Commander

Maelstrom Wanderer

Global commander stats

All Temur commanders

1010 Wins

1476 Losses

Overview

Summary

Maelstrom Wanderer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,527 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (1010–1476) at an Elo of 1,527, ranking #1537 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 8462 damage dealt and 0.89 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Maelstrom Wanderer's win rate?

Maelstrom Wanderer has a 39% win rate across 2527 recorded Playgroup games (1010 wins, 1476 losses).

How long do winning games with Maelstrom Wanderer take?

Wins with Maelstrom Wanderer take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 27 days.

How many decks use Maelstrom Wanderer?

741 decks list Maelstrom Wanderer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 450 have played at least one recorded game.

Maelstrom Wanderer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1537

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1527

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 8462

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.89

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 741

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 450

No. games played with this commander 2527

Total hours played 27 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	1572	filippo la manna	11	4	40 %
5	1557	Darkishsphere	17	8	47 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Maelstrom Wanderer wins, 80.03% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

80.03%

Non Combat Damage

7.88%

Combo

4.5%

Commander Damage

3.94%

Alternative

2.53%

Mill

1.13%

Avg win turn 7.5 based on 1035 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.

+17.5 pp

Top card: Ancient Tomb

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Ancient Tomb 42 games	+17.5 pp	42
2	Training Center 53 games	+12.5 pp	53
3	Skyshroud Claim 123 games	+8.7 pp	123
4	Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 111 games	+8.3 pp	111
5	Rejuvenating Springs 67 games	+7.3 pp	67
6	Moraug, Fury of Akoum Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+6.7 pp	38
7	Mana Vault Signature build 34 games · Signature build	+5.5 pp	34
8	Balefire Dragon 38 games	+5.3 pp	38
9	Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty 158 games	+4.9 pp	158
10	Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood 30 games	+4.6 pp	30

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Farseek 116 games	+4.6 pp	116
12	Rampant Growth 119 games	+3.9 pp	119
13	Fanatic of Rhonas 65 games	+3.9 pp	65
14	Genesis Ultimatum 128 games	+3.6 pp	128
15	Misty Rainforest 108 games	+3.4 pp	108

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 50.0% of games from position 6 and 30.49% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

48.76% n=727

Seat 2

38.29% n=764

Seat 3

36.93% n=570

Seat 4

30.49% n=405

Seat 5

36.96% n=46

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Maelstrom Wanderer wins 40.5% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.5% n=1047

1 mulligan

43.17% n=417

2 mulligans

33.33% n=210

3 mulligans

34.18% n=79

4 mulligans

23.53% n=17

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Maelstrom Wanderer 3.82/5 on average, across 1627 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Maelstrom Wanderer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.9% of the time across 1041 tracked wins.

36.9 \%

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.