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Price
€99.23of €100.00
Overall win rate
17%43 wins in 256 scored games
Games
271 (15)played in 27 tournaments, 15 not scored (time limit)
Rank
49in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1428 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete 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.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 26, 2026: the tested version had risen to €100.06, above €100.00. 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)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (7)

Artifacts (5)

Enchantments (10)

Lands (36)

Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (2)

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”.

  • Gatta and Luzzu + Walking Ballista + … → Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
    5 versions, each with one of: Hardened Scales · Kami of Whispered Hopes · Branching Evolution · Innkeeper's Talent · Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • Inexorable Tide + Evolution Witness → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite death 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
  • Gatta and Luzzu + Hardened Scales + Walking Ballista → Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Gatta and Luzzu + Kami of Whispered Hopes + Walking Ballista → Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Gatta and Luzzu + Branching Evolution + Walking Ballista → Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Gatta and Luzzu + Walking Ballista + Innkeeper's Talent → Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Gatta and Luzzu + Walking Ballista + Ozolith, the Shattered Spire → Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Inexorable Tide + Evolution Witness → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite death triggers

What the games show

From 256 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 – 100% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Resilient: even in losses it lasts until its 12th own turn on average (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (213 losses)

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 14th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (43 wins)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.46 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (256 games)
  • Little pressure: only avg 26 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (256 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 256 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Tidus, Yuna's Guardian avg 4.1hit in 110 of 256 games
  2. Summon: Magus Sisters avg 1.5hit in 43 of 256 games
  3. Spirit Token avg 1.3hit in 20 of 256 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Rikku, Resourceful Guardian avg 19.1hit in 12 of 256 games
  2. Chocobo Knights avg 17.3hit in 13 of 256 games
  3. Auron, Venerated Guardian avg 17.2hit in 15 of 256 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Tidus, Yuna's Guardian 13×256 games in deck
  2. Spirit Token 11×256 games in deck
  3. Auron, Venerated Guardian 8×256 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Farewell 327×avg 1.3 per game · 256 games in deck
  2. Damning Verdict 234×avg 0.9 per game · 256 games in deck
  3. Promise of Loyalty 112×avg 0.5 per game · 237 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 22% of 1615 attackers blocked in total, 15% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Vampire Token 10×blocked in 4 games
  2. Soldier Token 8×blocked in 3 games
  3. Human Soldier Token 6×blocked in 5 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. Sin, Unending Cataclysm 0%cast in 0 of 246 games
  2. Gatta and Luzzu 2%cast in 4 of 256 games
  3. Fight Rigging 11%cast in 29 of 256 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 43 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–92%
  • turns 10–1114%
  • turns 12–1333%
  • turn 14+51%

Combos in play logged Gatta and Luzzu + Hardened Scales + Walking Ballista: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Gatta and Luzzu + Kami of Whispered Hopes + Walking Ballista: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Gatta and Luzzu + Branching Evolution + Walking Ballista: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Gatta and Luzzu + Walking Ballista + Innkeeper's Talent: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.83

2
0
7
1
19
2
17
3
11
4
5
5
1
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
10 / 10
Card draw
8 / 7
Removal
10 / 10
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
31 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
7
Artifacts
5
Enchantments
10
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Innkeeper's Talent
€8.22
Sphere Grid
€7.21
Arwen, Mortal Queen
€7.02
Walking Ballista
€6.95
Branching Evolution
€6.55
Three Visits
€4.85
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
€4.21
Ripples of Potential
€4.16

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.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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

Total €99.23 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 20 · average place 41.4 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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