Arcades, the Strategist

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 28%
1381 Wins
3490 Losses

Summary

Arcades, the Strategist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,871 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (13813490) at an Elo of 1,504, ranking #1758 globally.

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

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Arcades, the Strategist's win rate?

Arcades, the Strategist has a 28% win rate across 4871 recorded Playgroup games (1381 wins, 3490 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?

1,960 decks list Arcades, the Strategist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,005 have played at least one recorded game.

Arcades, the Strategist Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1758
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1504

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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 1960
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1005
No. games played with this commander 4871
Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

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

How does this commander win?

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, 85.13% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
85.13%
Commander Damage
5.97%
Alternative
4.92%
Non Combat Damage
1.78%
Combo
1.05%
Poison
0.63%
Mill
0.52%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1429 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Arcades, the Strategist wins 35.84% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.84% n=1384
2
Seat 2
31.15% n=1361
3
Seat 3
22.64% n=1188
4
Seat 4
18.92% n=719
5
Seat 5
17.27% n=110
6
Seat 6
16.67% n=12

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Arcades, the Strategist wins 28.12% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.12% n=2461
1
1 mulligan
28.57% n=602
2
2 mulligans
29.58% n=213
3
3 mulligans
19.15% n=47
4
4 mulligans
27.27% n=11
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=3
6
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 3.69/5 on average, across 3316 self-reports.

3.69 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.1% of the time across 1431 tracked wins.

65.1 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Top 5 worst matchups