CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€497.36of €500.00
Overall win rate
19%39.2 wins in 207 scored games
Games
260 (53)played in 26 tournaments, 53 not scored (time limit)
Rank
38in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1475 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
4complete 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 9 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.

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)

Planeswalkers (2)

Instants (6)

Sorceries (5)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (8)

Lands (36)

Muldrotha, the Gravetide
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”.

  • Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac → Win the game, Exile your library
    Example – 4 versions with these cards: Demonic Consultation · Laboratory Maniac · Jace, Wielder of Mysteries · Hermit Druid
  • Displacer Kitten + Eternal Witness + Dark Ritual → Infinite black mana, Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard, Infinite creature ETB
  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide + Kaya's Ghostform + Altar of Dementia + Lotus Petal → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide + Displacer Kitten + Lotus Petal → Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count

Commander Spellbook lists 7 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 7 entries
  • Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac → Exile your library, Win the game
  • Demonic Consultation + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries → Exile your library, Win the game
  • Hermit Druid + Laboratory Maniac → Win the game
  • Displacer Kitten + Eternal Witness + Dark Ritual → Infinite black mana, Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard, Infinite creature ETB
  • Hermit Druid + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries → Win the game
  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide + Kaya's Ghostform + Altar of Dementia + Lotus Petal → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide + Displacer Kitten + Lotus Petal → Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count

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)
  • Altar of Dementia: AI can't play it
  • Command Beacon: AI can't play it
  • Demonic Consultation: AI can't play it
  • Perpetual Timepiece: AI can't play it
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
  • Windfall: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Assassin's Trophy: replacement
  • Bojuka Bog: replacement
  • Dauthi Voidwalker: replacement
  • Kishla Skimmer: replacement
  • Satyr Wayfinder: replacement
  • Tainted Pact: replacement

What the games show

From 207 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 – 57% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 2% wins without it, 24% with it indication (49 games without, 158 with commander)
  • Often eliminated first: in 38% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (79 of 207 games)
  • Little pressure: only avg 21 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (207 games)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 12th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (39 wins)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 207 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 9.7hit in 52 of 207 games
  2. Muldrotha, the Gravetide avg 3.0hit in 59 of 207 games
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale avg 0.8hit in 23 of 207 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 38.7hit in 52 of 207 games
  2. Zombie Druid Token avg 15.4hit in 10 of 207 games
  3. Dauthi Voidwalker avg 10.4hit in 16 of 207 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim 38×207 games in deck
  2. Jace, Wielder of Mysteries 11×207 games in deck
  3. Zombie Druid Token 11×207 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Pernicious Deed 175×avg 0.8 per game · 207 games in deck
  2. Strip Mine 108×avg 0.5 per game · 207 games in deck
  3. Living Death 89×avg 1.2 per game · 74 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 20% of 1341 attackers blocked in total, 16% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 6×blocked in 3 games
  2. Zulaport Cutthroat 3×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. Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core 0%cast in 0 of 207 games
  2. Counterspell 8%cast in 16 of 207 games
  3. Life from the Loam 9%cast in 18 of 207 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 39 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–913%
  • turns 10–1128%
  • turns 12–1333%
  • turn 14+26%

Combos in play logged Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Demonic Consultation + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Hermit Druid + Laboratory Maniac: all pieces cast in 4 games, 4 won · Displacer Kitten + Eternal Witness + Dark Ritual: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.49

1
0
16
1
18
2
13
3
9
4
6
5
6
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
13 / 13
Card draw
10 / 9
Removal
9 / 9
Board wipe
3 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
26 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
Planeswalkers
2
Instants
6
Sorceries
5
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
8
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Rhystic Study
€36.66
Displacer Kitten
€28.21
Lotus Petal
€25.96
Misty Rainforest
€25.10
Verdant Catacombs
€24.21
Cyclonic Rift
€23.77
Icetill Explorer
€23.67
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.

  • better Kishla Skimmer instead of Tatyova, Benthic Druid · win rate 29% with, 16% without (48 / 159 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • worse Tatyova, Benthic Druid instead of Kishla Skimmer · win rate 14% with, 29% without (137 / 70 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Dauthi Voidwalker instead of Six · win rate 19% with, 18% without (158 / 49 games)

6 more tested cards are still collecting games.

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Placement in every tournament

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

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Best place 10 · average place 36.6 · 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?