Commander

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Global commander stats

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

477 Wins

1398 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,880 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (477–1398) at an Elo of 1,580, ranking #742 globally.

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

Last full refresh 30 Aug 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 1880 recorded Playgroup games (477 wins, 1398 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: 23 days.

How many decks use Firkraag, Cunning Instigator?

730 decks list Firkraag, Cunning Instigator as their commander on Playgroup, of which 418 have played at least one recorded game.

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

742

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1580

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 730

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 418

No. games played with this commander 1880

Total hours played 23 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1692	Hobbes	27	18	67 %
2	1614	EliteFourBlue	6	4	67 %
3	1597	Lorrg	22	9	41 %
4	1590	kevin G	4	3	75 %
5	1558	Ray	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins, 73.86% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.86%

Commander Damage

15.03%

Non Combat Damage

7.84%

Alternative

2.61%

Combo

0.33%

Mill

0.33%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 483 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins 29.38% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

29.38% n=497

Seat 2

26.96% n=460

Seat 3

21.54% n=441

Seat 4

21.38% n=304

Seat 5

14.52% n=62

Seat 6

14.29% n=14

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins 24.57% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.57% n=932

1 mulligan

25.13% n=199

2 mulligans

34.21% n=76

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 1189 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins, opponents flag the game as salty 61.3% of the time across 483 tracked wins.

61.3 \%

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.