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Price
€191.53of €200.00
Overall win rate
29%70 wins in 245 scored games
Games
260 (15)played in 26 tournaments, 15 not scored (time limit)
Rank
25in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1560 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 37 lands, 11 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €200 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €200.34, above €200.00. 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 (27)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (3)

Artifacts (17)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (37)

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
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”.

  • Sensei's Divining Top + Echoes of Eternity + … → Infinite card draw, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
    10 versions, each with one of: Ulalek, Fused Atrocity · Glaring Fleshraker · Mystic Forge · Ugin, the Ineffable · Writhing Chrysalis · Herald of Kozilek and 2 more
  • Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana

Commander Spellbook lists 11 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 11 entries
  • Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Glaring Fleshraker + Mystic Forge → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Glaring Fleshraker + Echoes of Eternity → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Ugin, the Ineffable → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
  • Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Echoes of Eternity + Kozilek's Unsealing → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite copies of abilities you control on the stack, Infinite copies of a specific creature
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Echoes of Eternity + Glaring Fleshraker → Infinite card draw, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Echoes of Eternity + Ugin, the Ineffable → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
  • Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Echoes of Eternity + Writhing Chrysalis → Infinite copies of abilities you control on the stack, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Writhing Chrysalis + Eldritch Immunity → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Herald of Kozilek → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Echoes of Eternity + Herald of Kozilek → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count

What the games show

From 245 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 – 85% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 36 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (245 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.82 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (245 games)
  • Recovers from board wipes: 32% wins when opponents cast a board wipe, 22% without one (all-deck avg: 23% vs 28%) indication (158 / 87 games)
  • Often wins by combo: in 21 of 70 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Slow to win: wins on average only on its 13th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (70 wins)
  • Depends on its commander: only 19% wins without it, 31% with it indication (53 games without, 192 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 245 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Glaring Fleshraker avg 5.5hit in 45 of 245 games
  2. Kozilek, the Great Distortion avg 2.1hit in 23 of 245 games
  3. Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger avg 1.9hit in 22 of 245 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Glaring Fleshraker avg 29.7hit in 45 of 245 games
  2. Ulamog, the Defiler avg 23.3hit in 18 of 245 games
  3. Kozilek, the Great Distortion avg 22.9hit in 23 of 245 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Emrakul, the World Anew 22×245 games in deck
  2. Ulamog, the Defiler 22×245 games in deck
  3. Glaring Fleshraker 21×245 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Ulamog, the Defiler 188×avg 0.8 per game · 245 games in deck
  2. Ulalek, Fused Atrocity 133×avg 0.5 per game · 245 games in deck
  3. All Is Dust 103×avg 0.4 per game · 245 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 18% of 2079 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Squirrel Token 13×blocked in 4 games
  2. Dog Token 5×blocked in 3 games
  3. Ms. Bumbleflower 4×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. Rishkar's Expertise 6%cast in 15 of 245 games
  2. Ulamog's Dreadsire 10%cast in 1 of 10 games
  3. Garruk's Uprising 10%cast in 25 of 245 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 70 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–96%
  • turns 10–1121%
  • turns 12–1333%
  • turn 14+39%

Combos in play logged Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument: all pieces cast in 12 games, 10 won · Sensei's Divining Top + Glaring Fleshraker + Mystic Forge: all pieces cast in 3 games, 3 won · Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Glaring Fleshraker + Echoes of Eternity: all pieces cast in 14 games, 10 won · Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Ugin, the Ineffable: all pieces cast in 2 games, 2 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.61

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10
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7
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15
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
19 / 15
Card draw
10 / 9
Removal
10 / 10
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
19 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. 62 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
27
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
8
Sorceries
3
Artifacts
17
Enchantments
6
Lands
37

Most expensive cards

Sensei's Divining Top
€20.99
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
€18.27
Urza's Incubator
€15.98
Ulamog, the Defiler
€15.25
Ugin's Labyrinth
€14.07
Eldrazi Confluence
€11.15
Kozilek's Command
€6.99
Emrakul, the World Anew
€5.56

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 Bismuth Mindrender instead of Titans' Vanguard · win rate 28% with, 29% without (116 / 129 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

2 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €191.53 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 3 · average place 27.5 · 1× top 3 · 6× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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