Commander

Sefris of the Hidden Ways

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

1271 Wins

2332 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Sefris of the Hidden Ways is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,612 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (1271–2332) at an Elo of 1,609, ranking #464 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sefris of the Hidden Ways's win rate?

Sefris of the Hidden Ways has a 35% win rate across 3612 recorded Playgroup games (1271 wins, 2332 losses).

How long do winning games with Sefris of the Hidden Ways take?

Wins with Sefris of the Hidden Ways take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.

How many decks use Sefris of the Hidden Ways?

1,317 decks list Sefris of the Hidden Ways as their commander on Playgroup, of which 722 have played at least one recorded game.

Sefris of the Hidden Ways Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

464

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1609

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1317

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 722

No. games played with this commander 3612

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1633	BartOrge	13	9	69 %
2	1596	JestersCap1313	39	19	49 %
3	1590	Jikizuari	4	3	75 %
4	1577	Raphael Peralez	6	3	50 %
5	1555	GTRanger	5	3	60 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sefris of the Hidden Ways wins, 59.72% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

59.72%

Non Combat Damage

18.84%

Combo

13.03%

Alternative

5.92%

Commander Damage

1.3%

Mill

1.07%

Poison

0.12%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 1298 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Sefris of the Hidden Ways

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sefris of the Hidden Ways decks that leave them out.

+6.1 pp

Top card: Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Signature build 61 games · Signature build	+6.1 pp	61
2	Likeness Looter 201 games	+5.8 pp	201
3	Glen Elendra Archmage 120 games	+4.8 pp	120
4	Teferi, Master of Time 238 games	+4.3 pp	238
5	Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator 192 games	+3.1 pp	192
6	Raffine's Tower 136 games	+2.8 pp	136
7	Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator 219 games	+2.0 pp	219
8	Phyrexian Tower Signature build 41 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	41
9	An Offer You Can't Refuse 147 games	+0.4 pp	147
10	Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore 115 games	+0.4 pp	115

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?

Sefris of the Hidden Ways wins 40.84% of games from position 1 and 20.27% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.84% n=999

Seat 2

35.39% n=1051

Seat 3

31.17% n=831

Seat 4

30.26% n=542

Seat 5

20.27% n=74

Seat 6

22.22% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sefris of the Hidden Ways wins 35.01% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.01% n=1764

1 mulligan

34.48% n=554

2 mulligans

34.98% n=203

3 mulligans

28.57% n=63

4 mulligans

37.5% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sefris of the Hidden Ways 3.77/5 on average, across 2305 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sefris of the Hidden Ways wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.1% of the time across 1300 tracked wins.

62.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sefris of the Hidden Ways. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.