Commander

Arcades, the Strategist

Global commander stats {G} {W} {U} All Bant commanders
Win Rate 28%
1557 Wins
3905 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Arcades, the Strategist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,474 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (15573905) at an Elo of 1,512, ranking #1794 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 11 damage dealt and 0.59 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 5474 recorded Playgroup games (1557 wins, 3905 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: 2 months.
How many decks use Arcades, the Strategist?
2,216 decks list Arcades, the Strategist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,130 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1794
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1512
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 11
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 8
Average kills per game 0.59
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 2216
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1130
No. games played with this commander 5474
Total hours played 2 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User 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
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, 85.53% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
85.53%
Commander Damage
6.16%
Alternative
4.67%
Non Combat Damage
1.59%
Combo
0.93%
Poison
0.65%
Mill
0.47%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1597 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Arcades, the Strategist

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Arcades, the Strategist decks that leave them out.

+4.4 pp
Top card: Plagon, Lord of the Beach
Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)
# Card Lift
11
Lightning Greaves
Lightning Greaves 214 games
+0.4 pp
12
Scattered Groves
Scattered Groves 65 games · Signature build
+0.4 pp
13
Nature's Lore
Nature's Lore 150 games
+0.2 pp

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Arcades, the Strategist wins 35.59% of games from position 1 and 18.18% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.59% n=1537
2
Seat 2
30.73% n=1510
3
Seat 3
23.29% n=1314
4
Seat 4
19.6% n=796
5
Seat 5
18.18% n=121
6
Seat 6
23.08% n=13
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Arcades, the Strategist wins 28.08% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.08% n=2657
1
1 mulligan
27.67% n=694
2
2 mulligans
28.97% n=252
3
3 mulligans
16.98% n=53
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=12
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=3
6
6 mulligans
66.67% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Arcades, the Strategist 3.68/5 on average, across 3700 self-reports.

3.68 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.0% of the time across 1601 tracked wins.

65.0 \%
Head to head

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

Admiral Beckett Brass commander art
63.64%
Indominus Rex, Alpha commander art
57.89%
The Master, Multiplied commander art
50.0%
Heliod, Sun-Crowned commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups