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Price
€199.56of €200.00
Overall win rate
30%67 wins in 221 scored games
Games
261 (40)played in 26 tournaments, 40 not scored (time limit)
Rank
19in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1577 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 16 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 15% of this deck's games hit the time limit without a winner even on the third try (all decks in this price class: 7%). Usually the Forge AI is stuck in a loop then, e.g. with lots of tokens. These games don't count – so the win rate is somewhat less meaningful.

AI note: the Forge AI can't play 5 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 14 more only partially well. This result is therefore much less meaningful – the deck probably plays stronger in human hands. Affected cards

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 26, 2026: the tested version had risen to €202.97, 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)

Planeswalkers (2)

Instants (6)

Sorceries (2)

Artifacts (22)

Enchantments (1)

Lands (36)

Zhulodok, Void Gorger
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (3)

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”.

  • Voltaic Key + The Eternity Elevator + … → Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite artifact ETB
    4 versions, each with one of: Rings of Brighthearth · Chrome Dome · Everflowing Chalice · Manifold Key
  • Basalt Monolith + … → Infinite colorless mana
    2 versions, each with one of: Forsaken Monument · Rings of Brighthearth
  • Voltaic Key + Forsaken Monument + Rings of Brighthearth + … → Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
    2 versions, each with one of: Thran Dynamo · Dreamstone Hedron

Commander Spellbook lists 8 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 8 entries
  • Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
  • Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
  • Voltaic Key + Rings of Brighthearth + Everflowing Chalice → Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
  • Voltaic Key + Forsaken Monument + Rings of Brighthearth + Thran Dynamo → Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
  • Voltaic Key + Rings of Brighthearth + The Eternity Elevator → Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite untap of artifacts you control
  • Voltaic Key + Forsaken Monument + Rings of Brighthearth + Dreamstone Hedron → Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
  • The Eternity Elevator + Chrome Dome + Manifold Key → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • The Eternity Elevator + Chrome Dome + Voltaic Key → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

What the games show

From 221 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: mixed – 72% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Often wins by combo: in 21 of 67 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 8% wins without it, 35% with it indication (40 games without, 181 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 221 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Glaring Fleshraker avg 8.6hit in 56 of 221 games
  2. Zhulodok, Void Gorger avg 5.4hit in 86 of 221 games
  3. Skittering Cicada avg 1.8hit in 20 of 221 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Glaring Fleshraker avg 33.8hit in 56 of 221 games
  2. Metalwork Colossus avg 25.1hit in 11 of 221 games
  3. Skittering Cicada avg 20.2hit in 20 of 221 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Glaring Fleshraker 39×221 games in deck
  2. Zhulodok, Void Gorger 16×221 games in deck
  3. Skittering Cicada 14×221 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 236×avg 1.1 per game · 221 games in deck
  2. All Is Dust 197×avg 0.9 per game · 221 games in deck
  3. Glaring Fleshraker 72×avg 0.3 per game · 221 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 14% of 1522 attackers blocked in total, 11% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 13×blocked in 4 games
  2. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 4×blocked in 4 games
  3. Vivi Ornitier 4×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. Calamity of the Titans 0%cast in 0 of 221 games
  2. Not of This World 6%cast in 13 of 221 games
  3. Kozilek, the Great Distortion 8%cast in 18 of 221 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 67 wins came

  • by turn 71%
  • turns 8–915%
  • turns 10–1131%
  • turns 12–1333%
  • turn 14+19%

Combos in play logged Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument: all pieces cast in 16 games, 13 won · Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith: all pieces cast in 10 games, 8 won · Voltaic Key + Rings of Brighthearth + Everflowing Chalice: all pieces cast in 4 games, 4 won · Voltaic Key + Forsaken Monument + Rings of Brighthearth + Thran Dynamo: all pieces cast in 3 games, 3 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.89

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Roles in the deck

Ramp
17 / 14
Card draw
3 / 6
Removal
10 / 10
Board wipe
1 / 2
Protection
1 / 3
Strategy
31 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
30
Planeswalkers
2
Instants
6
Sorceries
2
Artifacts
22
Enchantments
1
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
€18.27
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
€12.36
Skittering Cicada
€11.40
It That Betrays
€11.00
Kozilek's Command
€6.99
Emrakul, the World Anew
€5.56
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
€5.15
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
€4.39

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 Crashing Drawbridge instead of Sculpting Steel · win rate 33% with, 26% without (147 / 74 games)
  • no clear difference Ingenuity Engine instead of Matter Reshaper · win rate 33% with, 28% without (109 / 112 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now

3 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €199.56 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 1 · average place 26.0 · 1× top 3 · 4× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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