Commander

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Global commander stats {U} {R} All Izzet commanders Featured in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Win Rate 25%
460 Wins
1356 Losses
Overview

Summary

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,817 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (4601356) at an Elo of 1,504, ranking #1876 globally.

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

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Firkraag, Cunning Instigator's win rate?
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator has a 25% win rate across 1817 recorded Playgroup games (460 wins, 1356 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?
695 decks list Firkraag, Cunning Instigator as their commander on Playgroup, of which 400 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1876
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1504
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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 695
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 400
No. games played with this commander 1817
Total hours played 22 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1692 Hobbes 27 18
2 1614 EliteFourBlue 6 4
3 1597 Lorrg 22 9
4 1590 kevin G 4 3
5 1558 Ray 4 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins, 73.47% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
73.47%
Commander Damage
15.31%
Non Combat Damage
8.16%
Alternative
2.72%
Mill
0.34%
Avg win turn 9.8 based on 466 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.

+2.2 pp
Top card: Curse of Verbosity
# Card Lift
1
Curse of Verbosity
Curse of Verbosity 163 games
+2.2 pp
2
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Niv-Mizzet, Parun 116 games
+0.7 pp

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 29.57% of games from position 1 and 13.56% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
29.57% n=487
2
Seat 2
27.01% n=448
3
Seat 3
21.43% n=434
4
Seat 4
20.95% n=296
5
Seat 5
13.56% n=59
6
Seat 6
14.29% n=14
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

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

0
0 mulligans
24.42% n=913
1
1 mulligan
24.48% n=192
2
2 mulligans
35.14% n=74
3
3 mulligans
18.75% n=16
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
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 1148 self-reports.

3.69 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Firkraag, Cunning Instigator wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.3% of the time across 466 tracked wins.

60.3 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Willowdusk, Essence Seer commander art
58.82%
Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa commander art
55.0%
Atarka, World Render commander art
53.85%
Galazeth Prismari commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups