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Price
€499.68of €500.00
Overall win rate
37%85 wins in 232 scored games
Games
260 (28)played in 26 tournaments, 28 not scored (time limit)
Rank
13in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1655 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 9 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

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

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 26, 2026: the tested version had risen to €500.76, above €500.00. 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 (35)

Instants (5)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (9)

Enchantments (9)

Lands (35)

The Ur-Dragon
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”.

  • Aggravated Assault + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    4 versions, each with one of: Old Gnawbone · Hellkite Charger · Savage Ventmaw · Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Bladewing the Risen + Terror of the Peaks → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite death triggers
  • Ganax, Astral Hunter + Aggravated Assault + Utvara Hellkite → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

Commander Spellbook lists 6 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 6 entries
  • Aggravated Assault + Old Gnawbone → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Old Gnawbone + Hellkite Charger → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite green mana
  • Aggravated Assault + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds → Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat phases, Infinite untap of creatures you control
  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Bladewing the Risen + Terror of the Peaks → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite death triggers
  • Ganax, Astral Hunter + Aggravated Assault + Utvara Hellkite → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

What the games show

From 232 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 – 78% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 40 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (232 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.03 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (232 games)
  • Attacks get through: 8% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 16%) logged (2061 attackers in 232 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 10th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (85 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 12% wins without it, 54% with it indication (97 games without, 135 with commander)
  • Drops out early: in losses on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (147 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 232 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. The Ur-Dragon avg 6.4hit in 81 of 232 games
  2. Terror of the Peaks avg 4.1hit in 41 of 232 games
  3. Ureni of the Unwritten avg 2.1hit in 38 of 232 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Terror of the Peaks avg 23.0hit in 41 of 232 games
  2. The Ur-Dragon avg 18.2hit in 81 of 232 games
  3. Tiamat avg 15.4hit in 24 of 232 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. The Ur-Dragon 51×232 games in deck
  2. Terror of the Peaks 27×232 games in deck
  3. Dragon Token 26×232 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Crux of Fate 188×avg 0.8 per game · 232 games in deck
  2. Swords to Plowshares 33×avg 0.1 per game · 232 games in deck
  3. Silumgar, the Drifting Death 28×avg 0.1 per game · 232 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 8% of 2061 attackers blocked in total, 44% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Hope 5×blocked in 3 games
  2. Birds of Paradise 4×blocked in 4 games
  3. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 4×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. Kindred Discovery 5%cast in 12 of 232 games
  2. Dracogenesis 6%cast in 15 of 232 games
  3. Call the Spirit Dragons 8%cast in 19 of 232 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 85 wins came

  • by turn 79%
  • turns 8–941%
  • turns 10–1131%
  • turns 12–139%
  • turn 14+9%

Combos in play logged Aggravated Assault + Old Gnawbone: all pieces cast in 7 games, 6 won · Old Gnawbone + Hellkite Charger: all pieces cast in 11 games, 9 won · Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 4 games, 3 won · Aggravated Assault + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds: all pieces cast in 10 games, 7 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.16

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0
5
1
13
2
14
3
4
11
5
9
6
11
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
18 / 16
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
7 / 7
Board wipe
3 / 3
Protection
2 / 3
Strategy
28 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
5
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
9
Enchantments
9
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Old Gnawbone
€46.15
Terror of the Peaks
€24.06
Cyclonic Rift
€23.77
Tiamat
€17.83
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32
Wooded Foothills
€16.74
Urza's Incubator
€15.98
Flooded Strand
€14.94

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 Hellkite Tyrant instead of Sunscorch Regent · win rate 36% with, 39% without (163 / 69 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Ignoble Hierarch instead of Ramos, Dragon Engine · win rate 35% with, 38% without (117 / 115 games)
  • no clear difference Kodama's Reach instead of Ignoble Hierarch · win rate 36% with, 37% without (80 / 152 games)

8 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

Copy the list, create a new list under “Wants” on Cardmarket and paste it.

Total €499.68 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 1 · average place 16.9 · 2× top 3 · 8× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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