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Price
€199.33of €200.00
Overall win rate
38%96 wins in 256 scored games
Games
261 (5)played in 26 tournaments, 5 not scored (time limit)
Rank
12in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1647 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €200 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 €202.01, above €200.00. 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 (31)

Instants (5)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (10)

Enchantments (8)

Lands (36)

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (1)

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”.

  • Rite of Replication + … → Near-infinite damage
    2 versions, each with one of: Terror of the Peaks · Scourge of Valkas

Commander Spellbook lists 2 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 2 entries
  • Terror of the Peaks + Rite of Replication → Near-infinite damage
  • Scourge of Valkas + Rite of Replication → Near-infinite damage

What the games show

From 256 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 through combat – 75% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 47 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (256 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.17 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (256 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (96 wins)
  • Attacks get through: 12% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 17%) logged (2841 attackers in 256 games)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 3% wins without it, 42% with it indication (32 games without, 224 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 256 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm avg 8.6hit in 147 of 256 games
  2. Earthquake Dragon avg 5.1hit in 43 of 256 games
  3. Terror of the Peaks avg 5.0hit in 39 of 256 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Terror of the Peaks avg 32.6hit in 39 of 256 games
  2. Earthquake Dragon avg 30.2hit in 43 of 256 games
  3. Scourge of the Throne avg 22.2hit in 20 of 256 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Earthquake Dragon 52×256 games in deck
  2. Terror of the Peaks 36×256 games in deck
  3. Dragon Token 27×256 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. An Offer You Can't Refuse 36×avg 0.2 per game · 170 games in deck
  2. Scourge of Valkas 35×avg 0.1 per game · 256 games in deck
  3. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 34×avg 0.1 per game · 256 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 12% of 2841 attackers blocked in total, 36% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Thopter Token 16×blocked in 7 games
  2. Birds of Paradise 12×blocked in 12 games
  3. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 6×blocked in 6 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. Rishkar's Expertise 3%cast in 5 of 161 games
  2. Orb of Dragonkind 6%cast in 10 of 171 games
  3. Kindred Discovery 7%cast in 17 of 247 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 96 wins came

  • by turn 73%
  • turns 8–929%
  • turns 10–1136%
  • turns 12–1321%
  • turn 14+10%

Combos in play logged Terror of the Peaks + Rite of Replication: all pieces cast in 6 games, 5 won · Scourge of Valkas + Rite of Replication: all pieces cast in 11 games, 9 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.98

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15
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16
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6
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11
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7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
18 / 14
Card draw
8 / 8
Removal
9 / 9
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
24 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
31
Instants
5
Sorceries
9
Artifacts
10
Enchantments
8
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Terror of the Peaks
€24.06
Ureni of the Unwritten
€14.92
Wrathful Red Dragon
€12.47
Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Breeding Pool
€9.89
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
€9.71
Dragonborn Champion
€8.22
Goldspan Dragon
€8.20

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 Steel Hellkite instead of Ryusei, the Falling Star · win rate 28% with, 40% without (50 / 206 games)
  • no clear difference Acolyte of Bahamut instead of Dragonmaster Outcast · win rate 41% with, 35% without (115 / 141 games)
  • no clear difference Dragonstorm Globe instead of Lapis Orb of Dragonkind · win rate 36% with, 42% without (206 / 50 games)
  • no clear difference Dragonmaster Outcast instead of Draconic Muralists · win rate 38% with, 34% without (215 / 41 games)
  • no clear difference Breaching Dragonstorm instead of Dragonmaster Outcast · win rate 40% with, 36% without (95 / 161 games)
  • no clear difference Lapis Orb of Dragonkind instead of Cursed Mirror · win rate 40% with, 36% without (96 / 160 games)
  • no clear difference Atsushi, the Blazing Sky instead of Dragonstorm Globe · win rate 40% with, 37% without (60 / 196 games)
  • no clear difference Renari, Merchant of Marvels instead of Rapacious Dragon · win rate 39% with, 37% without (96 / 160 games)

5 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €199.33 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 16.3 · 0× top 3 · 11× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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