CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€298.86of €300.00
Overall win rate
19%4 wins in 21 scored games
Games
21played in 2 tournaments
Rank
39in the rankings up to €300 · Elo 1455 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 39 lands, 13 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
6complete 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.

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 (27)

Instants (14)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (5)

Enchantments (8)

Lands (39)

The Wandering Minstrel
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”.

  • Springheart Nantuko + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
    18 versions, each with one of: Simic Growth Chamber · Golgari Rot Farm · Spelunking · Dryad of the Ilysian Grove · Icetill Explorer · Oracle of Mul Daya and 2 more
  • Retreat to Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber + Sakura-Tribe Scout → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB
    Example – 12 versions with these cards: Retreat to Coralhelm · Sakura-Tribe Scout · PuPu UFO · Elven Raft-Steerer · Simic Growth Chamber · Meloku the Clouded Mirror · Golgari Rot Farm
  • Patron of the Moon + … → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite green mana, Infinite blue mana
    12 versions, each with one of: Simic Growth Chamber · Golgari Rot Farm · Lotus Cobra · Tireless Provisioner · Spelunking · Amulet of Vigor and 2 more
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + … → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite green mana, Infinite blue mana
    12 versions, each with one of: Simic Growth Chamber · Golgari Rot Farm · Tireless Provisioner · Lotus Cobra · Spelunking · Amulet of Vigor and 2 more
  • Springheart Nantuko + … → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
    6 versions, each with one of: Tireless Provisioner · Lotus Cobra · Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + … → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB
    2 versions, each with one of: Lotus Cobra · Nissa, Resurgent Animist

Commander Spellbook lists 62 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 62 entries
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Retreat to Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber + Sakura-Tribe Scout → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Retreat to Coralhelm + Sakura-Tribe Scout → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Spelunking + Simic Growth Chamber + Dryad of the Ilysian Grove → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Springheart Nantuko + Spelunking + Golgari Rot Farm + Dryad of the Ilysian Grove → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite black mana, Infinite green mana
  • Springheart Nantuko + Spelunking + Golgari Rot Farm + Icetill Explorer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Spelunking + Simic Growth Chamber + Oracle of Mul Daya → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Retreat to Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber + PuPu UFO → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Spelunking + Golgari Rot Farm + Oracle of Mul Daya → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Retreat to Coralhelm + Golgari Rot Farm + Sakura-Tribe Scout → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Retreat to Coralhelm + PuPu UFO → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Spelunking + Simic Growth Chamber + Icetill Explorer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Golgari Rot Farm + Amulet of Vigor + Icetill Explorer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Amulet of Vigor + Simic Growth Chamber + Dryad of the Ilysian Grove → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Patron of the Moon + Simic Growth Chamber + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Golgari Rot Farm + Amulet of Vigor + Dryad of the Ilysian Grove → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Springheart Nantuko + Amulet of Vigor + Simic Growth Chamber + Icetill Explorer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Simic Growth Chamber + Dryad of the Ilysian Grove + The Wandering Minstrel → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Springheart Nantuko + Amulet of Vigor + Simic Growth Chamber + Oracle of Mul Daya → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Springheart Nantuko + Simic Growth Chamber + The Wandering Minstrel + Icetill Explorer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Golgari Rot Farm + Amulet of Vigor + Oracle of Mul Daya → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Patron of the Moon + Simic Growth Chamber + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Retreat to Coralhelm + Golgari Rot Farm + PuPu UFO → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Golgari Rot Farm + Dryad of the Ilysian Grove + The Wandering Minstrel → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Simic Growth Chamber + Oracle of Mul Daya + The Wandering Minstrel → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Spelunking + Simic Growth Chamber → Infinite green mana, Infinite blue mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Golgari Rot Farm + The Wandering Minstrel + Icetill Explorer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Golgari Rot Farm + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Golgari Rot Farm + Oracle of Mul Daya + The Wandering Minstrel → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Golgari Rot Farm + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Simic Growth Chamber + Sakura-Tribe Scout + Elven Raft-Steerer → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Spelunking + Simic Growth Chamber → Infinite blue mana, Infinite green mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Golgari Rot Farm + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Spelunking + Golgari Rot Farm → Infinite green mana, Infinite black mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + Simic Growth Chamber → Infinite blue mana, Infinite green mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Golgari Rot Farm + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Meloku the Clouded Mirror + PuPu UFO + Elven Raft-Steerer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Simic Growth Chamber + The Wandering Minstrel → Infinite blue mana, Infinite green mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Simic Growth Chamber + PuPu UFO + Elven Raft-Steerer → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Amulet of Vigor + Simic Growth Chamber → Infinite blue mana, Infinite green mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Golgari Rot Farm + The Wandering Minstrel → Infinite black mana, Infinite green mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Lotus Cobra → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber + The Wandering Minstrel → Infinite green mana, Infinite blue mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Spelunking + Golgari Rot Farm → Infinite black mana, Infinite green mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Simic Growth Chamber + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Golgari Rot Farm + Amulet of Vigor → Infinite green mana, Infinite black mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Golgari Rot Farm + The Wandering Minstrel → Infinite green mana, Infinite black mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Golgari Rot Farm + Amulet of Vigor → Infinite black mana, Infinite green mana, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Sakura-Tribe Scout + Elven Raft-Steerer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Golgari Rot Farm + Sakura-Tribe Scout + Elven Raft-Steerer → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Golgari Rot Farm + PuPu UFO + Elven Raft-Steerer → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Golgari Rot Farm + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers
  • Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB
  • Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy + Retreat to Coralhelm + Golgari Rot Farm + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall 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)
  • Gladiolus Amicitia: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Nissa, Resurgent Animist: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Pact of Negation: AI can't play it
  • Patron of the Moon: AI can't play it
  • Sylvan Safekeeper: AI can't play it
  • Tannuk, Memorial Ensign: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Zell Dincht: swapped for a test
Played instead in the tournament
  • Ancient Greenwarden: replacement
  • Faerie Mastermind: replacement
  • Heroic Intervention: replacement
  • Mystical Tutor: replacement
  • Sevinne's Reclamation: replacement
  • Swamp: replacement
  • Wayward Swordtooth: replacement
  • Wight of the Reliquary: replacement

