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Price
€483.87of €500.00
Overall win rate
45%105 wins in 235 scored games
Games
260 (25)played in 26 tournaments, 25 not scored (time limit)
Rank
6in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1728 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 37 lands, 15 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete 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.

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 (34)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (5)

Artifacts (8)

Enchantments (8)

Lands (37)

Ureni of the Unwritten
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”.

  • Aggravated Assault + … → Near-infinite colored mana, Near-infinite combat damage, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
    4 versions, each with one of: Ancient Copper Dragon · Old Gnawbone · Savage Ventmaw · Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • Ganax, Astral Hunter + Aggravated Assault + Utvara Hellkite → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

Commander Spellbook lists 5 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 5 entries
  • Ancient Copper Dragon + Aggravated Assault → Near-infinite colored mana, Near-infinite combat damage, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Aggravated Assault + Old Gnawbone → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite green mana
  • Cavern-Hoard Dragon + Aggravated Assault → Target opponent loses the game, Infinite combat damage to one opponent
  • Ganax, Astral Hunter + Aggravated Assault + Utvara Hellkite → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice 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)
  • Beast Within: AI can't play it
  • Flooded Grove: AI can't play it
  • Mana Drain: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Mossfire Valley: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • An Offer You Can't Refuse: replacement
  • Cavern of Souls: replacement
  • Spit Flame: replacement
  • Wooded Foothills: replacement

What the games show

From 235 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 – 84% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 47 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (235 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 1.21 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (235 games)
  • Attacks get through: 6% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 16%) logged (2762 attackers in 235 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 10th own turn (all-deck avg: 11th) logged (105 wins)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 9% wins without it, 55% with it indication (54 games without, 181 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 235 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Ureni of the Unwritten avg 8.3hit in 114 of 235 games
  2. Ureni, the Song Unending avg 5.1hit in 48 of 235 games
  3. Terror of the Peaks avg 4.5hit in 37 of 235 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 28.4hit in 37 of 235 games
  2. Ureni, the Song Unending avg 25.0hit in 48 of 235 games
  3. Ureni of the Unwritten avg 17.1hit in 114 of 235 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Ureni, the Song Unending 45×235 games in deck
  2. Ureni of the Unwritten 37×235 games in deck
  3. Terror of the Peaks 35×235 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Reality Shift 41×avg 0.2 per game · 235 games in deck
  2. An Offer You Can't Refuse 30×avg 0.1 per game · 235 games in deck
  3. Rapid Hybridization 28×avg 0.1 per game · 235 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 6% of 2762 attackers blocked in total, 66% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Giada, Font of Hope 9×blocked in 7 games
  2. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 4×blocked in 3 games
  3. Mirkwood Bats 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. Stormshriek Feral // Flush Out 0%cast in 0 of 200 games
  2. Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory 0%cast in 0 of 235 games
  3. Selvala's Stampede 0%cast in 0 of 235 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 105 wins came

  • by turn 77%
  • turns 8–932%
  • turns 10–1140%
  • turns 12–1316%
  • turn 14+5%

Combos in play logged Ancient Copper Dragon + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 5 games, 3 won · Aggravated Assault + Old Gnawbone: all pieces cast in 2 games, 2 won · Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 5 games, 4 won · Cavern-Hoard Dragon + Aggravated Assault: all pieces cast in 1 games, 1 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.21

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13
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14
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6
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7
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9
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7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
16 / 15
Card draw
6 / 6
Removal
11 / 11
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
25 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
34
Instants
7
Sorceries
5
Artifacts
8
Enchantments
8
Lands
37

Most expensive cards

Ancient Copper Dragon
€104.27
Ancient Silver Dragon
€46.42
Old Gnawbone
€46.15
Mana Drain
€44.28
Terror of the Peaks
€24.06
Cyclonic Rift
€23.77
Twinflame Tyrant
€22.45
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
€16.03

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 Talisman of Impulse instead of Nature's Lore · win rate 47% with, 36% without (190 / 45 games)
  • no clear difference Nature's Lore instead of Talisman of Impulse · win rate 41% with, 47% without (90 / 145 games)
  • no clear difference Frostcliff Siege instead of Stormshriek Feral // Flush Out · win rate 49% with, 44% without (45 / 190 games)
  • no clear difference Cyclonic Rift instead of Balefire Dragon · win rate 46% with, 41% without (189 / 46 games)
  • no clear difference Birds of Paradise instead of Talisman of Impulse · win rate 46% with, 42% without (171 / 64 games)

8 more tested cards are still collecting games.

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Placement in every tournament

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

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Best place 1 · average place 10.4 · 5× top 3 · 13× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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