Commander

Maelstrom Wanderer

Global commander stats

All Temur commanders

915 Wins

1340 Losses

Playtest a community deck

Overview

Summary

Maelstrom Wanderer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,258 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (915–1340) at an Elo of 1,685, ranking #81 globally.

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

Last full refresh 3 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Maelstrom Wanderer's win rate?

Maelstrom Wanderer has a 40% win rate across 2258 recorded Playgroup games (915 wins, 1340 losses).

How long do winning games with Maelstrom Wanderer take?

Wins with Maelstrom Wanderer take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 24 days.

How many decks use Maelstrom Wanderer?

668 decks list Maelstrom Wanderer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 399 have played at least one recorded game.

Maelstrom Wanderer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Buy on TCGplayer

Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1685

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 668

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 399

No. games played with this commander 2258

Total hours played 24 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	1550	Jose Antonio Gutierrez Chimal	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Maelstrom Wanderer wins, 80.31% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

80.31%

Non Combat Damage

7.66%

Combo

4.53%

Commander Damage

3.75%

Alternative

2.5%

Mill

1.25%

Avg win turn 7.5 based on 942 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.

+8.5 pp

Top card: Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 70 games	+8.5 pp	70
2	Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty 117 games	+7.4 pp	117
3	Rejuvenating Springs 45 games	+6.3 pp	45
4	Rampant Growth 89 games	+3.3 pp	89
5	Skyshroud Claim 86 games	+2.1 pp	86
6	Drakuseth, Maw of Flames Signature build 48 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp	48
7	Misty Rainforest 72 games	+1.6 pp	72
8	Farseek 77 games	+1.4 pp	77
9	Etali, Primal Storm 113 games	+1.3 pp	113
10	Temur Sabertooth 78 games	+0.6 pp	78

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma 115 games	+0.5 pp	115
12	Genesis Ultimatum 94 games	+0.4 pp	94
13	Blasphemous Act 75 games	+0.1 pp	75

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 30.19% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

49.69% n=644

Seat 2

39.19% n=666

Seat 3

36.69% n=507

Seat 4

30.19% n=371

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 40.78% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.78% n=976

1 mulligan

44.1% n=356

2 mulligans

34.22% n=187

3 mulligans

35.38% n=65

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 1494 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

🧂

Opponent salt

When Maelstrom Wanderer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.7% of the time across 945 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.