CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€99.03of €100.00
Overall win rate
23%61 wins in 260 scored games
Games
271 (11)played in 27 tournaments, 11 not scored (time limit)
Rank
33in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1516 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 18 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
0complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 5 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 8 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

At most €100 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 (48)

Instants (6)

Sorceries (5)

Artifacts (4)

Enchantments (2)

Lands (34)

Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

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)
  • Beast Within: AI can't play it
  • Elves of Deep Shadow: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Elvish Harbinger: AI plays it poorly
  • Nullmage Shepherd: AI can't play it
  • Pact of the Serpent: AI can't play it
  • Rhys the Exiled: AI plays it poorly
  • Twilight Mire: AI can't play it
  • Wirewood Lodge: AI plays it poorly
  • Wirewood Symbiote: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Eclipsed Elf: replacement
  • Eclipsed Realms: replacement
  • Elvish Guidance: replacement
  • Glissa Sunslayer: replacement
  • Golgari Guildgate: replacement
  • Harvest Season: replacement
  • Skullclamp: replacement
  • Trystan's Command: replacement
  • Umbral Mantle: replacement

What the games show

From 260 analysed games in 27 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 – 100% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Little pressure: only avg 23 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (260 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.44 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (260 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 33% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (86 of 260 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 260 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Elf Warrior Token avg 3.7hit in 65 of 260 games
  2. Lathril, Blade of the Elves avg 3.2hit in 111 of 260 games
  3. Abomination of Llanowar avg 2.3hit in 33 of 260 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Abomination of Llanowar avg 18.0hit in 33 of 260 games
  2. Elf Warrior Token avg 14.8hit in 65 of 260 games
  3. Jagged-Scar Archers avg 12.7hit in 11 of 260 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Elf Warrior Token 47×260 games in deck
  2. Lathril, Blade of the Elves 21×260 games in deck
  3. Abomination of Llanowar 13×260 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Kindred Dominance 114×avg 0.4 per game · 260 games in deck
  2. Assassin's Trophy 45×avg 0.2 per game · 260 games in deck
  3. Putrefy 39×avg 0.1 per game · 260 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 17% of 2605 attackers blocked in total, 16% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Birds of Paradise 6×blocked in 6 games
  2. Muldrotha, the Gravetide 6×blocked in 4 games
  3. Soldier Token 6×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. Elven Ambush 7%cast in 17 of 260 games
  2. Kindred Dominance 7%cast in 17 of 260 games
  3. Shamanic Revelation 8%cast in 22 of 260 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 61 wins came

  • by turn 72%
  • turns 8–916%
  • turns 10–1146%
  • turns 12–1316%
  • turn 14+20%

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.91

0
9
1
14
2
22
3
16
4
3
5
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
16 / 14
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
6 / 6
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
29 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. 65 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
48
Instants
6
Sorceries
5
Artifacts
4
Enchantments
2
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Elven Ambush
€6.95
Elvish Champion
€6.15
Beast Whisperer
€5.90
Leaf-Crowned Visionary
€5.15
Marwyn, the Nurturer
€4.71
Elvish Warmaster
€4.00
Canopy Tactician
€3.76

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.

  • worse Elvish Regrower instead of Bounty of Skemfar · win rate 19% with, 29% without (145 / 115 games)
  • no clear difference Numa, Joraga Chieftain instead of Copperhorn Scout · win rate 25% with, 17% without (213 / 47 games)
  • no clear difference Unforgiving Aim instead of Casualties of War · win rate 18% with, 25% without (45 / 215 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Casualties of War instead of Trystan's Command · win rate 19% with, 25% without (53 / 207 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Elderfang Ritualist instead of Numa, Joraga Chieftain · win rate 24% with, 23% without (58 / 202 games)

4 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €99.03 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 9 · average place 31.6 · 0× top 3 · 3× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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