Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

Global Commander Stats

79 Wins

351 Losses

Summary

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 430 recorded Playgroup games, winning 18% of them (79–351) at an Elo of 1,428, ranking #3542 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.35 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 17 May 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Xanathar, Guild Kingpin's win rate? ▾

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin has a 18% win rate across 430 recorded Playgroup games (79 wins, 351 losses).

How long do winning games with Xanathar, Guild Kingpin take? ▾

Wins with Xanathar, Guild Kingpin take on average 11 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 days.

How many decks use Xanathar, Guild Kingpin? ▾

208 decks list Xanathar, Guild Kingpin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 115 have played at least one recorded game.

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

3542

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1428

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.35

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 208

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 115

No. games played with this commander 430

Total hours played 6 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1527	Mini_Manz	7	2	29 %
2	1521	Settra	9	2	22 %
3	1489	Gorzak	5	0	0 %
4	1488	MonstahBR	1	0	0 %
5	1477	Robinvdp	2	0	0 %

How does this commander win?

When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin wins, 61.02% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

61.02%

Non Combat Damage

11.86%

Mill

10.17%

Combo

6.78%

Commander Damage

6.78%

Poison

1.69%

Alternative

1.69%

Avg win turn 10.6 based on 84 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin wins 26.05% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

26.05% n=119

Seat 2

18.66% n=134

Seat 3

13.59% n=103

Seat 4

14.06% n=64

Seat 5

20.0% n=10

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xanathar, Guild Kingpin wins 17.27% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

17.27% n=220

1 mulligan

15.09% n=53

2 mulligans

7.69% n=13

3 mulligans

0.0% n=4

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Xanathar, Guild Kingpin 3.55/5 on average, across 309 self-reports.

3.55 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.1% of the time across 84 tracked wins.

63.1 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Xanathar, Guild Kingpin. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.