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Price
€196.30of €200.00
Overall win rate
22%53 wins in 242 scored games
Games
260 (18)played in 26 tournaments, 18 not scored (time limit)
Rank
32in the rankings up to €200 · Elo 1492 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
1complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

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 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €200.76, 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 (1)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (3)

Artifacts (10)

Enchantments (9)

Lands (36)

Zurgo Stormrender
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”.

  • Cathars' Crusade + … → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
    3 versions, each with one of: Viscera Seer · Goblin Bombardment · Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Commander Spellbook lists 3 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 3 entries
  • Viscera Seer + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Cathars' Crusade + Goblin Bombardment → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Cathars' Crusade + Yahenni, Undying Partisan → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB

What the games show

From 242 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 – 69% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Shrugs off removal: 25% wins when opponents cast 5+ removal spells, 6% with at most one (all-deck avg: 22% vs 31%) indication (136 / 16 games)

Weaknesses

  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.36 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (242 games)
  • Depends on its commander: only 3% wins without it, 25% with it indication (33 games without, 209 with commander)
  • Little pressure: only avg 22 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 30) logged (242 games)
  • Vulnerable to graveyard hate: 6% wins when opponents played graveyard hate (e.g. Bojuka Bog, Rest in Peace), 23% without it (all-deck avg: 24% vs 25%) indication (18 / 224 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 242 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Warleader's Call avg 4.4hit in 43 of 242 games
  2. Zurgo Stormrender avg 1.9hit in 83 of 242 games
  3. Impact Tremors avg 1.8hit in 26 of 242 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Warleader's Call avg 24.9hit in 43 of 242 games
  2. Impact Tremors avg 16.6hit in 26 of 242 games
  3. Elemental Token avg 14.7hit in 15 of 242 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Warleader's Call 17×242 games in deck
  2. Impact Tremors 10×242 games in deck
  3. Siege-Gang Commander 7×242 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Ruinous Ultimatum 267×avg 1.1 per game · 242 games in deck
  2. Hour of Reckoning 131×avg 0.5 per game · 242 games in deck
  3. Swords to Plowshares 52×avg 0.2 per game · 242 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 16% of 2218 attackers blocked in total, 12% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Elemental Token 19×blocked in 7 games
  2. Thopter Token 10×blocked in 6 games
  3. Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 6×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. Mardu Siegebreaker 0%cast in 0 of 242 games
  2. Hour of Reckoning 7%cast in 16 of 242 games
  3. Grand Crescendo 10%cast in 24 of 242 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 53 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–913%
  • turns 10–1130%
  • turns 12–1334%
  • turn 14+23%

Combos in play logged Viscera Seer + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Cathars' Crusade + Goblin Bombardment: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won · Cathars' Crusade + Yahenni, Undying Partisan: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.97

0
7
1
18
2
20
3
10
4
6
5
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
8 / 8
Card draw
7 / 7
Removal
7 / 7
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
3 / 3
Strategy
36 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
32
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
8
Sorceries
3
Artifacts
10
Enchantments
9
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Arid Mesa
€27.18
Voice of Victory
€19.76
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32
Warren Soultrader
€14.97
Blood Crypt
€10.03
Sacred Foundry
€8.98
Godless Shrine
€8.76
Will of the Mardu
€5.19

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.

1 more tested card is still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

Copy the list, create a new list under “Wants” on Cardmarket and paste it.

Total €196.30 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 8 · average place 33.2 · 0× top 3 · 1× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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