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Price
€99.68of €100.00
Overall win rate
31%79 wins in 255 scored games
Games
270 (15)played in 27 tournaments, 15 not scored (time limit)
Rank
17in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1593 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 37 lands, 15 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete 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 €101.33, 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)

Instants (6)

Sorceries (7)

Artifacts (3)

Enchantments (4)

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
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”.

  • Apex Altisaur + Wrathful Raptors + Akroma's Will → Destroy all creatures opponents control, Near-infinite damage

What the games show

From 255 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 – 96% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 39 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (255 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.82 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (255 games)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 13% wins without it, 35% with it indication (52 games without, 203 with commander)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (79 wins)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 255 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn avg 3.3hit in 44 of 255 games
  2. Scion of Calamity avg 3.1hit in 30 of 255 games
  3. Pantlaza, Sun-Favored avg 3.0hit in 98 of 255 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Dinosaur Beast Token avg 27.1hit in 16 of 255 games
  2. Scion of Calamity avg 26.0hit in 30 of 255 games
  3. Rampaging Brontodon avg 24.6hit in 27 of 255 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn 24×255 games in deck
  2. Rampaging Brontodon 23×255 games in deck
  3. Dinosaur Beast Token 18×255 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Wakening Sun's Avatar 163×avg 0.6 per game · 255 games in deck
  2. Bronzebeak Foragers 155×avg 0.6 per game · 255 games in deck
  3. Generous Gift 71×avg 0.3 per game · 255 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 22% of 2829 attackers blocked in total, 13% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 20×blocked in 8 games
  2. Elephant Token 13×blocked in 13 games
  3. Elf Warrior Token 13×blocked in 5 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 7%cast in 17 of 255 games
  2. Trumpeting Carnosaur 7%cast in 18 of 255 games
  3. Kogla and Yidaro 10%cast in 5 of 50 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 79 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–98%
  • turns 10–1123%
  • turns 12–1335%
  • turn 14+34%

Combos in play logged Apex Altisaur + Wrathful Raptors + Akroma's Will: all pieces cast in 1 games, 1 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.24

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11
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
18 / 12
Card draw
8 / 9
Removal
9 / 8
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
1 / 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. 62 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
42
Instants
6
Sorceries
7
Artifacts
3
Enchantments
4
Lands
37

Most expensive cards

Akroma's Will
€14.94
Apex Altisaur
€7.67
Wrathful Raptors
€5.34
Gishath, Sun's Avatar
€5.11
Rhythm of the Wild
€3.27
Birds of Paradise
€3.00
Wayward Swordtooth
€2.99
Elemental Bond
€2.97

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 Dinosaur Egg instead of Deathgorge Scavenger · win rate 25% with, 32% without (40 / 215 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Savage Stomp instead of Dinosaur Egg · win rate 33% with, 27% without (178 / 77 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Pugnacious Hammerskull instead of Dinosaur Egg · win rate 31% with, 31% without (49 / 206 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

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 €99.68 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 4 · average place 24.1 · 0× top 3 · 6× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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