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Price
€99.43of €100.00
Overall win rate
6%16 wins in 249 scored games
Games
270 (21)played in 27 tournaments, 21 not scored (time limit)
Rank
61in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1240 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
4complete 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 (21)

Instants (10)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (21)

Enchantments (5)

Lands (36)

Toph, the First Metalbender
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (4)

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 landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
    6 versions, each with one of: Tireless Provisioner · Lotus Cobra · Toph, the First Metalbender
  • Retreat to Emeria + Haru, Hidden Talent + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain
    3 versions, each with one of: Zuran Orb · Sylvan Safekeeper · Cabaretti Courtyard
  • Toph, the First Metalbender + … → Lock, Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, You have protection from everything during your opponents' turns
    2 versions, each with one of: The Stasis Coffin · Mindslaver
  • Toph, the First Metalbender + Bumi, Unleashed + … → Infinite combat phases, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite combat damage
    2 versions, each with one of: Liquimetal Torque · Liquimetal Coating

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
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Toph, the First Metalbender + The Stasis Coffin → Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, You have protection from everything during your opponents' turns, Lock
  • Toph, the First Metalbender + Bumi, Unleashed + Liquimetal Torque → Infinite combat phases, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite combat damage
  • Toph, the First Metalbender + Mindslaver → You control one opponent on each of their turns, Lock
  • Toph, the First Metalbender + Bumi, Unleashed + Liquimetal Coating → Infinite combat phases, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite combat damage
  • Toph, the First Metalbender + Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Toph, the First Metalbender + Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Retreat to Emeria + Haru, Hidden Talent + Zuran Orb → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain
  • Retreat to Emeria + Haru, Hidden Talent + Sylvan Safekeeper → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Retreat to Emeria + Haru, Hidden Talent + Cabaretti Courtyard → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain

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)
  • Beast Within: AI can't play it
  • Mindslaver: AI can't play it
  • Mishra's Bauble: AI can't play it
  • Oblivion Stone: AI can't play it
  • Rockfall Vale: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Sylvan Safekeeper: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Hardened Scales: replacement
  • Omashu City: replacement
  • Planar Outburst: replacement
  • Talisman of Impulse: replacement
  • The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi: replacement
  • Veil of Summer: replacement

What the games show

From 249 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 – 84% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Little pressure: only avg 16 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (249 games)
  • Often eliminated first: in 45% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (111 of 249 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.22 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (249 games)
  • Attacks often get blocked: 27% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 19%) logged (1226 attackers in 212 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 249 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Forest avg 2.7hit in 69 of 249 games
  2. Plains avg 2.4hit in 70 of 249 games
  3. Sabotender avg 1.3hit in 23 of 249 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Buried Ruin avg 14.4hit in 17 of 249 games
  2. Sabotender avg 13.8hit in 23 of 249 games
  3. Tannuk, Memorial Ensign avg 10.7hit in 26 of 249 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Plains 12×249 games in deck
  2. Forest 9×249 games in deck
  3. Plant Token 5×249 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Hour of Revelation 248×avg 1.0 per game · 249 games in deck
  2. Planar Outburst 245×avg 1.0 per game · 249 games in deck
  3. Swords to Plowshares 47×avg 0.2 per game · 249 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 27% of 1226 attackers blocked in total, 9% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Mr. House, President and CEO 9×blocked in 3 games
  2. Squirrel Token 8×blocked in 4 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. Cracked Earth Technique 0%cast in 0 of 249 games
  2. Annie Joins Up 8%cast in 20 of 249 games
  3. Omnath, Locus of Rage 10%cast in 24 of 249 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 16 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–96%
  • turns 10–1125%
  • turns 12–1331%
  • turn 14+38%

Combos in play logged Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner: all pieces cast in 8 games, 0 won · Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner: all pieces cast in 8 games, 0 won · Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra: all pieces cast in 11 games, 1 won · Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra: all pieces cast in 11 games, 1 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.92

2
0
10
1
14
2
19
3
10
4
3
5
2
6
3
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
18 / 15
Card draw
8 / 8
Removal
8 / 6
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
5 / 5
Strategy
22 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
21
Instants
10
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
21
Enchantments
5
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
€17.46
Sylvan Safekeeper
€6.69
Lotus Cobra
€6.02
Earthshape
€5.61
Ba Sing Se
€5.52
Springheart Nantuko
€4.32
Bumi, Unleashed
€3.78
Crop Rotation
€3.43

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 Farseek instead of Commander's Sphere · win rate 10% with, 6% without (41 / 208 games)

8 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €99.43 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 17 · average place 54.2 · 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?