The Ancient One

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 27%
148 Wins
392 Losses

Summary

The Ancient One is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 540 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (148392) at an Elo of 1,482, ranking #2804 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.49 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is The Ancient One's win rate?

The Ancient One has a 27% win rate across 540 recorded Playgroup games (148 wins, 392 losses).

How long do winning games with The Ancient One take?

Wins with The Ancient One take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 days.

How many decks use The Ancient One?

213 decks list The Ancient One as their commander on Playgroup, of which 121 have played at least one recorded game.

The Ancient One Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
2804
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1482

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 8
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.49
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 213
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 121
No. games played with this commander 540
Total hours played 6 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1556 GalaxyCoin 6 3
2 1523 jaredmv 5 2
3 1523 Flying Penguin 2 1
4 1511 JollyJeskai 2 1
5 1503 Chochlik 4 1

How does this commander win?

When The Ancient One wins, 35.61% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
35.61%
Mill
19.7%
Commander Damage
12.88%
Alternative
12.12%
Non Combat Damage
9.09%
Combo
8.33%
Poison
2.27%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 150 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Ancient One wins 37.5% of games from position 5 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
30.06% n=163
2
Seat 2
27.59% n=174
3
Seat 3
28.24% n=131
4
Seat 4
17.81% n=73
5
Seat 5
37.5% n=8
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Ancient One wins 30.45% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 3 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.45% n=289
1
1 mulligan
22.68% n=97
2
2 mulligans
27.27% n=22
3
3 mulligans
0.0% n=8

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Ancient One 3.89/5 on average, across 392 self-reports.

3.89 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Ancient One wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.0% of the time across 150 tracked wins.

72.0 \%

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 17 games
47.06%
Krenko, Mob Boss commander art
Krenko, Mob Boss 13 games
46.15%
Zaxara, the Exemplary commander art
34.38%
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
28.57%
Brallin, Skyshark Rider commander art
27.27%

Top 5 worst matchups

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm commander art
22.22%
Captain N'ghathrod commander art
25.0%
Stella Lee, Wild Card commander art
26.32%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
26.67%
Winota, Joiner of Forces commander art
26.67%