Arcades, the Strategist

Global Commander Stats {G} {W} {U} All Bant commanders
Win Rate 28%
1459 Wins
3648 Losses

Summary

Arcades, the Strategist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,107 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (14593648) at an Elo of 1,455, ranking #3698 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 5107 recorded Playgroup games (1459 wins, 3648 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?
2,024 decks list Arcades, the Strategist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,043 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3698
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1455

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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 2024
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1043
No. games played with this commander 5107
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, 85.39% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
85.39%
Commander Damage
5.96%
Alternative
4.77%
Non Combat Damage
1.69%
Combo
0.99%
Poison
0.7%
Mill
0.5%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1499 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Arcades, the Strategist wins 35.95% of games from position 1 and 17.24% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.95% n=1452
2
Seat 2
31.09% n=1425
3
Seat 3
22.97% n=1241
4
Seat 4
19.02% n=752
5
Seat 5
17.24% n=116
6
Seat 6
23.08% n=13

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Arcades, the Strategist wins 28.23% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.23% n=2529
1
1 mulligan
28.21% n=638
2
2 mulligans
29.52% n=227
3
3 mulligans
19.15% n=47
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=12
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 3471 self-reports.

3.69 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.2% of the time across 1501 tracked wins.

65.2 \%

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.

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