Magar of the Magic Strings

Global Commander Stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 27%
288 Wins
774 Losses

Summary

Magar of the Magic Strings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,062 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (288774) at an Elo of 1,429, ranking #3997 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.59 player kills per game on average.

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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 1062 recorded Playgroup games (288 wins, 774 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: 12 days.
How many decks use Magar of the Magic Strings?
399 decks list Magar of the Magic Strings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 231 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3997
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1429

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 1
Average kills per game 0.59
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 399
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 231
No. games played with this commander 1062
Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1579 Samo 4 3
2 1564 cl3v3rtr3vor 14 6
3 1547 7sigma 22 7
4 1527 dankrituals 3 1
5 1524 musicalemergenc 2 1

How does this commander win?

When Magar of the Magic Strings wins, 59.62% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
59.62%
Non Combat Damage
19.71%
Combo
11.06%
Alternative
5.29%
Commander Damage
1.92%
Mill
1.92%
Poison
0.48%
Avg win turn 8.8 based on 291 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Magar of the Magic Strings wins 31.87% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
31.87% n=273
2
Seat 2
26.94% n=271
3
Seat 3
22.67% n=247
4
Seat 4
24.24% n=165
5
Seat 5
14.29% n=35
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Magar of the Magic Strings wins 28.48% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.48% n=467
1
1 mulligan
29.7% n=165
2
2 mulligans
20.75% n=53
3
3 mulligans
0.0% n=11
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Magar of the Magic Strings 3.81/5 on average, across 739 self-reports.

3.81 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Magar of the Magic Strings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.7% of the time across 291 tracked wins.

67.7 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
54.55%
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
42.86%
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre commander art
42.86%
Lathril, Blade of the Elves commander art
38.89%
Zhulodok, Void Gorger commander art
38.46%

Top 5 worst matchups

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commander art
5.56%
Ureni of the Unwritten commander art
7.14%
Atla Palani, Nest Tender commander art
8.33%
Veyran, Voice of Duality commander art
8.33%