Arcades, the Strategist

Global Commander Stats {G} {W} {U} All Bant commanders
Win Rate 28%
1485 Wins
3734 Losses

Summary

Arcades, the Strategist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,220 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (14853734) at an Elo of 1,517, ranking #1625 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 5220 recorded Playgroup games (1485 wins, 3734 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?
2,074 decks list Arcades, the Strategist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,077 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
1625
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1517

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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 2074
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1077
No. games played with this commander 5220
Total hours played 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, 85.59% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
85.59%
Commander Damage
5.88%
Alternative
4.8%
Non Combat Damage
1.57%
Combo
0.98%
Poison
0.69%
Mill
0.49%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1526 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Arcades, the Strategist wins 35.77% of games from position 1 and 17.65% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.77% n=1479
2
Seat 2
30.93% n=1455
3
Seat 3
22.92% n=1274
4
Seat 4
19.12% n=769
5
Seat 5
17.65% n=119
6
Seat 6
23.08% n=13

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Arcades, the Strategist wins 28.13% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.13% n=2567
1
1 mulligan
28.02% n=653
2
2 mulligans
29.18% n=233
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

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 3539 self-reports.

3.68 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Arcades, the Strategist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.8% of the time across 1528 tracked wins.

64.8 \%

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%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
50.0%
Heliod, Sun-Crowned commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole commander art
0.0%
Araumi of the Dead Tide commander art
0.0%
Junji, the Midnight Sky commander art
0.0%
Krark, the Thumbless commander art
0.0%
Yarok, the Desecrated commander art
0.0%