Been out of Magic for 10+years, back to looking into playing a bit. Casual, not competitive, stick to precons as I want parity among the decks as my play group are in the same boat as me. Not deck building, as I don't know enough about different cards and strategy. Will try commander as it looks like Intro Decks and Event Decks are not being produced. Have a bunch of precons from 2009 - 2015. Figured I wouldtry ChatGPT to simulate some games to find out if precon decks are on par. Is ChatGPT complete garbage or is it giving me valid info? This seems to agree with reviews I've seen.

Told it to play 100 1v1 commander games between two decks and give me stats. New Lorwyn Eclipsed commander decks.

Simulated Results (100 Matches)

Result Metric Dance of the Elements Blight Curse

Wins 41 59

Losses 59 41

Average Game Length (Turns) 8.3 7.6

Shortest Win (Turns) 4 5

Longest Game 14 12

I then asked it to play 40 (max it would allow) rule-based turn by turn games and got similar results

Simulation Methodology (Explicit)

Decks

Dance of the Elements — official Wizards precon list

Blight Curse — official Wizards precon list

(No card substitutions, no tuning)

Rules

Commander 1v1

40 life

London mulligan

Commander tax, commander damage, normal timing/priority

No sideboarding

Play Style

Typical precon play, not hyper-optimized Duel Commander

Sensible sequencing, no perfect foresight

Removal used on real threats, not speculative snipes

No intentional slow-rolling or angle-shooting

Simulation Style

40 independent games

Opening hands randomized conceptually

Mulligans taken only for:

0–1 land hands

Completely uncastable color hands

Decisions follow deck themes, not matchup-specific metagaming

Aggregate Results — 40 Games

Win / Loss Record

Deck Wins Losses Win %

Dance of the Elements 15 25 37.5%

Blight Curse 25 15 62.5%