- Price
- €299.30of €300.00
- Overall win rate
- 13%9 wins in 70 scored games
- Games
- 70played in 7 tournaments
- Rank
- 51in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1378 (start 1500)
- Cards
- 100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
- Game Changer
- 3of at most 3 allowed
- Combos
- 1complete in the deck
- Rules check
- Passed100 cards, colors, banlist
At most €300 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.
Commander (1)
- Sauron, the Dark Lord€17.00
Creatures (20)
- Orcish BowmastersGame Changer€35.30
- Nazgûl€20.25
- Witch-king of Angmar Removal€9.95
- Lord of the Nazgûl€3.41
- Orcish Siegemaster€1.37
- Smaug, Wicked Worm Card draw€1.33
- Notion Thief Card drawGame Changer€1.31
- The Balrog of Moria Removal€1.20
- Saruman, the White Hand€1.13
- Moria Scavenger Card draw€0.77
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings€0.65
- Anger€0.59
- Archfiend of Ifnir Card draw€0.59
- The Great Goblin€0.51
- Corsairs of Umbar€0.42
- Sauron, the Necromancer Removal€0.40
- Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain€0.14
- Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant€0.11
- Grishnákh, Brash Instigator€0.10
- The Mouth of Sauron€0.09
Instants (11)
- Cyclonic Rift Board wipeGame Changer€23.77
- Swan Song RemovalAI can't play€10.68
- An Offer You Can't Refuse Removal€3.03
- Arcane Denial Removal€1.82
- Dark Ritual€1.26
- Counterspell Removal€1.02
- Sauron's Ransom€0.84
- Lazotep Plating Protection€0.32
- Saruman's Trickery Removal€0.12
- Orcish Medicine Protection€0.11
- Thrill of Possibility Card draw€0.03
Sorceries (14)
- Reanimate€8.15
- Toxic Deluge Board wipeAI can't play€4.93
- Windfall Card drawAI can't play€3.99
- Living DeathAI limited€3.74
- Blasphemous Act Board wipeCombo€1.21
- Victimize€0.54
- Faithless Looting Card drawAI can't play€0.43
- Summons of Saruman€0.40
- Ringsight€0.21
- Feed the Swarm Removal€0.19
- Birthday Escape Card draw€0.13
- Claim the Precious Removal€0.12
- Foray of Orcs Removal€0.09
- Treason of Isengard€0.09
Artifacts (12)
- Relic of Sauron Ramp€10.11
- My Precious // Allure of Power Protection€1.34
- Talisman of Creativity Ramp€0.75
- Sol Ring Ramp€0.74
- Talisman of Indulgence Ramp€0.74
- Fellwar Stone Ramp€0.73
- Talisman of Dominance Ramp€0.53
- Arcane Signet Ramp€0.39
- Dimir Signet RampAI can't play€0.38
- Mind Stone Ramp€0.14
- Inherited Envelope Ramp€0.10
- Commander's Sphere Ramp€0.06
Enchantments (6)
- Mystic Remora Card drawAI limited€9.37
- Call of the Ring Card draw€3.96
- In the Darkness Bind Them€2.31
- One Ring to Rule Them All Board wipe€1.15
- Fall of Cair Andros RemovalCombo€0.25
- March from the Black Gate€0.13
Lands (36)
- Polluted Delta€19.12
- Bloodstained Mire€17.32
- The Black Gate€10.53
- Xander's Lounge€10.51
- Blood Crypt€10.03
- Steam Vents€9.90
- Watery Grave€9.82
- Mount Doom€8.22
- Barad-dûr€1.51
- Underground River€1.01
- Sulfurous Springs€0.86
- Drowned Catacomb€0.81
- Dragonskull Summit€0.76
- Rogue's Passage€0.29
- Sunken Hollow€0.29
- Smoldering Marsh€0.25
- Choked Estuary€0.24
- Sulfur Falls€0.23
- Crumbling Necropolis€0.22
- Command Tower€0.19
- Exotic Orchard€0.14
- Evolving Wilds€0.03
- 7× Swamp
- 3× Mountain
- 4× Island
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”.
- Fall of Cair Andros + Blasphemous Act → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Near-infinite damage to creatures
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.
- Choked Estuary: adjusted to make room for another replacement
- Dimir Signet: AI can't play it
- Faithless Looting: AI can't play it
- Swan Song: AI can't play it
- Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
- Windfall: AI can't play it
- Animate Dead: replacement
- Consider: replacement
- Glorious Gale: replacement
- Gollum, Patient Plotter: test
- Luxury Suite: replacement
- Worn Powerstone: replacement
What the games show
From 70 analysed games in 7 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 – 93% of the damage to opponents is combat damage
Strengths
No clear strength in the logs.
Weaknesses
- Often eliminated first: in 39% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (27 of 70 games)
- Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (9 wins)
- Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.44 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (70 games)
- Attacks often get blocked: 25% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 18%) logged (551 attackers in 70 games)
Damage per game all games
Total damage to opponents ÷ all 70 games – what the card contributes over the whole test
- Orc Army Token avg 6.8hit in 38 of 70 games
- Sauron, the Dark Lord avg 5.7hit in 31 of 70 games
- The Balrog of Moria avg 1.5hit in 8 of 70 games
Damage when used when it hits
Total damage ÷ games in which the card dealt damage – its strength when used
- The Balrog of Moria avg 13.0hit in 8 of 70 games
- Sauron, the Dark Lord avg 12.8hit in 31 of 70 games
- Orc Army Token avg 12.6hit in 38 of 70 games
Top finishers eliminates opponents
Cards that most often knocked an opposing commander out of the game
- Orc Army Token 5×70 games in deck
- Zombie Army Token 4×70 games in deck
- Sauron, the Dark Lord 3×70 games in deck
Best interaction answers threats
Opposing cards destroyed, exiled, bounced or countered when this card resolved (tokens excluded)
- Sauron, the Dark Lord 82×avg 1.2 per game · 70 games in deck
- Living Death 49×avg 0.7 per game · 70 games in deck
- One Ring to Rule Them All 27×avg 0.4 per game · 70 games in deck
Biggest walls blocks the most
Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 25% of 551 attackers blocked in total, 12% of those by flyers or reach
- Birds of Paradise 3×blocked in 3 games
- Vivi Ornitier 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)
- Foray of Orcs 0%cast in 0 of 70 games
- My Precious // Allure of Power 0%cast in 0 of 70 games
- Orcish Medicine 0%cast in 0 of 70 games
Wins by turn speed
On which own turn the 9 wins came
- by turn 70%
- turns 8–911%
- turns 10–1122%
- turns 12–1344%
- turn 14+22%
Combos in play logged Fall of Cair Andros + Blasphemous Act: all pieces cast in 3 games, 0 won
Mana curve without lands
Average 3.06
Roles in the deck
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
Most expensive cards
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 swap has enough games for a verdict yet.
7 more tested cards are still collecting games.
Shopping list for Cardmarket
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Total €299.30 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.
Best place 13 · average place 47.6 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 7 tournaments
Played by the Forge AI, four players per game. An average deck wins 25%. How are decks tested?
