Commander

Maelstrom Wanderer

Global commander stats

All Temur commanders

962 Wins

1398 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Maelstrom Wanderer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,371 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (962–1398) at an Elo of 1,626, ranking #346 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 29 damage dealt and 0.9 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Maelstrom Wanderer's win rate?

Maelstrom Wanderer has a 40% win rate across 2371 recorded Playgroup games (962 wins, 1398 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?

706 decks list Maelstrom Wanderer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 424 have played at least one recorded game.

Maelstrom Wanderer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

346

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1626

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 29

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.9

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 706

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 424

No. games played with this commander 2371

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, 80.44% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

80.44%

Non Combat Damage

7.41%

Combo

4.44%

Commander Damage

3.85%

Alternative

2.67%

Mill

1.19%

Avg win turn 7.5 based on 987 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.

+21.0 pp

Top card: Ancient Tomb

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Ancient Tomb Signature build 32 games · Signature build	+21.0 pp	32
2	Training Center 44 games	+8.7 pp	44
3	Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty 138 games	+6.7 pp	138
4	Skyshroud Claim 108 games	+6.6 pp	108
5	Fanatic of Rhonas 47 games	+5.2 pp	47
6	Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 94 games	+5.0 pp	94
7	Balefire Dragon Signature build 30 games · Signature build	+5.0 pp	30
8	Rejuvenating Springs 57 games	+5.0 pp	57
9	Rampant Growth 105 games	+4.4 pp	105
10	Moraug, Fury of Akoum Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+4.4 pp	36

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Genesis Ultimatum 119 games	+4.2 pp	119
12	Drakuseth, Maw of Flames Signature build 54 games · Signature build	+4.1 pp	54
13	Etali, Primal Storm 131 games	+3.6 pp	131
14	Farseek 89 games	+3.4 pp	89
15	Nature's Lore 91 games	+2.6 pp	91

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 49.47% of games from position 1 and 30.08% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

49.47% n=659

Seat 2

39.33% n=684

Seat 3

37.03% n=532

Seat 4

30.08% n=379

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 40.91% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.91% n=1012

1 mulligan

44.16% n=385

2 mulligans

33.67% n=196

3 mulligans

35.71% n=70

4 mulligans

23.53% n=17

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 3.83/5 on average, across 1545 self-reports.

3.83 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Maelstrom Wanderer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.7% of the time across 993 tracked wins.

64.7 \%

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.