Winter, Cynical Opportunist

Global Commander Stats

1315 Wins

2829 Losses

Summary

Winter, Cynical Opportunist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,144 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1315–2829) at an Elo of 1,526, ranking #1402 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 May 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 4144 recorded Playgroup games (1315 wins, 2829 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? ▾

1,114 decks list Winter, Cynical Opportunist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 761 have played at least one recorded game.

Winter, Cynical Opportunist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

1402

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1526

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1114

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 761

No. games played with this commander 4144

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1697	Hawt_Wingz	40	15	38 %
2	1668	Guardi-ola	15	10	67 %
3	1570	Ptito	6	3	50 %
4	1548	Raphael Peralez	8	4	50 %
5	1547	Smashcg	4	2	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Winter, Cynical Opportunist wins, 72.76% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

72.76%

Non Combat Damage

16.6%

Alternative

4.28%

Combo

3.76%

Commander Damage

1.98%

Mill

0.52%

Poison

0.1%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 1362 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Winter, Cynical Opportunist wins 39.32% of games from position 1 and 13.4% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.32% n=1269

Seat 2

33.73% n=1328

Seat 3

25.5% n=1008

Seat 4

22.28% n=615

Seat 5

13.4% n=97

Seat 6

27.27% n=11

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Winter, Cynical Opportunist wins 30.92% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.92% n=2364

1 mulligan

28.67% n=565

2 mulligans

23.3% n=176

3 mulligans

31.11% n=45

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

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 2971 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Winter, Cynical Opportunist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.6% of the time across 1364 tracked wins.

69.6 \%

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.