Commander

Magar of the Magic Strings

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

317 Wins

822 Losses

Overview

Summary

Magar of the Magic Strings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,144 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (317–822) at an Elo of 1,612, ranking #445 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Magar of the Magic Strings's win rate?

Magar of the Magic Strings has a 27% win rate across 1144 recorded Playgroup games (317 wins, 822 losses).

How long do winning games with Magar of the Magic Strings take?

Wins with Magar of the Magic Strings take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use Magar of the Magic Strings?

451 decks list Magar of the Magic Strings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 258 have played at least one recorded game.

Magar of the Magic Strings Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

445

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1612

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 451

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 258

No. games played with this commander 1144

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1579	Samo	4	3	75 %
2	1569	cl3v3rtr3vor	14	6	43 %
3	1547	7sigma	22	7	32 %
4	1545	Lopsux	1	1	100 %
5	1529	BrennanH	6	2	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Magar of the Magic Strings wins, 58.77% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.77%

Non Combat Damage

20.18%

Combo

12.28%

Alternative

4.82%

Commander Damage

1.75%

Mill

1.75%

Poison

0.44%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 317 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Magar of the Magic Strings

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Magar of the Magic Strings decks that leave them out.

+2.6 pp

Top card: Haunted Ridge

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Haunted Ridge 59 games	+2.6 pp		59
2	Graven Cairns 38 games	+2.6 pp		38

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?

Magar of the Magic Strings wins 33.22% of games from position 1 and 13.51% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.22% n=304

Seat 2

27.95% n=288

Seat 3

22.73% n=264

Seat 4

23.3% n=176

Seat 5

13.51% n=37

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Magar of the Magic Strings wins 28.71% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.71% n=498

1 mulligan

29.61% n=179

2 mulligans

22.03% n=59

3 mulligans

7.14% n=14

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Magar of the Magic Strings 3.79/5 on average, across 790 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Magar of the Magic Strings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.4% of the time across 320 tracked wins.

69.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Magar of the Magic Strings. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.