CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€395.49of €400.00
Overall win rate
46%19 wins in 41 scored games
Games
41played in 4 tournaments
Rank
7in the rankings up to €400 · Elo 1698 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 20 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €400 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

Instants (21)

Sorceries (15)

Artifacts (10)

Enchantments (4)

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”.

  • Seething Song + Reiterate + … → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count, Infinite artifact ETB
    3 versions, each with one of: Storm-Kiln Artist · Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty · Ruby Medallion
  • Reiterate + … → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count
    2 versions, each with one of: Jeska's Will · Mana Geyser
  • Dualcaster Mage + Saw in Half → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite magecraft triggers

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
  • 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
  • Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty + Seething Song + Reiterate → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count
  • 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
  • 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
Played instead in the tournament
  • Fire Magic: replacement
  • Firebrand Archer: replacement
  • Kefka, Dancing Mad: replacement
  • Mind Stone: replacement
  • Phyrexian Arena: replacement
  • Reliquary Tower: replacement
  • Solphim, Mayhem Dominus: replacement
  • Withering Torment: replacement

What the games show

From 41 analysed games in 4 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 10% is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 59 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 28) logged (41 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.27 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (41 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (19 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Drops out early: in losses on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (22 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 41 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Wizard Token avg 40.0hit in 39 of 41 games
  2. Coruscation Mage avg 2.9hit in 6 of 41 games
  3. Black Waltz No. 3 avg 2.7hit in 5 of 41 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Wizard Token avg 42.1hit in 39 of 41 games
  2. Black Waltz No. 3 avg 22.2hit in 5 of 41 games
  3. Coruscation Mage avg 19.5hit in 6 of 41 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Wizard Token 29×41 games in deck
  2. Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 4×41 games in deck
  3. Black Waltz No. 3 3×41 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Wizard Token 18×avg 0.4 per game · 41 games in deck
  2. Farewell 6×avg 0.1 per game · 41 games in deck
  3. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian 4×avg 0.1 per game · 41 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 22% of 91 attackers blocked in total, 5% 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. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty 0%cast in 0 of 41 games
  2. Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape 0%cast in 0 of 41 games
  3. The One Ring 0%cast in 0 of 41 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 19 wins came

  • by turn 716%
  • turns 8–942%
  • turns 10–1126%
  • turns 12–1316%
  • turn 14+0%

Combos in play logged 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 · Storm-Kiln Artist + Seething Song + Reiterate: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.81

0
8
1
24
2
18
3
8
4
3
5
1
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
12 / 11
Card draw
12 / 12
Removal
11 / 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
14
Instants
21
Sorceries
15
Artifacts
10
Enchantments
4
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

The One Ring
€99.98
Vivi's Persistence
€39.74
Jeska's Will
€32.46
Birgi, God of Storytelling
€24.46
Deadly Rollick
€22.33
Bloodstained Mire
€16.96
Ruby Medallion
€10.96
Blood Crypt
€9.73

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Total €395.49 Cardmarket average as of Oct 29, 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 3 · average place 13.2 · 1× top 3 · 3× top 10 out of 4 tournaments

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