CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€98.37of €100.00
Overall win rate
39%105 wins in 266 scored games
Games
270 (4)played in 27 tournaments, 4 not scored (time limit)
Rank
10in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1667 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 9 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €100 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 (35)

Instants (3)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (12)

Enchantments (8)

Lands (35)

The Ur-Dragon
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”.

  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Bladewing the Risen + Warstorm Surge → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite death triggers

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)
  • Crucible of the Spirit Dragon: AI can't play it
  • Orator of Ojutai: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Dromoka, the Eternal: replacement
  • Sunken Hollow: replacement

What the games show

From 266 analysed games in 27 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 – 87% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 47 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (266 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.13 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (266 games)
  • Attacks get through: 13% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 19%) logged (2627 attackers in 219 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (105 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 13% wins without it, 56% with it indication (101 games without, 165 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 266 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. The Ur-Dragon avg 8.6hit in 109 of 266 games
  2. Dragon Token avg 2.1hit in 37 of 266 games
  3. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm avg 2.0hit in 43 of 266 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. The Ur-Dragon avg 20.9hit in 109 of 266 games
  2. Atarka, World Render avg 20.1hit in 23 of 266 games
  3. Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy avg 19.8hit in 24 of 266 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. The Ur-Dragon 80×266 games in deck
  2. Dragon Token 39×266 games in deck
  3. Hellkite Courser 16×266 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Crux of Fate 254×avg 1.0 per game · 266 games in deck
  2. Silumgar, the Drifting Death 107×avg 0.4 per game · 266 games in deck
  3. Path to Exile 56×avg 0.2 per game · 237 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 13% of 2627 attackers blocked in total, 33% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Thopter Token 12×blocked in 4 games
  2. Goblin Token 12×blocked in 3 games
  3. Zombie Token 9×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. Runescale Stormbrood // Chilling Screech 0%cast in 0 of 217 games
  2. Whirlwing Stormbrood // Dynamic Soar 0%cast in 0 of 266 games
  3. Deathbringer Regent 5%cast in 13 of 266 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 105 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–917%
  • turns 10–1143%
  • turns 12–1330%
  • turn 14+10%

Combos in play logged Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Bladewing the Risen + Warstorm Surge: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.88

0
6
1
13
2
14
3
3
4
12
5
11
6
5
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
21 / 16
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
8 / 7
Board wipe
2 / 3
Protection
1 / 3
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. 64 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
35
Instants
3
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
12
Enchantments
8
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
€5.18
Utvara Hellkite
€4.99
Morophon, the Boundless
€4.30
Hellkite Courser
€3.60
Herald's Horn
€3.08
Lightning Greaves
€3.08
Birds of Paradise
€3.00
Temur Ascendancy
€2.84

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 Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy instead of Drakuseth, Maw of Flames · win rate 42% with, 35% without (169 / 97 games)
  • no clear difference Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek instead of Dromoka, the Eternal · win rate 36% with, 41% without (78 / 188 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Dromoka, the Eternal instead of Thunderbreak Regent · win rate 37% with, 42% without (147 / 119 games)
  • no clear difference Runescale Stormbrood // Chilling Screech instead of Dispelling Exhale · win rate 40% with, 39% without (217 / 49 games)

9 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €98.37 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.

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Best place 1 · average place 14.3 · 1× top 3 · 9× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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