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Price
€199.71of €200.00
Overall win rate
11%25 wins in 237 scored games
Games
261 (24)played in 26 tournaments, 24 not scored (time limit)
Rank
57in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1314 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 28 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

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 €200.20, 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)

Instants (6)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (11)

Enchantments (5)

Lands (35)

Krenko, Mob Boss
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (2)

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”.

  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens
    Example – 24 versions with these cards: Krenko, Mob Boss · Thornbite Staff · Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker · Phyrexian Altar · Skirk Prospector · Ashnod's Altar · Lightning Crafter · Goblin Bombardment and 6 more
  • Umbral Mantle + Howlsquad Heavy → Infinite red mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn, Infinite untap of creatures you control

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

Show all 25 entries
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Goblin Warchief → Infinite commander casts, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite death triggers
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Goblin Chieftain → Infinite commander casts, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite death triggers
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Howlsquad Heavy → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Skirk Prospector → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite damage, Infinite red mana
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Goblin Trashmaster → Destroy all artifacts that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control, Destroy all artifacts opponents control, Infinite creature tokens
  • Skirk Prospector + Krenko, Mob Boss + Umbral Mantle → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Thornbite Staff + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Thornbite Staff + Skirk Prospector → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Phyrexian Altar + Goblin Warchief → Infinite colored mana, Infinite commander casts, Infinite creature tokens with haste
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Phyrexian Altar + Goblin Chieftain → Infinite colored mana, Infinite commander casts, Infinite creature tokens with haste
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Thornbite Staff + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Umbral Mantle + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Umbral Mantle + Howlsquad Heavy → Infinite red mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn, Infinite untap of creatures you control
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Lightning Crafter + Skirk Prospector → Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Thornbite Staff + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Umbral Mantle + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Lightning Crafter + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Phyrexian Altar + Howlsquad Heavy → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Lightning Crafter + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Lightning Crafter + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki + Thornbite Staff + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki + Thornbite Staff + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

What the games show

From 237 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 – 72% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (25 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 43% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (102 of 237 games)
  • Drops out early: in losses on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (212 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 237 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Goblin Token avg 7.7hit in 112 of 237 games
  2. Krenko, Mob Boss avg 3.1hit in 104 of 237 games
  3. General Kreat, the Boltbringer avg 3.0hit in 31 of 237 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Impact Tremors avg 31.9hit in 21 of 237 games
  2. General Kreat, the Boltbringer avg 22.6hit in 31 of 237 games
  3. Muxus, Goblin Grandee avg 18.0hit in 17 of 237 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Goblin Token 67×237 games in deck
  2. Goblin War Strike 8×237 games in deck
  3. Impact Tremors 7×237 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Goblin Trashmaster 78×avg 0.3 per game · 237 games in deck
  2. Abrade 14×avg 0.1 per game · 237 games in deck
  3. Vandalblast 7×avg 0.1 per game · 99 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 15% of 3868 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Squirrel Token 13×blocked in 4 games
  2. Zombie Token 12×blocked in 3 games
  3. Citizen Token 11×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. Empty the Warrens 3%cast in 6 of 208 games
  2. Goblin War Strike 6%cast in 14 of 237 games
  3. Shared Animosity 6%cast in 14 of 237 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 25 wins came

  • by turn 78%
  • turns 8–924%
  • turns 10–1140%
  • turns 12–1312%
  • turn 14+16%

Combos in play logged Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Goblin Warchief: all pieces cast in 8 games, 0 won · Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Goblin Chieftain: all pieces cast in 5 games, 0 won · Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Howlsquad Heavy: all pieces cast in 3 games, 0 won · Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Skirk Prospector: all pieces cast in 8 games, 1 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.55

0
10
1
22
2
23
3
6
4
2
5
1
6
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
7 / 6
Card draw
3 / 7
Removal
6 / 7
Board wipe
0 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
46 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. 64 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
36
Instants
6
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
11
Enchantments
5
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Phyrexian Altar
€35.94
Hexing Squelcher
€21.55
Ruby Medallion
€11.02
Muxus, Goblin Grandee
€10.99
Ashnod's Altar
€9.71
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
€8.56
General Kreat, the Boltbringer
€7.59
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
€7.35

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 Siege-Gang Lieutenant instead of Marvin, Murderous Mimic · win rate 13% with, 6% without (156 / 81 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Massive Raid instead of Marvin, Murderous Mimic · win rate 13% with, 6% without (158 / 79 games)
  • no clear difference Squee, Dubious Monarch instead of Grenzo, Havoc Raiser · win rate 15% with, 10% without (40 / 197 games)
  • no clear difference Marvin, Murderous Mimic instead of Searslicer Goblin · win rate 7% with, 12% without (59 / 178 games)
  • no clear difference Goblin Surprise instead of Empty the Warrens · win rate 13% with, 9% without (99 / 138 games)
  • no clear difference Blasphemous Act instead of Vandalblast · win rate 8% with, 12% without (89 / 148 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Boggart Shenanigans instead of Marvin, Murderous Mimic · win rate 12% with, 9% without (155 / 82 games)
  • no clear difference Grenzo, Havoc Raiser instead of Marvin, Murderous Mimic · win rate 10% with, 12% without (126 / 111 games)

4 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €199.71 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 22 · average place 49.5 · 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?