Arcades, the Strategist

Global Commander Stats

1359 Wins

3428 Losses

Summary

Arcades, the Strategist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,787 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1359–3428) at an Elo of 1,579, ranking #690 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 11 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Apr 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Arcades, the Strategist's win rate? ▾

Arcades, the Strategist has a 28% win rate across 4787 recorded Playgroup games (1359 wins, 3428 losses).

How long do winning games with Arcades, the Strategist take? ▾

Wins with Arcades, the Strategist take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Arcades, the Strategist? ▾

1,937 decks list Arcades, the Strategist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 993 have played at least one recorded game.

Arcades, the Strategist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

690

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1579

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 11

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1937

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 993

No. games played with this commander 4787

Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1684	Huy Dinh	18	15	83 %
2	1675	reichel1190	11	7	64 %
3	1614	Nicholas2030	7	7	100 %
4	1613	ItsAMeNick	4	4	100 %
5	1605	Federico Rebiscini	23	9	39 %

How does this commander win?

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, 85.32% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

85.32%

Commander Damage

5.79%

Alternative

4.93%

Non Combat Damage

1.71%

Combo

1.07%

Poison

0.64%

Mill

0.54%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1395 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Arcades, the Strategist wins 35.86% of games from position 1 and 9.09% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.86% n=1347

Seat 2

31.11% n=1334

Seat 3

22.5% n=1169

Seat 4

18.83% n=701

Seat 5

16.67% n=108

Seat 6

9.09% n=11

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Arcades, the Strategist wins 27.99% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.99% n=2433

1 mulligan

28.4% n=588

2 mulligans

29.13% n=206

3 mulligans

17.78% n=45

4 mulligans

27.27% n=11

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

6 mulligans

66.67% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Arcades, the Strategist 3.7/5 on average, across 3241 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.9% of the time across 1397 tracked wins.

64.9 \%

Best and worst matchups

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