Every number on DeckForge comes from real, public Pauper Commander (PDH) decklists — not editorial opinion. This page explains exactly where the data comes from and how each statistic is computed, so you can judge the numbers for yourself.
What we track right now, across every format. These figures are live and grow as more decks are added.
| Format | Commanders | Ranked | Data-rich | Decks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauper Commander (PDH) | 2,881 | 1,668 | 283 | 16,978 |
| Tiny Leaders (TL) | 998 | 996 | 285 | 9,652 |
Card data (names, types, mana value, color identity, and format legality) comes from Scryfall. Decklists are collected from public PDH decks on Moxfield and Archidekt. The dataset is refreshed weekly.
A deck is included only if it is a legal, complete Pauper Commander list: every card must be legal in PDH (commons only, within the commander's color identity), and the deck must have a full 100-card mainboard with a sensible land count. Broken, incomplete, or non-singleton lists are flagged invalid and excluded from every statistic.
A card's inclusion rate for a commander is the percentage of that commander's tracked decks that run the card. If 80 of 100 tracked decks for a commander include a card, its inclusion rate is 80%. This is the primary "how often is this played" signal.
A card's synergy score is its inclusion rate for this commander minus its global play rate — how often the card appears across all decks that could legally run it. A high synergy score means the card is played far more with this commander than in PDH generally, so it points to cards that define the commander rather than format-wide staples everyone plays.
The global play rate uses eligible decks as its denominator — only decks whose commander's color identity can legally include the card. A white card isn't counted against mono-blue decks that could never play it. This keeps the comparison fair across colors.
Every commander with at least one tracked deck is ranked, so the “#N of all commanders” on a page counts everyone people have actually built — not a hand-picked few.
Card percentages are a different matter. A commander needs at least 10 tracked decks before those numbers are stable enough to trust; below that, the page flags that there isn't enough data yet and the figures may shift as more decks come in.
The data reflects public decklists on Moxfield and Archidekt, which is a large but not exhaustive sample of the PDH metagame — paper-only and unpublished decks aren't visible. Because the dataset refreshes weekly, very new cards take a little time to appear at their true play rate. We show real sample sizes everywhere so you can weigh the numbers accordingly.
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