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Price
€196.87of €200.00
Overall win rate
34%86 wins in 251 scored games
Games
260 (9)played in 26 tournaments, 9 not scored (time limit)
Rank
15in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1625 (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 €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 €202.03, 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 (41)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (2)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (37)

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 + … → Destroy all creatures opponents control, Near-infinite damage
    2 versions, each with one of: Akroma's Will · Heroic Intervention

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

What the games show

From 251 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 – 94% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 40 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (251 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.89 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (251 games)
  • Recovers from board wipes: 39% wins when opponents cast a board wipe, 27% without one (all-deck avg: 23% vs 28%) indication (155 / 96 games)

Weaknesses

  • Attacks often get blocked: 23% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 17%) logged (3251 attackers in 251 games)
  • Depends on its commander: only 26% wins without it, 39% with it indication (85 games without, 166 with commander)
  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 12th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (86 wins)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 251 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Pantlaza, Sun-Favored avg 3.0hit in 87 of 251 games
  2. Dinosaur Beast Token avg 2.6hit in 20 of 251 games
  3. Zetalpa, Primal Dawn avg 2.4hit in 30 of 251 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 32.8hit in 20 of 251 games
  2. Scion of Calamity avg 22.8hit in 20 of 251 games
  3. Rampaging Brontodon avg 22.0hit in 21 of 251 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Dinosaur Beast Token 28×251 games in deck
  2. Rampaging Brontodon 25×251 games in deck
  3. Dinosaur Token 19×251 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Bronzebeak Foragers 136×avg 0.5 per game · 251 games in deck
  2. Wakening Sun's Avatar 106×avg 0.4 per game · 251 games in deck
  3. Zacama, Primal Calamity 80×avg 0.3 per game · 251 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 23% of 3251 attackers blocked in total, 15% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Plant Token 29×blocked in 4 games
  2. Elephant Token 18×blocked in 17 games
  3. Thopter Token 15×blocked in 7 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. Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 0%cast in 0 of 251 games
  2. Rishkar's Expertise 4%cast in 11 of 251 games
  3. Trumpeting Carnosaur 7%cast in 18 of 251 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 86 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–98%
  • turns 10–1134%
  • turns 12–1326%
  • turn 14+33%

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

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.37

0
6
1
9
2
14
3
5
4
9
5
7
6
12
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
16 / 12
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
8 / 8
Board wipe
2 / 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. 62 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
41
Instants
7
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
2
Enchantments
4
Lands
37

Most expensive cards

Etali, Primal Conqueror
€22.43
Akroma's Will
€14.94
Bonehoard Dracosaur
€14.07
Heroic Intervention
€10.37
Windswept Heath
€10.30
Sacred Foundry
€8.98
Apex Altisaur
€7.67
Temple Garden
€7.09

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 Bellowing Aegisaur instead of Ravenous Tyrannosaurus · win rate 33% with, 40% without (193 / 58 games)

6 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 €196.87 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 2 · average place 20.1 · 1× 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?