Commander

Minn, Wily Illusionist

Global commander stats

All Blue commanders

522 Wins

1021 Losses

Overview

Summary

Minn, Wily Illusionist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,550 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (522–1021) at an Elo of 1,740, ranking #19 globally.

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

Last full refresh 9 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Minn, Wily Illusionist's win rate?

Minn, Wily Illusionist has a 33% win rate across 1550 recorded Playgroup games (522 wins, 1021 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: 16 days.

How many decks use Minn, Wily Illusionist?

551 decks list Minn, Wily Illusionist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 299 have played at least one recorded game.

Minn, Wily Illusionist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Buy on TCGplayer

Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1740

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

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 551

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 299

No. games played with this commander 1550

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1611	Zyphon	16	7	47 %
2	1591	Numoth	14	7	50 %
3	1587	Izziel_Grey	8	4	50 %
4	1587	timfromthepost	14	6	43 %
5	1586	Marty22	4	3	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Minn, Wily Illusionist wins, 56.68% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.68%

Alternative

18.53%

Combo

9.54%

Non Combat Damage

8.99%

Mill

3.54%

Commander Damage

2.72%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 532 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Minn, Wily Illusionist wins 40.51% of games from position 1 and 17.24% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.51% n=448

Seat 2

33.8% n=432

Seat 3

32.48% n=351

Seat 4

25.41% n=244

Seat 5

17.24% n=29

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Minn, Wily Illusionist wins 33.81% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.81% n=704

1 mulligan

34.98% n=223

2 mulligans

28.41% n=88

3 mulligans

29.63% n=27

4 mulligans

50.0% n=6

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 1059 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

🧂

Opponent salt

When Minn, Wily Illusionist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.6% of the time across 534 tracked wins.

34.6 \%

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.