Commander

The Wise Mothman

Global commander stats {B} {G} {U} All Sultai commanders Featured in Fallout
Win Rate 22%
3720 Wins
12599 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Wise Mothman is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 16,488 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (3720–12599) at an Elo of 1,463, ranking #4452 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 33201 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Wise Mothman's win rate?
The Wise Mothman has a 22% win rate across 16488 recorded Playgroup games (3720 wins, 12599 losses).
How long do winning games with The Wise Mothman take?
Wins with The Wise Mothman take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: over 3 years.
How many decks use The Wise Mothman?
4,993 decks list The Wise Mothman as their commander on Playgroup, of which 3,066 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4452
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1463
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 33201
Average commander damage per game 9
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.56
Average turn length 15 minutes
No. decks for this commander 4993
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 3066
No. games played with this commander 16488
Total hours played over 3 years
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1674 Otter Know 19 11
2 1633 Angus H 61 21
3 1591 Ruvik 69 29
4 1588 night man 11 4
5 1585 Terro1791 8 5
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Wise Mothman wins, 43.48% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
43.48%
Commander Damage
24.58%
Non Combat Damage
12.51%
Mill
11.55%
Alternative
4.54%
Combo
2.73%
Poison
0.59%
Avg win turn 8.5 based on 3820 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for The Wise Mothman

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Wise Mothman decks that leave them out.

+4.6 pp
Top card: Pensive Professor
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Gyre Sage
Gyre Sage 625 games
+2.2 pp
12
Six
Six 612 games
+2.1 pp
13
Hedge Shredder
Hedge Shredder 885 games
+2.1 pp
14
Innkeeper's Talent
Innkeeper's Talent 502 games
+2.1 pp
15
Willowrush Verge
Willowrush Verge 343 games
+1.7 pp

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?

The Wise Mothman wins 29.79% of games from position 1 and 11.71% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
29.79% n=4981
2
Seat 2
23.58% n=4968
3
Seat 3
17.99% n=4011
4
Seat 4
14.79% n=2489
5
Seat 5
11.71% n=397
6
Seat 6
13.73% n=51
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Wise Mothman wins 22.47% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
22.47% n=7703
1
1 mulligan
22.14% n=2353
2
2 mulligans
22.59% n=737
3
3 mulligans
19.34% n=181
4
4 mulligans
21.05% n=38
5
5 mulligans
16.67% n=6
6
6 mulligans
33.33% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Wise Mothman 3.68/5 on average, across 11564 self-reports.

3.68 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Wise Mothman wins, opponents flag the game as salty 38.9% of the time across 3835 tracked wins.

38.9 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Redshift, Rocketeer Chief commander art
57.14%
Cecily, Haunted Mage commander art
54.55%
The Scorpion God commander art
The Scorpion God 11 games
54.55%
Radha, Heart of Keld commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Ratadrabik of Urborg commander art
0.0%
Loot, the Pathfinder commander art
0.0%
Zangief, the Red Cyclone commander art
0.0%
Commander Liara Portyr commander art
0.0%