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Price
€299.77of €300.00
Overall win rate
16%11 wins in 69 scored games
Games
70 (1)played in 7 tournaments, 1 not scored (time limit)
Rank
44in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1428 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 28 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 4 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 9 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

At most €300 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 (30)

Instants (5)

Sorceries (11)

Artifacts (15)

Enchantments (3)

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 + … → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens
    29 versions, each with one of: Skirk Prospector · Thornbite Staff · Phyrexian Altar · Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker · Ashnod's Altar · Lightning Crafter and 9 more
  • Howlsquad Heavy + … → Infinite red mana, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite lifegain triggers
    3 versions, each with one of: Staff of Domination · Umbral Mantle · Sword of the Paruns

Commander Spellbook lists 32 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 32 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 + Skirk Prospector + Thousand-Year Elixir → 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
  • Skirk Prospector + Krenko, Mob Boss + Staff of Domination → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • 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
  • Staff of Domination + Howlsquad Heavy → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite red mana
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Ashnod's Altar + Staff of Domination → Infinite card draw, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens
  • 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
  • Skirk Prospector + Krenko, Mob Boss + Sword of the Paruns → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • 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 + Staff of Domination + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens
  • 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
  • Sword of the Paruns + Howlsquad Heavy → Infinite red mana, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Lightning Crafter + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Ashnod's Altar + Sword of the Paruns → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Lightning Crafter + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Krenko, Mob Boss + Phyrexian Altar + Sword of the Paruns → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana

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)
  • Faithless Looting: AI can't play it
  • Gamble: AI plays it poorly
  • Goblin Bombardment: AI can't play it
  • Goblin Recruiter: AI can't play it
  • Sword of the Paruns: AI can't play it
  • Three Tree City: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Warren Instigator: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Empty the Warrens: replacement
  • Goblin Piledriver: replacement
  • Massive Raid: test
  • Mogg War Marshal: replacement
  • Reliquary Tower: replacement
  • Searslicer Goblin: replacement
  • Wheel of Fortune: replacement

What the games show

From 69 analysed games in 7 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 – 80% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 10th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (11 wins)
  • Often wins by combo: in 4 of 11 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 39% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (27 of 69 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.42 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (69 games)
  • Drops out early: in losses on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (58 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 69 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Goblin Token avg 8.1hit in 32 of 69 games
  2. General Kreat, the Boltbringer avg 4.2hit in 12 of 69 games
  3. Krenko, Mob Boss avg 3.4hit in 25 of 69 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. General Kreat, the Boltbringer avg 24.3hit in 12 of 69 games
  2. Goblin Token avg 17.4hit in 32 of 69 games
  3. Krenko, Mob Boss avg 9.3hit in 25 of 69 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Goblin Token 14×69 games in deck
  2. General Kreat, the Boltbringer 3×69 games in deck
  3. Krenko, Mob Boss 3×69 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Goblin Trashmaster 29×avg 0.4 per game · 69 games in deck
  2. Abrade 6×avg 0.1 per game · 69 games in deck
  3. Red Elemental Blast 6×avg 0.1 per game · 69 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 19% of 982 attackers blocked in total, 11% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor 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. Battle Hymn 4%cast in 3 of 69 games
  2. Krenko's Command 4%cast in 3 of 69 games
  3. Thousand-Year Elixir 5%cast in 3 of 59 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 11 wins came

  • by turn 79%
  • turns 8–918%
  • turns 10–1145%
  • turns 12–1318%
  • turn 14+9%

Combos in play logged Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Goblin Warchief: all pieces cast in 5 games, 1 won · Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Goblin Chieftain: all pieces cast in 2 games, 1 won · Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Howlsquad Heavy: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won · Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Thousand-Year Elixir: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.55

0
14
1
19
2
22
3
5
4
2
5
1
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
6 / 6
Card draw
7 / 7
Removal
8 / 7
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
39 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
30
Instants
5
Sorceries
11
Artifacts
15
Enchantments
3
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Phyrexian Altar
€35.94
Jeska's Will
€31.27
Three Tree City
€21.00
Gamble
€14.85
Goblin Lackey
€13.74
Thousand-Year Elixir
€13.61
Ruby Medallion
€11.02
Muxus, Goblin Grandee
€10.99

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.

5 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €299.77 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 12 · average place 42.4 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 7 tournaments

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