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Price
€497.95of €500.00
Overall win rate
31%56 wins in 179 scored games
Games
260 (81)played in 26 tournaments, 81 not scored (time limit)
Rank
17in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1609 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 16 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
4complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 31% of this deck's games hit the time limit without a winner even on the third try (all decks in this price class: 17%). 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 4 cards of this deck (replaced with similar cards in the Forge games) and plays 15 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.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 26, 2026: the tested version had risen to €500.78, above €500.00. 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 (26)

Planeswalkers (2)

Instants (7)

Sorceries (3)

Artifacts (24)

Enchantments (1)

Lands (36)

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

Combos in the deck (4)

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 + … → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
    6 versions, each with one of: Mystic Forge · Echoes of Eternity · Foundry Inspector · Glaring Fleshraker · Ugin, the Ineffable
  • Voltaic Key + Forsaken Monument + Rings of Brighthearth + … → Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
    3 versions, each with one of: Thran Dynamo · Mana Vault · Dreamstone Hedron
  • Basalt Monolith + … → Infinite colorless mana
    2 versions, each with one of: Forsaken Monument · Rings of Brighthearth
  • Voltaic Key + 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: Everflowing Chalice · The Eternity Elevator

Commander Spellbook lists 13 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
  • Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Glaring Fleshraker + Mystic Forge → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Ugin, the Ineffable → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
  • 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
  • Voltaic Key + Rings of Brighthearth + Everflowing Chalice → Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
  • Sensei's Divining Top + Echoes of Eternity + Foundry Inspector → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
  • 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 + Forsaken Monument + Rings of Brighthearth + Mana Vault → 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

What the games show

From 179 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 – 80% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 34 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (179 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.80 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (179 games)
  • Often wins by combo: in 19 of 56 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 3% wins without it, 38% with it indication (33 games without, 146 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 179 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Glaring Fleshraker avg 6.7hit in 48 of 179 games
  2. Zhulodok, Void Gorger avg 5.3hit in 73 of 179 games
  3. Skittering Cicada avg 3.2hit in 22 of 179 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Skittering Cicada avg 26.1hit in 22 of 179 games
  2. Glaring Fleshraker avg 24.8hit in 48 of 179 games
  3. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth avg 22.1hit in 16 of 179 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Skittering Cicada 24×179 games in deck
  2. Glaring Fleshraker 19×179 games in deck
  3. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 18×179 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Perilous Vault 204×avg 1.1 per game · 179 games in deck
  2. All Is Dust 193×avg 1.1 per game · 179 games in deck
  3. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre 156×avg 1.3 per game · 123 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 13% of 1176 attackers blocked in total, 18% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Zombie Token 5×blocked in 3 games
  2. Birds of Paradise 3×blocked in 3 games
  3. Ureni of the Unwritten 3×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. Calamity of the Titans 0%cast in 0 of 179 games
  2. Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands 0%cast in 0 of 179 games
  3. Not of This World 4%cast in 8 of 179 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 56 wins came

  • by turn 72%
  • turns 8–925%
  • turns 10–1121%
  • turns 12–1327%
  • turn 14+25%

Combos in play logged Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument: all pieces cast in 12 games, 10 won · Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge: all pieces cast in 5 games, 4 won · Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith: all pieces cast in 8 games, 5 won · Sensei's Divining Top + Glaring Fleshraker + Mystic Forge: all pieces cast in 6 games, 5 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 5.22

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Roles in the deck

Ramp
16 / 14
Card draw
5 / 6
Removal
10 / 10
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
27 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
26
Planeswalkers
2
Instants
7
Sorceries
3
Artifacts
24
Enchantments
1
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Mana Vault
€55.67
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
€32.21
Eye of Ugin
€25.67
Rise of the Eldrazi
€22.99
Sensei's Divining Top
€20.99
Darksteel Monolith
€20.72
Sire of Seven Deaths
€19.86
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
€18.27

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 swap has enough games for a verdict yet.

3 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €497.95 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 26.0 · 1× top 3 · 7× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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