Commander

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

Global commander stats {W} {U} All Azorius commanders
Win Rate 27%
495 Wins
1296 Losses
Overview

Summary

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,800 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (495–1296) at an Elo of 1,458, ranking #4781 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 1989 damage dealt and 0.37 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kwain, Itinerant Meddler's win rate?
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler has a 27% win rate across 1800 recorded Playgroup games (495 wins, 1296 losses).
How long do winning games with Kwain, Itinerant Meddler take?
Wins with Kwain, Itinerant Meddler take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 19 days.
How many decks use Kwain, Itinerant Meddler?
634 decks list Kwain, Itinerant Meddler as their commander on Playgroup, of which 335 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4781
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1458
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1993
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.37
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 634
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 335
No. games played with this commander 1800
Total hours played 19 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1682 Andreas Kensén (Hecube) 30 17
2 1672 Gabriel 18 9
3 1620 Danny Corker 8 5
4 1592 StoriTella 9 4
5 1568 Don Karton 6 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kwain, Itinerant Meddler wins, 48.21% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative
48.21%
Mill
19.28%
Combat
13.5%
Non Combat Damage
9.64%
Combo
8.54%
Commander Damage
0.83%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 503 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

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

+3.3 pp
Top card: Smothering Tithe
# Card Lift
1
Smothering Tithe
Smothering Tithe 124 games
+3.3 pp
2
Rhystic Study
Rhystic Study 93 games
+2.8 pp
3
Jace's Archivist
Jace's Archivist 92 games
+2.5 pp
4
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher 107 games
+1.6 pp
5
Skycloud Expanse
Skycloud Expanse 132 games
+0.0 pp

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?

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler wins 32.13% of games from position 1 and 15.69% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.13% n=470
2
Seat 2
29.66% n=467
3
Seat 3
23.56% n=416
4
Seat 4
22.96% n=294
5
Seat 5
15.69% n=51
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=4
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kwain, Itinerant Meddler wins 29.65% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
29.65% n=747
1
1 mulligan
32.42% n=219
2
2 mulligans
33.33% n=60
3
3 mulligans
13.04% n=23
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=8
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kwain, Itinerant Meddler 3.84/5 on average, across 1189 self-reports.

3.84 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kwain, Itinerant Meddler wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.1% of the time across 502 tracked wins.

37.1 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

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