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The unchanged precon wins 28% of its games – the average at a four-player table is 25%. In the rankings up to €500 it would be #17 of 64.

Tier · Elo
A 1615
would be #17 of 64 in the rankings up to €500
Win rate
28%
11 wins in 40 games, 95% certain between 16 and 43%
Placements
1st: 28 %2nd: 20 %3rd: 20 %4th: 32 %2.6avg. place
  • 128%11×
  • 220%8×
  • 320%8×
  • 432%13×
in the last 40 games
Price
€78.43of €500.00
Games
40in 4 tournaments
Cards
10037 lands, 15 basic
Game Changer
0at most 3 allowed
Combos
0complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Official Commander precon “Doom Prevails” – played exactly as sold in stores, without a single change. It plays in every tournament and price class as a benchmark, so it is not ranked. Why do precons play?

Strengths and weaknesses

From 40 analysed games in 4 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.

Play style: wins through combat – 93% of the damage to opponents is combat damage · How it wins: 73% of wins by surviving (knocked out at most one opponent itself, the others took each other out) – all-deck avg: 31%

Strengths

  • Uses its mana well: only 20% of lands went unused in a turn (all-deck avg: 26%) – the deck almost always has something to play logged (measured on own turns 3–8, 40 games)

Weaknesses

  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.42 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (40 games)
  • Little pressure: only avg 24 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (40 games)
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 (8)

Artifacts (12)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (37)

Doctor Doom, King of Latveria
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

The games in numbers

Commander cast
100%of games, by turn 4 in 22%
Damage per game
24average: 29
Wins on average
turn 11.5own turn, average: 11.4
First one out
30%12 of 40 games, average: 25%
Too few lands
8%of games, 2 of them won, average: 9%
Mulligans
10%4 in 40 games, average: 5%

Cards with a measurable effect

A correlation, not proof: these cards were cast clearly more often in wins.

What the games show

From 40 analysed games in 4 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.

Forge AI note: This deck wins remarkably often by surviving. The Forge AI rarely attacks players with a high life total and hardly removes win-the-game cards – at a real table, where people go after it earlier, it is probably weaker than measured here. Details

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 40 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Doctor Doom, King of Latveria avg 3.9hit in 16 of 40 games
  2. Living Laser avg 2.6hit in 8 of 40 games
  3. Lady Loki, Agent of Chaos avg 2.4hit in 4 of 40 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Lady Loki, Agent of Chaos avg 24.0hit in 4 of 40 games
  2. Abomination, World Ravager avg 13.5hit in 4 of 40 games
  3. Living Laser avg 13.2hit in 8 of 40 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Abomination, World Ravager 3×40 games in deck
  2. Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 3×40 games in deck
  3. Robot Villain Token 2×40 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Vandalblast 16×avg 0.4 per game · 40 games in deck
  2. Terminate 8×avg 0.2 per game · 40 games in deck
  3. Bedevil 8×avg 0.2 per game · 40 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 21% of 303 attackers blocked in total, 23% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Birds of Paradise 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. Kindred Dominance 0%cast in 0 of 40 games
  2. Patchwork Banner 0%cast in 0 of 40 games
  3. Toxic Deluge 0%cast in 0 of 40 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 11 wins came

  • by turn 79%
  • turns 8–99%
  • turns 10–1127%
  • turns 12–1327%
  • turn 14+27%

Elo history

Elo after every tournament, oldest on the left. Dashed: tier limits S, A, B, C.

A 1600B 150011/02: Elo 162911/05: Elo 162611/05: Elo 163411/06: Elo 161511/0211/0511/06

Now 1615, highest 1634 (11/05), lowest 1615 – from 4 tournaments.

Recent games

Place in every 4-player game, oldest on the left: gold = win, silver = 2nd, bronze = 3rd, red = 4th, ring = draw.

1331241413231241422444311441132142434432

In the last 40 games 11× win, 8× 2nd, 8× 3rd and 13× 4th.

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.65

0
4
1
9
2
22
3
14
4
4
5
4
6
5
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
12 / 11
Card draw
12 / 15
Removal
7 / 8
Board wipe
4 / 4
Protection
1 / 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. 62 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures: 31 %Instants: 5 %Sorceries: 8 %Artifacts: 12 %Enchantments: 6 %Lands: 37 %99w/o commander
  • Creatures31%31
  • Instants5%5
  • Sorceries8%8
  • Artifacts12%12
  • Enchantments6%6
  • Lands37%37

Most expensive cards

Black Market Connections
€10.67
Luxury Suite
€8.68
Molecule Man
€6.54
Spark Double
€5.34
Toxic Deluge
€4.85
Skullclamp
€4.40
Kindred Dominance
€3.75
Loki's Scepter
€3.70

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Total €78.43 Cardmarket average as of Nov 6, 2026

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