Commander

Winter, Cynical Opportunist

Global commander stats

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1416 Wins

3087 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Winter, Cynical Opportunist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,506 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1416–3087) at an Elo of 1,503, ranking #1906 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 95 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Winter, Cynical Opportunist's win rate?

Winter, Cynical Opportunist has a 31% win rate across 4506 recorded Playgroup games (1416 wins, 3087 losses).

How long do winning games with Winter, Cynical Opportunist take?

Wins with Winter, Cynical Opportunist take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Winter, Cynical Opportunist?

1,205 decks list Winter, Cynical Opportunist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 821 have played at least one recorded game.

Winter, Cynical Opportunist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1906

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1503

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 95

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1205

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 821

No. games played with this commander 4506

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1668	Guardi-ola	15	10	67 %
2	1664	Hawt_Wingz	42	15	36 %
3	1570	Ptito	6	3	50 %
4	1558	Martyhum	11	4	36 %
5	1550	Kuma57	9	6	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Winter, Cynical Opportunist wins, 72.38% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

72.38%

Non Combat Damage

16.46%

Combo

4.33%

Alternative

4.33%

Commander Damage

1.92%

Mill

0.48%

Poison

0.1%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 1468 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Winter, Cynical Opportunist

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Winter, Cynical Opportunist decks that leave them out.

+3.7 pp

Top card: Assassin's Trophy

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Assassin's Trophy 140 games	+3.7 pp		140
2	Nesting Grounds 239 games	+0.3 pp		239

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?

Winter, Cynical Opportunist wins 39.09% of games from position 1 and 14.85% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.09% n=1379

Seat 2

33.5% n=1433

Seat 3

24.98% n=1093

Seat 4

22.26% n=656

Seat 5

14.85% n=101

Seat 6

25.0% n=12

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Winter, Cynical Opportunist wins 30.46% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.46% n=2500

1 mulligan

28.92% n=619

2 mulligans

23.94% n=188

3 mulligans

28.0% n=50

4 mulligans

12.5% n=8

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Winter, Cynical Opportunist 3.7/5 on average, across 3211 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Winter, Cynical Opportunist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.5% of the time across 1472 tracked wins.

69.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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