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Price
€492.24of €500.00
Overall win rate
22%49 wins in 219 scored games
Games
260 (41)played in 26 tournaments, 41 not scored (time limit)
Rank
32in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1508 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 34 lands, 17 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
8complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 6 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 7 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

At most €500 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €506.36, above €500.00. 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 (41)

Instants (5)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (8)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (34)

Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (8)

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”.

  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    7 versions, each with one of: Phyrexian Altar · Gravecrawler · Ashnod's Altar · Carrion Feeder · Viscera Seer · Altar of Dementia 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 · Phyrexian Altar · Viscera Seer · Carrion Feeder · Umbral Collar Zealot and 1 more
  • Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite death triggers, Infinite lifegain triggers
    4 versions, each with one of: Blood Artist · Zulaport Cutthroat · Moldervine Reclamation · Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
    4 versions, each with one of: Viscera Seer · Carrion Feeder · Umbral Collar Zealot · Altar of Dementia
  • Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    3 versions, each with one of: Blood Artist · Zulaport Cutthroat · Moldervine Reclamation
  • Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Open the Graves + … → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB
    3 versions, each with one of: Blood Artist · Zulaport Cutthroat · Moldervine Reclamation
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Gray Merchant of Asphodel → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite death triggers
  • Living Death + Eternal Witness + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite blinking, Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers

Commander Spellbook lists 30 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Blood Artist → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Zulaport Cutthroat → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Blood Artist → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Zulaport Cutthroat + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • 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
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Gray Merchant of Asphodel → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite death triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Umbral Collar Zealot → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Altar of Dementia → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Living Death + Eternal Witness + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite blinking, Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers
  • Viscera Seer + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Moldervine Reclamation → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Reassembling Skeleton + Carrion Feeder + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Moldervine Reclamation → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Umbral Collar Zealot + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Altar of Dementia + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Open the Graves → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Carrion Feeder → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Viscera Seer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Altar of Dementia → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Warren Soultrader + Blood Artist → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Umbral Collar Zealot → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Blood Artist + Open the Graves → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Zulaport Cutthroat + Open the Graves → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Moldervine Reclamation + Open the Graves → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB

What the games show

From 219 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: mixed – 71% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Recovers from board wipes: 26% wins when opponents cast a board wipe, 15% without one (all-deck avg: 23% vs 28%) indication (147 / 72 games)

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (49 wins)
  • Often eliminated first: in 34% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (74 of 219 games)
  • Depends on its commander: only 0% wins without it, 24% with it indication (12 games without, 207 with commander)
  • Little pressure: only avg 24 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (219 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 219 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 7.7hit in 68 of 219 games
  2. Meren of Clan Nel Toth avg 2.1hit in 92 of 219 games
  3. Butcher of Malakir avg 1.7hit in 32 of 219 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 24.6hit in 68 of 219 games
  2. Sheoldred, Whispering One avg 12.8hit in 25 of 219 games
  3. Butcher of Malakir avg 12.0hit in 32 of 219 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim 31×219 games in deck
  2. Butcher of Malakir 13×186 games in deck
  3. Sheoldred, Whispering One 13×212 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Butcher of Malakir 198×avg 1.1 per game · 186 games in deck
  2. Living Death 148×avg 0.7 per game · 219 games in deck
  3. Sheoldred, Whispering One 138×avg 0.7 per game · 212 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 16% of 1787 attackers blocked in total, 17% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Elemental Token 14×blocked in 5 games
  2. Elf Warrior Token 10×blocked in 3 games
  3. Goblin 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 1%cast in 2 of 219 games
  2. Massacre Wurm 7%cast in 16 of 219 games
  3. Wood Elves 10%cast in 21 of 212 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 49 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–96%
  • turns 10–1124%
  • turns 12–1335%
  • turn 14+35%

Combos in play logged Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar: all pieces cast in 3 games, 0 won · Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Blood Artist: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won · Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Zulaport Cutthroat: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.82

0
16
1
17
2
15
3
6
4
5
5
3
6
3
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
41
Instants
5
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
8
Enchantments
3
Lands
34

Most expensive cards

Demonic Tutor
€36.81
Phyrexian Altar
€35.94
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
€33.00
Phyrexian Tower
€29.51
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
€27.36
Verdant Catacombs
€24.21
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
€22.93
Polluted Delta
€19.12

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.

4 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

Copy the list, create a new list under “Wants” on Cardmarket and paste it.

Total €492.24 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 32.9 · 0× top 3 · 1× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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