Commander

Maelstrom Wanderer

Global commander stats

All Temur commanders

931 Wins

1361 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Maelstrom Wanderer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,297 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (931–1361) at an Elo of 1,660, ranking #168 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 30 damage dealt and 0.91 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Maelstrom Wanderer's win rate?

Maelstrom Wanderer has a 40% win rate across 2297 recorded Playgroup games (931 wins, 1361 losses).

How long do winning games with Maelstrom Wanderer take?

Wins with Maelstrom Wanderer take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 25 days.

How many decks use Maelstrom Wanderer?

680 decks list Maelstrom Wanderer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 407 have played at least one recorded game.

Maelstrom Wanderer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

168

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1660

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 30

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.91

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 680

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 407

No. games played with this commander 2297

Total hours played 25 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1601	Fruitcakelad	30	12	40 %
2	1587	Danny Corker	11	5	45 %
3	1583	KaiserWiesman	6	4	80 %
4	1557	Darkishsphere	17	8	47 %
5	1555	filippo la manna	6	3	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Maelstrom Wanderer wins, 80.49% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

80.49%

Non Combat Damage

7.53%

Combo

4.45%

Commander Damage

3.69%

Alternative

2.61%

Mill

1.23%

Avg win turn 7.5 based on 960 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Maelstrom Wanderer

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

+7.9 pp

Top card: Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty 125 games	+7.9 pp	125
2	Rejuvenating Springs 50 games	+7.7 pp	50
3	Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 77 games	+6.9 pp	77
4	Rishkar's Expertise Signature build 40 games · Signature build	+6.3 pp	40
5	Farseek 82 games	+5.8 pp	82
6	Skyshroud Claim 92 games	+5.0 pp	92
7	Rampant Growth 92 games	+4.4 pp	92
8	Drakuseth, Maw of Flames Signature build 51 games · Signature build	+3.4 pp	51
9	Genesis Ultimatum 100 games	+3.3 pp	100
10	Misty Rainforest 80 games	+2.1 pp	80

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Etali, Primal Storm 121 games	+1.9 pp	121
12	Nature's Lore 79 games	+1.5 pp	79
13	Temur Sabertooth 82 games	+1.3 pp	82
14	Apex Devastator 97 games	+1.1 pp	97
15	Blasphemous Act 79 games	+1.0 pp	79

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?

Maelstrom Wanderer wins 49.69% of games from position 1 and 30.29% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

49.69% n=650

Seat 2

39.23% n=673

Seat 3

36.43% n=516

Seat 4

30.29% n=373

Seat 5

36.96% n=46

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Maelstrom Wanderer wins 40.77% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.77% n=991

1 mulligan

44.2% n=371

2 mulligans

33.68% n=190

3 mulligans

36.36% n=66

4 mulligans

14.29% n=14

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Maelstrom Wanderer 3.84/5 on average, across 1505 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Maelstrom Wanderer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.9% of the time across 960 tracked wins.

64.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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