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Price
€342.88of €500.00
Overall win rate
17%34 wins in 206 scored games
Games
260 (54)played in 26 tournaments, 54 not scored (time limit)
Rank
42in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1428 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 36 lands, 14 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

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 (30)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (3)

Artifacts (12)

Enchantments (9)

Lands (36)

Zurgo Stormrender
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (2)

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 creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
    5 versions, each with one of: Ashnod's Altar · Viscera Seer · Phyrexian Altar · Goblin Bombardment · Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • Twilight Drover + Phyrexian Altar + … → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
    3 versions, each with one of: Ashnod's Altar · Mondrak, Glory Dominus · Elspeth, Storm Slayer

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
  • Twilight Drover + Phyrexian Altar + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Twilight Drover + Phyrexian Altar + Mondrak, Glory Dominus → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Twilight Drover + Phyrexian Altar + Elspeth, Storm Slayer → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana
  • Ashnod's Altar + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
  • Viscera Seer + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Cathars' Crusade + Phyrexian Altar → 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

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)
  • Fetid Heath: AI can't play it
  • Goblin Bombardment: AI can't play it
  • Viscera Seer: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Kaya, Geist Hunter: replacement
  • Marsh Flats: replacement
  • Ophiomancer: replacement

What the games show

From 206 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

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Little pressure: only avg 20 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (206 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.33 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (206 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 206 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Warleader's Call avg 4.6hit in 40 of 206 games
  2. Goldlust Triad avg 2.6hit in 26 of 206 games
  3. Zurgo Stormrender avg 1.8hit in 72 of 206 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 23.4hit in 40 of 206 games
  2. Goldlust Triad avg 20.7hit in 26 of 206 games
  3. Impact Tremors avg 20.6hit in 17 of 206 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Warleader's Call 13×206 games in deck
  2. Goldlust Triad 8×206 games in deck
  3. Elemental Token 6×206 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Hour of Reckoning 102×avg 0.5 per game · 206 games in deck
  2. Ruinous Ultimatum 65×avg 0.6 per game · 103 games in deck
  3. Stroke of Midnight 35×avg 0.2 per game · 206 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 21% of 1407 attackers blocked in total, 23% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Elemental Token 35×blocked in 7 games
  2. Squirrel Token 8×blocked in 3 games
  3. Shapeshifter Token 6×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. Mardu Siegebreaker 0%cast in 0 of 206 games
  2. Grand Crescendo 7%cast in 15 of 206 games
  3. Deadly Dispute 8%cast in 17 of 206 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 34 wins came

  • by turn 73%
  • turns 8–932%
  • turns 10–1126%
  • turns 12–1326%
  • turn 14+12%

Combos in play logged Twilight Drover + Phyrexian Altar + Ashnod's Altar: all pieces cast in 1 games, 1 won · Twilight Drover + Phyrexian Altar + Mondrak, Glory Dominus: all pieces cast in 3 games, 1 won · Twilight Drover + Phyrexian Altar + Elspeth, Storm Slayer: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won · Ashnod's Altar + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 3 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
30
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
8
Sorceries
3
Artifacts
12
Enchantments
9
Lands
36

Most expensive cards

Esper Sentinel
€39.56
Phyrexian Altar
€35.94
Elspeth, Storm Slayer
€32.26
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
€31.60
Arid Mesa
€27.18
Voice of Victory
€19.76
Bloodstained Mire
€17.32
Warren Soultrader
€14.97

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 Ophiomancer instead of Yahenni, Undying Partisan · win rate 18% with, 14% without (140 / 66 games)
  • no clear difference Ruinous Ultimatum instead of The Meathook Massacre · win rate 16% with, 17% without (103 / 103 games)
  • no clear difference The Meathook Massacre instead of Ruinous Ultimatum · win rate 17% with, 16% without (103 / 103 games)

10 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €342.88 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 14 · average place 40.0 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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