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Price
€490.38of €500.00
Overall win rate
39%98 wins in 254 scored games
Games
260 (6)played in 26 tournaments, 6 not scored (time limit)
Rank
10in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1678 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 15 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 7 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 2 more only partially well. This result is therefore somewhat less meaningful. Affected cards

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 (28)

Instants (11)

Sorceries (8)

Artifacts (10)

Enchantments (7)

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 + … → Near-infinite card draw for target opponent, Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
    4 versions, each with one of: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse · Orcish Bowmasters · Underworld Dreams · Razorkin Needlehead

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
  • Sheoldred, the Apocalypse + Peer into the Abyss → Near-infinite card draw for target opponent, Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
  • Orcish Bowmasters + Peer into the Abyss → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Near-infinite card draw for target opponent, Near-infinite damage
  • Peer into the Abyss + Underworld Dreams → Target opponent loses the game
  • 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

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
  • Deflecting Swat: adjusted to make room for another replacement
  • Graven Cairns: 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
  • Toxic Deluge: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Damnation: replacement
  • Demonic Tutor: replacement
  • Jet Medallion: test
  • Massacre Girl: replacement
  • Painful Quandary: replacement
  • Reliquary Tower: replacement
  • Tibalt's Trickery: replacement

What the games show

From 254 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 mostly through direct damage – only 39% is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 45 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (254 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.96 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (254 games)
  • Recovers from board wipes: 42% wins when opponents cast a board wipe, 32% without one (all-deck avg: 23% vs 28%) indication (160 / 94 games)

Weaknesses

  • Drops out early: in losses on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (156 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 254 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls avg 9.5hit in 164 of 254 games
  2. Mogis, God of Slaughter avg 5.4hit in 68 of 254 games
  3. The Lord of Pain avg 4.6hit in 50 of 254 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. The Lord of Pain avg 23.5hit in 50 of 254 games
  2. Mogis, God of Slaughter avg 20.3hit in 68 of 254 games
  3. Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin avg 18.9hit in 27 of 254 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 46×254 games in deck
  2. The Lord of Pain 28×254 games in deck
  3. Kaervek the Merciless 20×254 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Damnation 187×avg 0.8 per game · 225 games in deck
  2. Suspended Sentence 59×avg 0.2 per game · 245 games in deck
  3. Infernal Grasp 55×avg 0.2 per game · 254 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 20% of 1394 attackers blocked in total, 21% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Human Soldier Token 6×blocked in 4 games
  2. Zombie Token 6×blocked in 3 games
  3. Squirrel Token 5×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. Kardur, Doomscourge 0%cast in 0 of 254 games
  2. Peer into the Abyss 0%cast in 0 of 254 games
  3. Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit 0%cast in 0 of 254 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 98 wins came

  • by turn 72%
  • turns 8–927%
  • turns 10–1135%
  • turns 12–1321%
  • turn 14+15%

Combos in play logged Sheoldred, the Apocalypse + Peer into the Abyss: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Orcish Bowmasters + Peer into the Abyss: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Peer into the Abyss + Underworld Dreams: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Razorkin Needlehead + Peer into the Abyss: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 3.27

0
5
1
22
2
14
3
12
4
5
5
1
6
5
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
8 / 8
Card draw
8 / 7
Removal
10 / 10
Board wipe
4 / 4
Protection
2 / 2
Strategy
32 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
Instants
11
Sorceries
8
Artifacts
10
Enchantments
7
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
€68.00
Deflecting Swat
€64.66
Orcish Bowmasters
€35.30
Jeska's Will
€31.27
Deadly Rollick
€22.29
Hexing Squelcher
€21.55
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32
Bloodchief Ascension
€15.14

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 Jet Medallion instead of Ruby Medallion · win rate 40% with, 33% without (206 / 48 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

11 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €490.38 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 2 · average place 15.1 · 3× top 3 · 9× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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