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Price
€99.82of €100.00
Overall win rate
26%68 wins in 261 scored games
Games
270 (9)played in 27 tournaments, 9 not scored (time limit)
Rank
25in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1538 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 17 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €100 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 26, 2026: the tested version had risen to €100.06, above €100.00. Win rate and placement come from the tested version.

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 (43)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (6)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (34)

Meren of Clan Nel Toth
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”.

  • Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    10 versions, each with one of: Open the Graves · Golgari Germination · Viscera Seer · Carrion Feeder · Yahenni, Undying Partisan · Woe Strider and 1 more
  • Pitiless Plunderer + Gravecrawler + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature LTB
    7 versions, each with one of: Ashnod's Altar · Reassembling Skeleton · Viscera Seer · Carrion Feeder · Umbral Collar Zealot · Woe Strider and 1 more

Commander Spellbook lists 17 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 17 entries
  • Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Carrion Feeder → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Umbral Collar Zealot → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Woe Strider → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Yahenni, Undying Partisan → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Viscera Seer + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
  • Reassembling Skeleton + Carrion Feeder + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Reassembling Skeleton + Yahenni, Undying Partisan + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Woe Strider + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Viscera Seer + Reassembling Skeleton + Golgari Germination + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Umbral Collar Zealot + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Reassembling Skeleton + Carrion Feeder + Golgari Germination + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Reassembling Skeleton + Golgari Germination + Yahenni, Undying Partisan + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Umbral Collar Zealot + Reassembling Skeleton + Golgari Germination + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Woe Strider + Reassembling Skeleton + Golgari Germination + Pitiless Plunderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

What the games show

From 261 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: mixed – 71% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Unfazed by artifact/enchantment removal: 33% wins when opponents cast 2+ artifact or enchantment removal spells, 20% without them (all-deck avg: 22% vs 27%) indication (76 / 98 games)

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (68 wins)
  • Little pressure: only avg 25 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (261 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 261 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 8.2hit in 65 of 261 games
  2. Meren of Clan Nel Toth avg 2.3hit in 117 of 261 games
  3. Junji, the Midnight Sky avg 2.3hit in 47 of 261 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 32.8hit in 65 of 261 games
  2. Junji, the Midnight Sky avg 12.5hit in 47 of 261 games
  3. Butcher of Malakir avg 11.7hit in 33 of 261 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim 42×261 games in deck
  2. Junji, the Midnight Sky 17×261 games in deck
  3. Zombie Token 11×261 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Butcher of Malakir 247×avg 0.9 per game · 261 games in deck
  2. Fleshbag Marauder 119×avg 0.5 per game · 261 games in deck
  3. Accursed Marauder 118×avg 0.5 per game · 261 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 16% of 2059 attackers blocked in total, 18% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Giada, Font of Hope 7×blocked in 4 games
  2. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 5×blocked in 3 games
  3. Soldier Token 5×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. Grim Haruspex 3%cast in 8 of 261 games
  2. Ashnod's Altar 8%cast in 21 of 261 games
  3. Grisly Salvage 10%cast in 25 of 261 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 68 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–97%
  • turns 10–1115%
  • turns 12–1334%
  • turn 14+43%

Combos in play logged Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar: all pieces cast in 2 games, 1 won · Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Carrion Feeder: all pieces cast in 3 games, 2 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.72

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17
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15
2
18
3
5
4
6
5
2
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
12 / 11
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
12 / 12
Board wipe
3 / 3
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
27 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
43
Instants
7
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
6
Enchantments
3
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Ashnod's Altar
€9.71
Reanimate
€8.15
Sylvan Safekeeper
€6.69
Toxic Deluge
€4.93
Undergrowth Stadium
€4.90
Skullclamp
€4.63
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
€4.41
Massacre Wurm
€3.32

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 Insidious Fungus instead of Rise of the Witch-king · win rate 23% with, 28% without (111 / 150 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Putrefy instead of Rise of the Witch-king · win rate 24% with, 27% without (92 / 169 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Demon's Disciple instead of Merciless Executioner · win rate 25% with, 28% without (201 / 60 games)
  • no clear difference Viridian Emissary instead of Skull Prophet · win rate 26% with, 27% without (129 / 132 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

3 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €99.82 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 6 · average place 30.2 · 0× top 3 · 4× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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