + Dualcaster Mage + Unearth → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Animation Module + Pitiless Plunderer + Woe Strider → Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB, Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Dualcaster Mage + Fake Your Own Death + Woe Strider → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

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)
  • Animation Module: AI can't play it
  • Ashnod's Altar: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Beast Within: AI can't play it
  • Dualcaster Mage: AI can't play it
  • Emergence Zone: AI can't play it
  • Fake Your Own Death: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Goblin Bombardment: AI can't play it
  • Gravecrawler: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Myriad Landscape: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Orcish Lumberjack: AI can't play it
  • Rogue's Passage: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Tinder Wall: AI can't play it
  • Unearth: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Viscera Seer: AI can't play it
  • Woe Strider: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Aftermath Analyst: replacement
  • Big Score: replacement
  • Bojuka Bog: replacement
  • Chthonian Nightmare: replacement
  • Eldritch Evolution: replacement
  • Greedy Freebooter: replacement
  • Mind Stone: replacement
  • Nature's Lore: replacement
  • Noxious Revival: replacement
  • Pawn of Ulamog: replacement
  • Skirk Prospector: replacement
  • Skittering Precursor: replacement
  • Squee, the Immortal: replacement
  • Stomping Ground: replacement
  • Treasure Vault: replacement

What the games show

From 261 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 – 92% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 0% wins without it, 27% with it indication (10 games without, 251 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 261 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King avg 15.7hit in 184 of 261 games
  2. Mayhem Devil avg 2.3hit in 67 of 261 games
  3. Smaug, Wicked Worm avg 1.3hit in 34 of 261 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King avg 22.2hit in 184 of 261 games
  2. Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest avg 14.4hit in 16 of 261 games
  3. Smaug, Wicked Worm avg 9.6hit in 34 of 261 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King 93×261 games in deck
  2. Mayhem Devil 15×261 games in deck
  3. Squirrel Token 11×261 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Culling Ritual 113×avg 0.4 per game · 261 games in deck
  2. Assassin's Trophy 73×avg 0.3 per game · 261 games in deck
  3. Abrupt Decay 53×avg 0.2 per game · 261 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 22% of 1735 attackers blocked in total, 18% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Zombie Token 19×blocked in 6 games
  2. Soldier Token 15×blocked in 6 games
  3. Squirrel Token 15×blocked in 6 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. Elvish Spirit Guide 7%cast in 19 of 261 games
  2. Victimize 10%cast in 25 of 261 games
  3. Veil of Summer 11%cast in 29 of 261 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 69 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–97%
  • turns 10–1133%
  • turns 12–1336%
  • turn 14+23%

Combos in play logged Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer: all pieces cast in 21 games, 10 won · Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Woe Strider: all pieces cast in 2 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.48

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19
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15
2
20
3
4
4
2
5
2
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
27 / 20
Card draw
6 / 5
Removal
8 / 6
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
17 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
34
Instants
12
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
2
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Ashnod's Altar
€9.71
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
€7.39
Red Elemental Blast
€5.77
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
€4.41
Crop Rotation
€3.43
Lightning Greaves
€3.08
Birds of Paradise
€3.00
Veil of Summer
€3.00

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 Cultivate instead of Krosan Wayfarer · win rate 26% with, 29% without (202 / 59 games)
  • no clear difference Big Score instead of Gilded Goose · win rate 27% with, 25% without (164 / 97 games)
  • no clear difference Crime Novelist instead of Fellwar Stone · win rate 26% with, 27% without (153 / 108 games)

7 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €98.65 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 7 · average place 30.3 · 0× top 3 · 2× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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