Commander

Minn, Wily Illusionist

Global commander stats

All Blue commanders

490 Wins

971 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Minn, Wily Illusionist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,461 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (490–971) at an Elo of 1,708, ranking #31 globally.

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

Last full refresh 25 Aug 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 1461 recorded Playgroup games (490 wins, 971 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?

532 decks list Minn, Wily Illusionist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 287 have played at least one recorded game.

Minn, Wily Illusionist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1708

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Global Elo trend

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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 532

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 287

No. games played with this commander 1461

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1591	Numoth	14	7	50 %
2	1587	timfromthepost	14	6	43 %
3	1587	Izziel_Grey	8	4	50 %
4	1586	Huriel19	12	6	50 %
5	1565	RenatoGates	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Minn, Wily Illusionist wins, 56.27% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.27%

Alternative

18.95%

Combo

9.33%

Non Combat Damage

9.04%

Mill

3.5%

Commander Damage

2.92%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 500 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Minn, Wily Illusionist wins 40.53% of games from position 1 and 17.86% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.53% n=417

Seat 2

33.0% n=403

Seat 3

33.13% n=323

Seat 4

25.11% n=231

Seat 5

17.86% n=28

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Minn, Wily Illusionist wins 33.86% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.86% n=694

1 mulligan

33.81% n=210

2 mulligans

27.71% n=83

3 mulligans

33.33% n=24

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 1010 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Minn, Wily Illusionist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.9% of the time across 502 tracked wins.

66.9 \%

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.