Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Global Commander Stats

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

458 Wins

1344 Losses

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Summary

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,803 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (458–1344) at an Elo of 1,522, ranking #1515 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.54 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Jul 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 1803 recorded Playgroup games (458 wins, 1344 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: 22 days.

How many decks use Firkraag, Cunning Instigator?

687 decks list Firkraag, Cunning Instigator as their commander on Playgroup, of which 394 have played at least one recorded game.

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1515

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1522

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.54

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 687

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 394

No. games played with this commander 1803

Total hours played 22 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. 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 %

How does this commander win?

When Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins, 73.38% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.38%

Commander Damage

15.36%

Non Combat Damage

8.19%

Alternative

2.73%

Mill

0.34%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 464 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins 29.88% of games from position 1 and 7.69% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

29.88% n=482

Seat 2

27.31% n=443

Seat 3

21.35% n=431

Seat 4

21.09% n=294

Seat 5

13.56% n=59

Seat 6

7.69% n=13

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins 24.42% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.42% n=909

1 mulligan

25.27% n=186

2 mulligans

35.62% n=73

3 mulligans

18.75% n=16

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

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 1139 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.1% of the time across 464 tracked wins.

60.1 \%

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.