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Price
€494.95of €500.00
Overall win rate
43%109 wins in 251 scored games
Games
260 (9)played in 26 tournaments, 9 not scored (time limit)
Rank
7in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1722 (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 €500 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 (15)

Instants (21)

Sorceries (14)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (5)

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”.

  • 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)
  • Black Market Connections: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • 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
  • Bolas's Citadel: replacement
  • Fire Magic: replacement
  • Kefka, Dancing Mad: replacement
  • Phyrexian Arena: replacement
  • Reliquary Tower: replacement
  • Solphim, Mayhem Dominus: replacement
  • Strike It Rich: replacement
  • Unexpected Windfall: replacement
  • Withering Torment: replacement

What the games show

From 251 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 mostly through direct damage – only 13% is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 56 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (251 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.20 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (251 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 10th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (109 wins)
  • Rarely out first: eliminated first in only 13% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (33 of 251 games)

Weaknesses

  • Attacks often get blocked: 20% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 16%) trend – not yet certain (652 attackers in 251 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 251 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Wizard Token avg 32.5hit in 214 of 251 games
  2. Black Waltz No. 3 avg 3.5hit in 36 of 251 games
  3. Coruscation Mage avg 2.8hit in 38 of 251 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Wizard Token avg 38.2hit in 214 of 251 games
  2. Black Waltz No. 3 avg 24.5hit in 36 of 251 games
  3. Gandalf, Goblins' Bane avg 21.0hit in 27 of 251 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Wizard Token 181×251 games in deck
  2. Black Waltz No. 3 23×251 games in deck
  3. Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 17×251 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Wizard Token 123×avg 0.5 per game · 251 games in deck
  2. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian 30×avg 0.1 per game · 251 games in deck
  3. Terminate 27×avg 0.1 per game · 251 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 20% of 652 attackers blocked in total, 10% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Lathril, Blade of the Elves 5×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. The One Ring 0%cast in 0 of 223 games
  2. Deflecting Swat 0%cast in 0 of 242 games
  3. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty 0%cast in 0 of 251 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 109 wins came

  • by turn 714%
  • turns 8–938%
  • turns 10–1127%
  • turns 12–1314%
  • turn 14+8%

Combos in play logged Reiterate + Jeska's Will: all pieces cast in 2 games, 0 won · Dualcaster Mage + Saw in Half: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Reiterate + Mana Geyser: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Storm-Kiln Artist + Seething Song + Reiterate: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.80

0
7
1
24
2
20
3
8
4
3
5
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
11 / 11
Card draw
12 / 12
Removal
11 / 10
Board wipe
3 / 3
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
25 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
15
Instants
21
Sorceries
14
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
5
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

The One Ring
€99.25
Deflecting Swat
€64.66
Vivi's Persistence
€39.56
Roaming Throne
€35.53
Jeska's Will
€31.27
Birgi, God of Storytelling
€25.18
Deadly Rollick
€22.29
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32

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 Firebrand Archer instead of Kefka, Dancing Mad · win rate 50% with, 42% without (48 / 203 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Strike It Rich instead of Unexpected Windfall · win rate 45% with, 39% without (174 / 77 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Infernal Grasp instead of Tibalt's Trickery · win rate 40% with, 45% without (67 / 184 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Bolas's Citadel instead of City on Fire · win rate 44% with, 42% without (173 / 78 games)

7 more tested cards are still collecting games.

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Placement in every tournament

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

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Best place 1 · average place 12.6 · 4× top 3 · 17× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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