CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€199.57of €200.00
Overall win rate
19%44 wins in 227 scored games
Games
261 (34)played in 26 tournaments, 34 not scored (time limit)
Rank
41in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1445 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 13% of this deck's games hit the time limit without a winner even on the third try (all decks in this price class: 7%). Usually the Forge AI is stuck in a loop then, e.g. with lots of tokens. These games don't count – so the win rate is somewhat less meaningful.

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 €204.70, 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 (34)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (11)

Artifacts (6)

Enchantments (5)

Lands (36)

Teval, the Balanced Scale
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (3)

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”.

  • Kheru Goldkeeper + Tortured Existence → Infinite self-discard triggers
  • Kheru Goldkeeper + Gravecrawler + Woe Strider → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Aftermath Analyst + Phyrexian Reclamation + Amulet of Vigor + Zuran Orb → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers

What the games show

From 227 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 – 81% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 38% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (87 of 227 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 227 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 5.5hit in 39 of 227 games
  2. Teval, the Balanced Scale avg 5.0hit in 136 of 227 games
  3. Plant Token avg 2.7hit in 21 of 227 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 31.9hit in 39 of 227 games
  2. Plant Token avg 29.7hit in 21 of 227 games
  3. Consuming Aberration avg 27.0hit in 10 of 227 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Zombie Druid Token 36×227 games in deck
  2. Plant Token 31×227 games in deck
  3. Syr Konrad, the Grim 19×199 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Living Death 190×avg 0.8 per game · 227 games in deck
  2. Assassin's Trophy 47×avg 0.2 per game · 227 games in deck
  3. Putrefy 40×avg 0.2 per game · 227 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 15% of 3252 attackers blocked in total, 20% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 12×blocked in 6 games
  2. Zombie Token 11×blocked in 4 games
  3. Plant Token 10×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. Life from the Loam 6%cast in 13 of 227 games
  2. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord 6%cast in 11 of 182 games
  3. Timeless Witness 6%cast in 14 of 227 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 44 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–914%
  • turns 10–1150%
  • turns 12–1320%
  • turn 14+16%

Combos in play logged Kheru Goldkeeper + Tortured Existence: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Kheru Goldkeeper + Gravecrawler + Woe Strider: all pieces cast in 4 games, 3 won · Aftermath Analyst + Phyrexian Reclamation + Amulet of Vigor + Zuran Orb: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.14

1
0
11
1
16
2
10
3
12
4
8
5
1
6
4
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
18 / 14
Card draw
5 / 6
Removal
5 / 7
Board wipe
0 / 2
Protection
0 / 2
Strategy
35 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
34
Instants
7
Sorceries
11
Artifacts
6
Enchantments
5
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Amulet of Vigor
€34.90
Icetill Explorer
€23.67
Colossal Grave-Reaver
€12.20
Breeding Pool
€9.89
Watery Grave
€9.82
Teval's Judgment
€9.61
Reanimate
€8.15
Ripples of Undeath
€6.92

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 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar instead of Consuming Aberration · win rate 28% with, 17% without (46 / 181 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Diviner of Mist instead of Syr Konrad, the Grim · win rate 21% with, 14% without (185 / 42 games)
  • no clear difference Springbloom Druid instead of Millikin · win rate 17% with, 23% without (131 / 96 games)
  • no clear difference Crawling Sensation instead of Grisly Salvage · win rate 20% with, 19% without (115 / 112 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

9 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €199.57 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 5 · average place 38.1 · 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?