Commander

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders Featured in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate

503 Wins

1443 Losses

Overview

Summary

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,955 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (503–1443) at an Elo of 1,604, ranking #508 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 4 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Firkraag, Cunning Instigator's win rate?

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator has a 25% win rate across 1955 recorded Playgroup games (503 wins, 1443 losses).

How long do winning games with Firkraag, Cunning Instigator take?

Wins with Firkraag, Cunning Instigator take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 24 days.

How many decks use Firkraag, Cunning Instigator?

747 decks list Firkraag, Cunning Instigator as their commander on Playgroup, of which 440 have played at least one recorded game.

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

508

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1604

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 747

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 440

No. games played with this commander 1955

Total hours played 24 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1700	Hobbes	29	19	66 %
2	1614	EliteFourBlue	6	4	67 %
3	1597	Lorrg	22	9	41 %
4	1590	kevin G	4	3	75 %
5	1588	Seca38	12	5	45 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins, 73.6% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.6%

Commander Damage

14.91%

Non Combat Damage

8.07%

Alternative

2.8%

Combo

0.31%

Mill

0.31%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 507 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Firkraag, Cunning Instigator decks that leave them out.

+2.1 pp

Top card: Counterspell

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Counterspell 86 games	+2.1 pp		86
2	Niv-Mizzet, Parun 158 games	+0.3 pp		158

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins 28.9% of games from position 1 and 13.33% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

28.9% n=519

Seat 2

27.27% n=495

Seat 3

22.1% n=466

Seat 4

22.15% n=316

Seat 5

17.19% n=64

Seat 6

13.33% n=15

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins 24.84% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.84% n=950

1 mulligan

25.12% n=211

2 mulligans

33.33% n=78

3 mulligans

18.75% n=16

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Firkraag, Cunning Instigator 3.69/5 on average, across 1228 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.5% of the time across 509 tracked wins.

62.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Firkraag, Cunning Instigator. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.