CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€460.11of €500.00
Overall win rate
25%53 wins in 214 scored games
Games
260 (46)played in 26 tournaments, 46 not scored (time limit)
Rank
26in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1534 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
6complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 7 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 5 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

At most €500 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

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 (29)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (13)

Artifacts (7)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (36)

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

Combos in the deck (6)

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”.

  • Phyrexian Altar + … → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    7 versions, each with one of: Reassembling Skeleton · Tortured Existence · Teval, the Balanced Scale · Insidious Roots · Tormod, the Desecrator · Kheru Goldkeeper
  • Kotis, Sibsig Champion + Altar of Dementia + … → Near-infinite turns, Lock
    2 versions, each with one of: Timeless Witness · Eternal Witness
  • Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Kheru Goldkeeper + Tortured Existence → Infinite self-discard triggers
  • Living Death + Eternal Witness + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite blinking, Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers
  • Kheru Goldkeeper + Gravecrawler + Altar of Dementia → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers

Commander Spellbook lists 13 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 13 entries
  • Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Kheru Goldkeeper + Tortured Existence → Infinite self-discard triggers
  • Living Death + Eternal Witness + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite blinking, Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers
  • Tortured Existence + Phyrexian Altar + Teval, the Balanced Scale → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Kheru Goldkeeper + Gravecrawler + Altar of Dementia → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Tortured Existence + Phyrexian Altar + Insidious Roots → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Tortured Existence + Phyrexian Altar + Tormod, the Desecrator → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Phyrexian Altar + Reassembling Skeleton + Tormod, the Desecrator → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Phyrexian Altar + Insidious Roots + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Phyrexian Altar + Reassembling Skeleton + Teval, the Balanced Scale → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Phyrexian Altar + Kheru Goldkeeper + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Kotis, Sibsig Champion + Altar of Dementia + Timeless Witness → Near-infinite turns, Lock
  • Kotis, Sibsig Champion + Altar of Dementia + Eternal Witness → Near-infinite turns, Lock

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.

In the list (original cards)
  • Altar of Dementia: AI can't play it
  • Command Beacon: AI can't play it
  • Phyrexian Reclamation: AI can't play it
  • Swan Song: AI can't play it
  • Sylvan Safekeeper: AI can't play it
  • Tormod, the Desecrator: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Tortured Existence: AI can't play it
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Aftermath Analyst: replacement
  • An Offer You Can't Refuse: replacement
  • Dauthi Voidwalker: test
  • Hedge Maze: replacement
  • Shigeki, Jukai Visionary: replacement
  • Syr Konrad, the Grim: replacement
  • The Meathook Massacre: replacement
  • Wight of the Reliquary: replacement

What the games show

From 214 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 – 90% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Shrugs off removal: 24% wins when opponents cast 5+ removal spells, 6% with at most one (all-deck avg: 22% vs 29%) indication (127 / 17 games)

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 39% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (84 of 214 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 214 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Teval, the Balanced Scale avg 6.8hit in 137 of 214 games
  2. Zombie Druid Token avg 3.2hit in 63 of 214 games
  3. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 2.9hit in 25 of 214 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Plant Token avg 27.5hit in 20 of 214 games
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 24.9hit in 25 of 214 games
  3. The Gitrog Monster avg 11.4hit in 20 of 214 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Zombie Druid Token 51×214 games in deck
  2. Plant Token 22×214 games in deck
  3. Syr Konrad, the Grim 16×131 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Living Death 147×avg 0.7 per game · 214 games in deck
  2. Necromantic Selection 71×avg 0.3 per game · 214 games in deck
  3. Tear Asunder 47×avg 0.2 per game · 214 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 14% of 3246 attackers blocked in total, 17% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Zombie Token 12×blocked in 4 games
  2. Birds of Paradise 7×blocked in 7 games
  3. Wizard Token 7×blocked in 4 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. Necromantic Selection 5%cast in 10 of 214 games
  2. Conduit of Worlds 8%cast in 17 of 214 games
  3. Meren of Clan Nel Toth 8%cast in 17 of 214 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 53 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–913%
  • turns 10–1134%
  • turns 12–1328%
  • turn 14+25%

Combos in play logged Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar: all pieces cast in 6 games, 3 won · Kheru Goldkeeper + Tortured Existence: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Living Death + Eternal Witness + Phyrexian Altar: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Tortured Existence + Phyrexian Altar + Teval, the Balanced Scale: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.22

0
12
1
15
2
10
3
13
4
7
5
1
6
5
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
14 / 14
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
7 / 7
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
32 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
29
Instants
8
Sorceries
13
Artifacts
7
Enchantments
6
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Boseiju, Who Endures
€43.71
Rhystic Study
€36.66
Phyrexian Altar
€35.94
Misty Rainforest
€25.10
Verdant Catacombs
€24.21
Icetill Explorer
€23.67
Field of the Dead
€23.14
Polluted Delta
€19.12

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 Dauthi Voidwalker instead of Entomb · win rate 29% with, 21% without (112 / 102 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Wight of the Reliquary instead of Shigeki, Jukai Visionary · win rate 24% with, 27% without (159 / 55 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

2 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €460.11 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 31.6 · 0× top 3 · 5× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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