Commander

Arcades, the Strategist

Global commander stats {G} {W} {U} All Bant commanders
Win Rate 28%
1517 Wins
3812 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Arcades, the Strategist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,335 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (15173812) at an Elo of 1,495, ranking #3117 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 5335 recorded Playgroup games (1517 wins, 3812 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?
2,115 decks list Arcades, the Strategist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,087 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3117
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1495
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Averages

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 2115
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1087
No. games played with this commander 5335
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, 85.49% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
85.49%
Commander Damage
6.05%
Alternative
4.8%
Non Combat Damage
1.54%
Combo
0.96%
Poison
0.67%
Mill
0.48%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1558 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.

+6.5 pp
Top card: Plagon, Lord of the Beach
Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)
# Card Lift
11
Chulane, Teller of Tales
Chulane, Teller of Tales 60 games
+0.4 pp
12
Access Tunnel
Access Tunnel 213 games
+0.3 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 35.7% of games from position 1 and 18.18% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.7% n=1504
2
Seat 2
31.06% n=1481
3
Seat 3
22.93% n=1291
4
Seat 4
19.31% n=787
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 28.12% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.12% n=2610
1
1 mulligan
27.68% n=672
2
2 mulligans
29.36% n=235
3
3 mulligans
18.75% n=48
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 3609 self-reports.

3.68 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.9% of the time across 1559 tracked wins.

64.9 \%
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%
Heliod, Sun-Crowned commander art
50.0%
Odric, Lunarch Marshal commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Araumi of the Dead Tide commander art
0.0%
Junji, the Midnight Sky commander art
0.0%
Leonardo, the Balance commander art
0.0%
Yarok, the Desecrated commander art
0.0%
Krark, the Thumbless commander art
0.0%