Commander

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders Featured in Murders at Karlov Manor

1275 Wins

2906 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,183 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (1275–2906) at an Elo of 1,511, ranking #1752 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Mirko, Obsessive Theorist's win rate?

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist has a 30% win rate across 4183 recorded Playgroup games (1275 wins, 2906 losses).

How long do winning games with Mirko, Obsessive Theorist take?

Wins with Mirko, Obsessive Theorist take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Mirko, Obsessive Theorist?

1,279 decks list Mirko, Obsessive Theorist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 810 have played at least one recorded game.

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1752

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1511

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.62

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1279

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 810

No. games played with this commander 4183

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1580	Collin Wainscott	3	3	100 %
2	1555	Espyonage	5	4	80 %
3	1547	Darkishsphere	12	6	50 %
4	1537	Jameson	8	3	43 %
5	1536	boreragnarok	9	5	56 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Mirko, Obsessive Theorist wins, 51.24% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.24%

Commander Damage

21.79%

Non Combat Damage

16.37%

Alternative

6.01%

Combo

3.3%

Mill

1.18%

Poison

0.12%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 1317 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Mirko, Obsessive Theorist decks that leave them out.

+3.3 pp

Top card: Sol Ring

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sol Ring 348 games	+3.3 pp	348
2	Dimir Signet 313 games	+2.4 pp	313
3	Talisman of Dominance 328 games	+1.7 pp	328
4	Frantic Search Signature build 87 games · Signature build	+1.4 pp	87
5	Arcane Signet 367 games	+1.3 pp	367
6	Entomb Signature build 102 games · Signature build	+0.7 pp	102
7	Pile On 303 games	+0.7 pp	303

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?

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist wins 38.03% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.03% n=1249

Seat 2

33.46% n=1300

Seat 3

24.24% n=1056

Seat 4

20.23% n=613

Seat 5

14.63% n=82

Seat 6

0.0% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Mirko, Obsessive Theorist wins 29.75% after 0 mulligans and 20.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.75% n=2242

1 mulligan

32.36% n=550

2 mulligans

24.32% n=185

3 mulligans

25.42% n=59

4 mulligans

15.38% n=13

5 mulligans

20.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Mirko, Obsessive Theorist 3.7/5 on average, across 2994 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Mirko, Obsessive Theorist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.2% of the time across 1319 tracked wins.

68.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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