CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€299.43of €300.00
Overall win rate
34%24 wins in 70 scored games
Games
70played in 7 tournaments
Rank
17in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1627 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 20 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

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 (16)

Instants (20)

Sorceries (16)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (35)

Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (3)

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 tokens with haste
    2 versions, each with one of: Twinflame · Saw in Half
  • Reiterate + … → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count
    2 versions, each with one of: Jeska's Will · Mana Geyser
  • Seething Song + Reiterate + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    2 versions, each with one of: Storm-Kiln Artist · Ruby Medallion

Commander Spellbook lists 6 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 6 entries
  • Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste
  • Reiterate + Jeska's Will → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count
  • Dualcaster Mage + Saw in Half → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite magecraft triggers
  • Reiterate + Mana Geyser → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count
  • Storm-Kiln Artist + Seething Song + Reiterate → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Reiterate + Seething Song + Ruby Medallion → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count

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)
  • Dualcaster Mage: AI can't play it
  • Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Faithless Looting: AI can't play it
  • Graven Cairns: AI can't play it
  • Mizzix's Mastery: AI can't play it
  • Rakdos Charm: AI can't play it
  • Rakdos Signet: AI can't play it
  • Saw in Half: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage: not in Forge
  • Twinflame: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Bolas's Citadel: replacement
  • City on Fire: replacement
  • Electro, Assaulting Battery: replacement
  • Fire Magic: replacement
  • Infernal Grasp: replacement
  • Mind Stone: replacement
  • Pyromancer's Goggles: replacement
  • Read the Bones: replacement
  • Reliquary Tower: replacement
  • Return the Favor: replacement

What the games show

From 70 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 mostly through direct damage – only 12% is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 54 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (70 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.10 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (70 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 10th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (24 wins)
  • Rarely out first: eliminated first in only 13% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (9 of 70 games)

Weaknesses

  • Vulnerable to attacks: 72% of losses to combat damage (all-deck avg: 62%) trend – not yet certain (33 of 46 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 70 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Wizard Token avg 33.5hit in 57 of 70 games
  2. Trance Kuja, Fate Defied avg 3.1hit in 19 of 70 games
  3. Gleeful Arsonist avg 2.5hit in 11 of 70 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Wizard Token avg 41.2hit in 57 of 70 games
  2. Coruscation Mage avg 21.4hit in 7 of 70 games
  3. Gleeful Arsonist avg 16.1hit in 11 of 70 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Wizard Token 51×70 games in deck
  2. Gandalf, Goblins' Bane 8×70 games in deck
  3. Black Waltz No. 3 5×70 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Wizard Token 34×avg 0.5 per game · 70 games in deck
  2. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian 8×avg 0.1 per game · 70 games in deck
  3. Withering Torment 7×avg 0.1 per game · 70 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 19% of 157 attackers blocked in total, 17% of those by flyers or reach

Not enough blocks logged yet.

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. Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt 0%cast in 0 of 30 games
  2. Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape 0%cast in 0 of 70 games
  3. The One Ring 0%cast in 0 of 70 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 24 wins came

  • by turn 74%
  • turns 8–938%
  • turns 10–1129%
  • turns 12–1321%
  • turn 14+8%

Combos in play logged Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Reiterate + Jeska's Will: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Dualcaster Mage + Saw in Half: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Reiterate + Mana Geyser: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.70

0
8
1
26
2
18
3
7
4
3
5
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
11 / 11
Card draw
12 / 12
Removal
12 / 10
Board wipe
3 / 3
Protection
2 / 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. 64 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
16
Instants
20
Sorceries
16
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
3
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

The One Ring
€99.25
Jeska's Will
€31.27
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32
Ruby Medallion
€11.02
Blood Crypt
€10.03
Blazemire Verge
€9.54
Luxury Suite
€8.81
Reiterate
€7.63

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.

3 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €299.43 Cardmarket average as of Oct 27, 2026

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Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

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Best place 12 · average place 19.6 · 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?