How it has actually done
Not a rating — results from Commander games recorded at a table. See commander stats worth tracking and what mmr means in magic, which rates the deck rather than its pilot.
Combos in this deck
1 combo · 1 infinite — looked up in Commander Spellbook, which only knows the ones somebody has written up, so this deck can hold more than these and never fewer.
INFINITE Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Animate Dead
Bracket 4 — Optimized
A floor, not a verdict — read off the cards in the list, so a deck can play higher than this and never lower. Read how the commander bracket system works, and bring it to your Rule 0 conversation.
- a two-card infinite combo (Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Animate Dead) — more than Bracket 3 allows
What it's built out of
Measured against the Balanced Midrange blueprint. Counts overlap and sum past 100 — a card counts toward every job it does, which is how deck builders count; see the 100-card commander deck template.
Slot by slot — 1 slot is outside their band, 8 inside
| Slot | In the deck | Target | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lands | 35 | 37 | On target |
| Ramp | 10 | 10 | On target |
| Card advantage | 9 | 10 | On target |
| Spot removal | 8 | 8 | On target |
| Board wipes | 4 | 3 | On target |
| Creatures | 31 | 28 | On target |
| Recursion | 0 | 3 | 3 short |
| Protection | 4 | 3 | On target |
| Tutors | 0 | 2 | On target |
| Artifacts | 10 | — | No target |
| Enchantments | 9 | — | No target |
| Instants | 10 | — | No target |
| Sorceries | 4 | — | No target |
| Planeswalkers | 1 | — | No target |
| Graveyard hate | 1 | — | No target |
| Token makers | 31 | — | No target |
| Sacrifice outlets | 3 | — | No target |
Mana curve
Average mana value 3.08 across 65 nonland cards, against a target of 3.54. More on what makes a good curve and on building the mana base.
- 0-1 8
- 2 16
- 3 20
- 4 13
- 5 5
- 6 0
- 7+ 3
The decklist
100 cards, grouped by the main job each one does. Every name links to its own page — win rate, the commanders it's most played under, and the colors it turns up in.
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- 1 Battlefield Forge
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Castle Ardenvale
- 1 Castle Embereth
- 1 Caves of Koilos
- 1 Clifftop Retreat
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Dalkovan Encampment
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Exotic Orchard
- 1 Fetid Heath
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 5 Mountain
- 1 Path of Ancestry
- 5 Plains
- 1 Shattered Landscape
- 1 Shattered Sanctum
- 1 Smoldering Marsh
- 5 Swamp
- 1 Temple of Triumph
- 1 Terramorphic Expanse
- 1 Vault of the Archangel
- 1 Windbrisk Heights
Tokens 22
- 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
- 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
- 1 Avenger of the Fallen
- 1 Bastion of Remembrance
- 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
- 1 Goldlust Triad
- 1 Grand Crescendo
- 1 Hero of Bladehold
- 1 Infantry Shield
- 1 Inquisitorial Rosette
- 1 Ironwill Forger
- 1 Loyal Apprentice
- 1 Mirkwood Bats
- 1 Ophiomancer
- 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
- 1 Tempt with Vengeance
- 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
- 1 Venerated Stormsinger
- 1 Windcrag Siege
- 1 Within Range
- 1 Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
Spot Removal 8
Ramp 8
Card Advantage 7
Creature 7
Enchantment 5
Protection 2
Sacrifice Outlet 2
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Commander 1 Zurgo Stormrender Deck 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward 1 Abrade 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar 1 Anguished Unmaking 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon 1 Animate Dead 1 Arcane Signet 1 Avenger of the Fallen 1 Barrensteppe Siege 1 Bastion of Remembrance 1 Battlefield Forge 1 Bitter Triumph 1 Blasphemous Act 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher 1 Castle Ardenvale 1 Castle Embereth 1 Caves of Koilos 1 Clifftop Retreat 1 Command Tower 1 Commissar Severina Raine 1 Dalkovan Encampment 1 Deadly Dispute 1 Divine Visitation 1 Dragonskull Summit 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Fetid Heath 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld 1 Goldlust Triad 1 Goldnight Commander 1 Grand Crescendo 1 Hero of Bladehold 1 Hour of Reckoning 1 Idol of Oblivion 1 Impact Tremors 1 Infantry Shield 1 Inquisitorial Rosette 1 Ironwill Forger 1 Isolated Chapel 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One 1 Lightning Greaves 1 Loyal Apprentice 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master 1 Mirkwood Bats 1 Morbid Opportunist 5 Mountain 1 Ogre Battledriver 1 Ophiomancer 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Path to Exile 1 Pitiless Plunderer 5 Plains 1 Reconnaissance 1 Redoubled Stormsinger 1 Ruinous Ultimatum 1 Shattered Landscape 1 Shattered Sanctum 1 Skullclamp 1 Smoldering Marsh 1 Sol Ring 1 Starry-Eyed Skyrider 1 Stroke of Midnight 5 Swamp 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Talisman of Conviction 1 Talisman of Hierarchy 1 Temple of Triumph 1 Tempt with Vengeance 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Teysa Karlov 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium 1 Vault of the Archangel 1 Venerated Stormsinger 1 Vexilus Praetor 1 Village Rites 1 Viscera Seer 1 Warleader's Call 1 Will of the Mardu 1 Windbrisk Heights 1 Windcrag Siege 1 Within Range 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan 1 Zulaport Cutthroat 1 Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
Tracked in TurnZero HQ, where decks are public by default and their owners can make them private at any time. Stats come from Commander games recorded at a table, and a win rate is withheld below 5 completed games where the sample is too small to mean anything. Track your own decks.