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Price
€498.69of €500.00
Overall win rate
34%80 wins in 234 scored games
Games
260 (26)played in 26 tournaments, 26 not scored (time limit)
Rank
16in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1625 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
4complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €500 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 (28)

Instants (6)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (12)

Lands (36)

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

Combos in the deck (4)

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”.

  • Aggravated Assault + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    4 versions, each with one of: Old Gnawbone · Hellkite Charger · Savage Ventmaw · Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • Astral Dragon + … → Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite creature ETB
    4 versions, each with one of: Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm · Parallel Lives · Doubling Season · Reflections of Littjara
  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Reflections of Littjara + Ganax, Astral Hunter + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    2 versions, each with one of: Parallel Lives · Doubling Season
  • Ganax, Astral Hunter + Aggravated Assault + Utvara Hellkite → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

Commander Spellbook lists 11 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 11 entries
  • Aggravated Assault + Old Gnawbone → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Old Gnawbone + Hellkite Charger → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite green mana
  • Cavern-Hoard Dragon + Aggravated Assault → Target opponent loses the game, Infinite combat damage to one opponent
  • Ganax, Astral Hunter + Aggravated Assault + Utvara Hellkite → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Astral Dragon + Parallel Lives → Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Astral Dragon + Doubling Season → Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Astral Dragon + Reflections of Littjara + Parallel Lives → Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Reflections of Littjara + Ganax, Astral Hunter + Parallel Lives → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Astral Dragon + Reflections of Littjara + Doubling Season → Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Reflections of Littjara + Ganax, Astral Hunter + Doubling Season → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

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
Played instead in the tournament
  • Negate: replacement

What the games show

From 234 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 – 81% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.97 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (234 games)
  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 39 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (234 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 10th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (80 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 8% wins without it, 39% with it indication (39 games without, 195 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 234 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm avg 8.0hit in 121 of 234 games
  2. Earthquake Dragon avg 3.3hit in 27 of 234 games
  3. Terror of the Peaks avg 2.2hit in 17 of 234 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 30.2hit in 17 of 234 games
  2. Earthquake Dragon avg 28.3hit in 27 of 234 games
  3. Atarka, World Render avg 22.9hit in 16 of 234 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Earthquake Dragon 25×234 games in deck
  2. Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy 20×234 games in deck
  3. Dragon Token 19×234 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Scourge of Valkas 28×avg 0.1 per game · 234 games in deck
  2. An Offer You Can't Refuse 24×avg 0.1 per game · 234 games in deck
  3. Counterspell 22×avg 0.1 per game · 234 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 12% of 2114 attackers blocked in total, 35% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Thopter Token 7×blocked in 3 games
  2. Giada, Font of Hope 5×blocked in 4 games
  3. Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind 4×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. Rishkar's Expertise 4%cast in 8 of 187 games
  2. Dracogenesis 5%cast in 11 of 234 games
  3. Rhystic Study 6%cast in 12 of 197 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 80 wins came

  • by turn 74%
  • turns 8–935%
  • turns 10–1134%
  • turns 12–1319%
  • turn 14+9%

Combos in play logged Aggravated Assault + Old Gnawbone: all pieces cast in 5 games, 3 won · Old Gnawbone + Hellkite Charger: all pieces cast in 5 games, 3 won · Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 6 games, 3 won · Cavern-Hoard Dragon + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 7 games, 3 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.24

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0
3
1
13
2
16
3
3
4
11
5
4
6
12
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
16 / 14
Card draw
8 / 8
Removal
9 / 9
Board wipe
3 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
25 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
28
Instants
6
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
12
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Old Gnawbone
€46.15
Rhystic Study
€36.66
Terror of the Peaks
€24.06
Cyclonic Rift
€23.77
Astral Dragon
€22.65
Parallel Lives
€20.63
Doubling Season
€19.91
Training Center
€16.75

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.

  • better Rishkar's Expertise instead of Firkraag, Cunning Instigator · win rate 37% with, 23% without (187 / 47 games)
  • worse Herald's Horn instead of Thunderbreak Regent · win rate 23% with, 38% without (62 / 172 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

9 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €498.69 Cardmarket average as of Oct 27, 2026

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Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

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Best place 1 · average place 21.5 · 2× top 3 · 7× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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