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Price
€99.78of €100.00
Overall win rate
35%91 wins in 261 scored games
Games
271 (10)played in 27 tournaments, 10 not scored (time limit)
Rank
14in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1627 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 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 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €100.39, 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 (33)

Instants (5)

Sorceries (7)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (9)

Lands (36)

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
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”.

  • Scourge of Valkas + Rite of Replication → Near-infinite damage
  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Reflections of Littjara + Ganax, Astral Hunter + Adrix and Nev, Twincasters → 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: wins through combat – 85% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.04 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (261 games)
  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 43 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (261 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (91 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 10% wins without it, 37% with it indication (20 games without, 241 with commander)

Damage per game all games

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

  1. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm avg 8.6hit in 170 of 261 games
  2. Earthquake Dragon avg 6.3hit in 59 of 261 games
  3. Drakuseth, Maw of Flames avg 2.5hit in 33 of 261 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Earthquake Dragon avg 27.7hit in 59 of 261 games
  2. Drakuseth, Maw of Flames avg 19.6hit in 33 of 261 games
  3. Ureni of the Unwritten avg 18.1hit in 22 of 261 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Earthquake Dragon 61×261 games in deck
  2. Dragon Token 24×261 games in deck
  3. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 20×261 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Scourge of Valkas 29×avg 0.1 per game · 261 games in deck
  2. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 26×avg 0.1 per game · 261 games in deck
  3. Negate 26×avg 0.1 per game · 261 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 16% of 2111 attackers blocked in total, 25% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Birds of Paradise 5×blocked in 5 games
  2. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 5×blocked in 4 games
  3. Vampire Token 4×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. Whirlwing Stormbrood // Dynamic Soar 0%cast in 0 of 254 games
  2. Rishkar's Expertise 1%cast in 1 of 81 games
  3. Breaching Dragonstorm 8%cast in 21 of 261 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 91 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–926%
  • turns 10–1134%
  • turns 12–1326%
  • turn 14+12%

Combos in play logged Scourge of Valkas + Rite of Replication: all pieces cast in 8 games, 5 won · Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Reflections of Littjara + Ganax, Astral Hunter + Adrix and Nev, Twincasters: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.84

0
3
1
14
2
18
3
7
4
11
5
5
6
5
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
21 / 14
Card draw
6 / 8
Removal
8 / 9
Board wipe
0 / 2
Protection
0 / 2
Strategy
28 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. 63 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
33
Instants
5
Sorceries
7
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
9
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Ureni of the Unwritten
€14.92
Goldspan Dragon
€8.20
Kindred Discovery
€5.65
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
€5.60
Utvara Hellkite
€4.99
Ganax, Astral Hunter
€3.97
Earthquake Dragon
€3.93
Birds of Paradise
€3.00

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 Fellwar Stone instead of Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory · win rate 41% with, 33% without (74 / 187 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Vengeful Ancestor instead of Keiga, the Tide Star · win rate 40% with, 34% without (40 / 221 games)
  • no clear difference Keiga, the Tide Star instead of Acolyte of Bahamut · win rate 33% with, 36% without (115 / 146 games)
  • no clear difference Intet, the Dreamer instead of Keiga, the Tide Star · win rate 38% with, 34% without (40 / 221 games)

9 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €99.78 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 3 · average place 18.1 · 1× top 3 · 10× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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