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Price
€199.36of €200.00
Overall win rate
29%72 wins in 252 scored games
Games
261 (9)played in 26 tournaments, 9 not scored (time limit)
Rank
23in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1571 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
5complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 7 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 €200 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 €200.56, above €200.00. 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 (34)

Instants (11)

Sorceries (7)

Artifacts (7)

Enchantments (4)

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”.

  • Warren Soultrader + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    10 versions, each with one of: Chatterfang, Squirrel General · Gravecrawler · Blood Artist · Zulaport Cutthroat · Bastion of Remembrance · Academy Manufactor and 2 more
  • Cauldron Familiar + Academy Manufactor + Pitiless Plunderer + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    7 versions, each with one of: Ashnod's Altar · Viscera Seer · Ulvenwald Mysteries · Peregrin Took
  • Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Gravecrawler + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers
    3 versions, each with one of: Reassembling Skeleton · Viscera Seer
  • Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    3 versions, each with one of: Blood Artist · Zulaport Cutthroat · Bastion of Remembrance
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

Commander Spellbook lists 24 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Blood Artist → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Zulaport Cutthroat → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Blood Artist → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Zulaport Cutthroat + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Bastion of Remembrance → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Zulaport Cutthroat + Chatterfang, Squirrel General → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Bastion of Remembrance → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Blood Artist + Chatterfang, Squirrel General → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Peregrin Took → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Bastion of Remembrance → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Cauldron Familiar + Academy Manufactor → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Cauldron Familiar + Peregrin Took → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Academy Manufactor + Pitiless Plunderer + Cauldron Familiar + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Peregrin Took + Cauldron Familiar + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Academy Manufactor + Pitiless Plunderer + Cauldron Familiar + Viscera Seer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Peregrin Took + Cauldron Familiar + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Academy Manufactor + Pitiless Plunderer + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite colored mana
  • Academy Manufactor + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Cauldron Familiar + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Academy Manufactor + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Cauldron Familiar + Viscera Seer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

What the games show

From 252 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 – 94% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Often wins by combo: in 27 of 72 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 0% wins without it, 30% with it indication (13 games without, 239 with commander)
  • Little pressure: only avg 25 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (252 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 252 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King avg 14.6hit in 172 of 252 games
  2. Mayhem Devil avg 1.5hit in 57 of 252 games
  3. Goldspan Dragon avg 1.5hit in 46 of 252 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 21.4hit in 172 of 252 games
  2. Ziatora, the Incinerator avg 10.5hit in 34 of 252 games
  3. Smaug, Wicked Worm avg 8.5hit in 33 of 252 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King 79×252 games in deck
  2. Mayhem Devil 18×252 games in deck
  3. Ziatora, the Incinerator 8×252 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Culling Ritual 107×avg 0.4 per game · 252 games in deck
  2. Assassin's Trophy 63×avg 0.2 per game · 252 games in deck
  3. Abrupt Decay 57×avg 0.2 per game · 252 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 20% of 1924 attackers blocked in total, 19% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 11×blocked in 5 games
  2. Zombie Token 9×blocked in 5 games
  3. Vampire Token 7×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. Elvish Spirit Guide 9%cast in 22 of 252 games
  2. Veil of Summer 9%cast in 22 of 252 games
  3. Simian Spirit Guide 9%cast in 23 of 252 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 72 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–915%
  • turns 10–1126%
  • turns 12–1325%
  • turn 14+32%

Combos in play logged Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton: all pieces cast in 2 games, 2 won · Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer: all pieces cast in 18 games, 11 won · Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Blood Artist: all pieces cast in 7 games, 4 won · Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Zulaport Cutthroat: all pieces cast in 12 games, 8 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.48

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17
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16
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22
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4
4
2
5
1
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
25 / 20
Card draw
7 / 5
Removal
6 / 6
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
20 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
11
Sorceries
7
Artifacts
7
Enchantments
4
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Wooded Foothills
€16.74
Warren Soultrader
€14.97
Diabolic Intent
€11.79
Blood Crypt
€10.03
Ashnod's Altar
€9.71
Overgrown Tomb
€8.64
Goldspan Dragon
€8.20
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
€7.39

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 Priest of Forgotten Gods instead of Thought Vessel · win rate 34% with, 26% without (70 / 182 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Llanowar Elves instead of Farseek · win rate 27% with, 34% without (188 / 64 games)
  • no clear difference Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest instead of Aftermath Analyst · win rate 33% with, 27% without (48 / 204 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Fellwar Stone instead of Thought Vessel · win rate 31% with, 27% without (95 / 157 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

7 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

Copy the list, create a new list under “Wants” on Cardmarket and paste it.

Total €199.36 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 27.8 · 2× top 3 · 5× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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