Commander

Burakos, Party Leader

Global commander stats

All Black commanders

595 Wins

1068 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Burakos, Party Leader is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,663 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (595–1068) at an Elo of 1,703, ranking #46 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Burakos, Party Leader's win rate?

Burakos, Party Leader has a 35% win rate across 1663 recorded Playgroup games (595 wins, 1068 losses).

How long do winning games with Burakos, Party Leader take?

Wins with Burakos, Party Leader take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 22 days.

How many decks use Burakos, Party Leader?

562 decks list Burakos, Party Leader as their commander on Playgroup, of which 353 have played at least one recorded game.

Burakos, Party Leader Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1703

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 562

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 353

No. games played with this commander 1663

Total hours played 22 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1624	Mastermind	34	16	47 %
2	1595	Work4Cheese	15	9	60 %
3	1578	Dink	8	6	75 %
4	1572	Paul	15	6	40 %
5	1548	Gren	39	12	31 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Burakos, Party Leader wins, 61.95% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

61.95%

Non Combat Damage

28.53%

Alternative

4.63%

Commander Damage

3.08%

Combo

1.29%

Poison

0.26%

Mill

0.26%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 605 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Burakos, Party Leader

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Burakos, Party Leader decks that leave them out.

+7.3 pp

Top card: Access Tunnel

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Access Tunnel Signature build 170 games · Signature build	+7.3 pp	170
2	Changeling Outcast 113 games	+2.3 pp	113
3	Sevinne's Reclamation Signature build 119 games · Signature build	+2.0 pp	119
4	Zulaport Cutthroat 150 games	+1.7 pp	150
5	Disciple of the Vault 61 games	+0.0 pp	61

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?

Burakos, Party Leader wins 39.75% of games from position 1 and 28.57% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.75% n=478

Seat 2

33.82% n=476

Seat 3

36.1% n=374

Seat 4

29.37% n=252

Seat 5

28.57% n=28

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Burakos, Party Leader wins 34.34% after 0 mulligans and 28.57% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.34% n=792

1 mulligan

35.04% n=254

2 mulligans

33.33% n=72

3 mulligans

43.48% n=23

4 mulligans

28.57% n=7

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Burakos, Party Leader 3.75/5 on average, across 1101 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Burakos, Party Leader wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.2% of the time across 606 tracked wins.

62.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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