What the games show

From 21 analysed games in 2 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

  • Resilient: even in losses it lasts until its 11th own turn on average (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (17 losses)

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 38% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (8 of 21 games)
  • Little pressure: only avg 23 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (21 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 21 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Illusion Token avg 3.8hit in 2 of 21 games
  2. Omnath, Locus of Creation avg 3.0hit in 5 of 21 games
  3. Elemental Token avg 2.4hit in 3 of 21 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Elemental Token avg 17.0hit in 3 of 21 games
  2. Omnath, Locus of Creation avg 12.6hit in 5 of 21 games
  3. Oracle of Mul Daya avg 7.7hit in 3 of 21 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Illusion Token 3×21 games in deck
  2. Plant Token 2×21 games in deck
  3. The Wandering Minstrel 2×21 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Swords to Plowshares 6×avg 0.3 per game · 21 games in deck
  2. Culling Ritual 6×avg 0.3 per game · 21 games in deck
  3. Path to Exile 5×avg 0.2 per game · 21 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 24% of 177 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

Not enough blocks logged yet.

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. Borne Upon a Wind 0%cast in 0 of 21 games
  2. Dark Ritual 0%cast in 0 of 21 games
  3. Flusterstorm 0%cast in 0 of 21 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 4 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–90%
  • turns 10–1125%
  • turns 12–1350%
  • turn 14+25%

Combos in play logged Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner: all pieces cast in 2 games, 1 won · Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Retreat to Coralhelm + Simic Growth Chamber + Sakura-Tribe Scout: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.68

3
0
16
1
12
2
13
3
8
4
2
5
2
6
4
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
26 / 20
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
8 / 7
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
16 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. 60 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
27
Instants
14
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
5
Enchantments
8
Lands
39

Most expensive cards

Amulet of Vigor
€35.40
Exploration
€25.14
Lotus Petal
€24.74
Icetill Explorer
€24.15
Nissa, Resurgent Animist
€22.39
Pact of Negation
€14.04
Starting Town
€10.18
Mystic Remora
€9.47

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.

2 more tested cards are still collecting games.

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Total €298.86 Cardmarket average as of Oct 30, 2026

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Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

2053

Best place 20 · average place 36.5 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 2 tournaments

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