Commander

Minn, Wily Illusionist

Global commander stats {U} All Blue commanders
Win Rate 33%
478 Wins
958 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Minn, Wily Illusionist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,436 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (478958) at an Elo of 1,640, ranking #263 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Minn, Wily Illusionist's win rate?
Minn, Wily Illusionist has a 33% win rate across 1436 recorded Playgroup games (478 wins, 958 losses).
How long do winning games with Minn, Wily Illusionist take?
Wins with Minn, Wily Illusionist take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 15 days.
How many decks use Minn, Wily Illusionist?
515 decks list Minn, Wily Illusionist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 285 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
263
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1640
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7
Average commander damage per game 2
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.65
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 515
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 285
No. games played with this commander 1436
Total hours played 15 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1591 Numoth 14 7
2 1587 timfromthepost 14 6
3 1587 Izziel_Grey 8 4
4 1586 Huriel19 12 6
5 1565 RenatoGates 2 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Minn, Wily Illusionist wins, 56.33% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
56.33%
Alternative
18.98%
Non Combat Damage
9.34%
Combo
8.73%
Mill
3.61%
Commander Damage
3.01%
Avg win turn 9.1 based on 489 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Minn, Wily Illusionist

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

+0.8 pp
Top card: Counterspell
# Card Lift
1
Counterspell
Counterspell 181 games
+0.8 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?

Minn, Wily Illusionist wins 40.2% of games from position 1 and 17.86% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.2% n=408
2
Seat 2
32.83% n=399
3
Seat 3
33.23% n=319
4
Seat 4
25.22% n=230
5
Seat 5
17.86% n=28
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Minn, Wily Illusionist wins 33.67% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
33.67% n=686
1
1 mulligan
33.01% n=206
2
2 mulligans
27.16% n=81
3
3 mulligans
33.33% n=24
4
4 mulligans
50.0% n=6
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
6 mulligans
100.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Minn, Wily Illusionist 3.82/5 on average, across 993 self-reports.

3.82 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Minn, Wily Illusionist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 490 tracked wins.

67.1 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos commander art
69.23%
Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
64.29%
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden commander art
62.5%
The Wise Mothman commander art
The Wise Mothman 24 games
58.33%

Top 5 worst matchups