CommanderTestLabor DE
Price
€98.48of €100.00
Overall win rate
45%120 wins in 268 scored games
Games
270 (2)played in 27 tournaments, 2 not scored (time limit)
Rank
4in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1711 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 15 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete 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 (28)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (10)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (11)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (35)

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (1)

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”.

  • Peer into the Abyss + … → Target opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss, Near-infinite card draw
    4 versions, each with one of: Underworld Dreams · Psychosis Crawler · Razorkin Needlehead · Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted

Commander Spellbook lists 4 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 4 entries
  • Peer into the Abyss + Underworld Dreams → Target opponent loses the game
  • Psychosis Crawler + Peer into the Abyss → Near-infinite lifeloss, Near-infinite card draw, Near-infinite draw triggers
  • Razorkin Needlehead + Peer into the Abyss → Near-infinite damage to one opponent, Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Near-infinite card draw for target opponent
  • Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted + Peer into the Abyss → Target player loses the game

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)
  • Decree of Pain: AI can't play it
  • Graven Cairns: AI can't play it
  • Psychosis Crawler: AI can't play it
  • Rakdos Charm: AI can't play it
  • Rakdos Signet: AI can't play it
  • Rug of Smothering: AI can't play it
  • Shadowblood Ridge: AI can't play it
  • Spinerock Knoll: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Star Athlete: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Swiftfoot Boots: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Untimely Malfunction: adjusted to make room for another replacement
Played instead in the tournament
  • Abrade: replacement
  • Archfiend of Despair: replacement
  • Enchanter's Bane: replacement
  • Fear of Burning Alive: replacement
  • Gleeful Arsonist: replacement
  • Grievous Wound: replacement
  • Hearthborn Battler: test
  • Razortrap Gorge: replacement
  • Scrawling Crawler: replacement
  • Temple of the False God: replacement

What the games show

From 268 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: mixed – 40% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 47 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (268 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.93 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (268 games)
  • Wins fast: wins on average already on its 11th own turn (all-deck avg: 12th) logged (120 wins)
  • Rarely out first: eliminated first in only 16% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (44 of 268 games)

Weaknesses

  • Attacks often get blocked: 24% of attackers blocked (all-deck avg: 19%) logged (1304 attackers in 221 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 268 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls avg 12.1hit in 195 of 268 games
  2. Mogis, God of Slaughter avg 3.3hit in 52 of 268 games
  3. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 2.5hit in 46 of 268 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Mogis, God of Slaughter avg 17.1hit in 52 of 268 games
  2. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls avg 16.6hit in 195 of 268 games
  3. Syr Konrad, the Grim avg 14.7hit in 46 of 268 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 73×268 games in deck
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim 19×268 games in deck
  3. Shivan Gorge 18×268 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Suspended Sentence 96×avg 0.4 per game · 268 games in deck
  2. Bedevil 60×avg 0.2 per game · 268 games in deck
  3. Withering Torment 58×avg 0.2 per game · 268 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 24% of 1304 attackers blocked in total, 20% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 10×blocked in 4 games
  2. Arabella, Abandoned Doll 7×blocked in 5 games
  3. Giada, Font of Hope 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. Kardur, Doomscourge 0%cast in 0 of 268 games
  2. Peer into the Abyss 0%cast in 0 of 268 games
  3. Sadistic Shell Game 0%cast in 0 of 268 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 120 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–919%
  • turns 10–1148%
  • turns 12–1322%
  • turn 14+11%

Combos in play logged Peer into the Abyss + Underworld Dreams: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Psychosis Crawler + Peer into the Abyss: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Razorkin Needlehead + Peer into the Abyss: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted + Peer into the Abyss: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.33

0
4
1
22
2
14
3
10
4
8
5
2
6
4
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
8 / 8
Card draw
11 / 7
Removal
11 / 10
Board wipe
4 / 4
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
28 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. 64 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
28
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
10
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
11
Enchantments
6
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Untimely Malfunction
€5.96
Kederekt Parasite
€4.70
Razorkin Needlehead
€4.40
Massacre Wurm
€3.32
Mogis, God of Slaughter
€3.29
Lightning Greaves
€3.08
Basilisk Collar
€3.02
Graven Cairns
€2.98

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 Hearthborn Battler instead of Lasting Tarfire · win rate 55% with, 43% without (40 / 228 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Bastion of Remembrance instead of Florian, Voldaren Scion · win rate 41% with, 48% without (128 / 140 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Lasting Tarfire instead of Florian, Voldaren Scion · win rate 48% with, 44% without (40 / 228 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

4 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 13.7 · 9× top 3 · 11× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

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