Commander

Winter, Misanthropic Guide

Global commander stats

All Jund commanders

215 Wins

1043 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Winter, Misanthropic Guide is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,259 recorded Playgroup games, winning 17% of them (215–1043) at an Elo of 1,394, ranking #4543 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.46 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Winter, Misanthropic Guide's win rate?

Winter, Misanthropic Guide has a 17% win rate across 1259 recorded Playgroup games (215 wins, 1043 losses).

How long do winning games with Winter, Misanthropic Guide take?

Wins with Winter, Misanthropic Guide take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 15 days.

How many decks use Winter, Misanthropic Guide?

443 decks list Winter, Misanthropic Guide as their commander on Playgroup, of which 281 have played at least one recorded game.

Winter, Misanthropic Guide Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4543

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1394

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.46

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 443

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 281

No. games played with this commander 1259

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1628	Critter King	10	6	67 %
2	1535	Puzyri	30	8	27 %
3	1515	lopackuub	13	3	23 %
4	1513	xXDoomsayerXx	2	1	50 %
5	1488	ShazamSanders	3	1	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Winter, Misanthropic Guide wins, 56.82% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

56.82%

Combat

28.41%

Combo

6.25%

Alternative

5.68%

Commander Damage

1.14%

Poison

1.14%

Mill

0.57%

Avg win turn 9.5 based on 230 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Winter, Misanthropic Guide

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

+7.5 pp

Top card: Dragonskull Summit

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dragonskull Summit Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+7.5 pp	37
2	Shifting Woodland Signature build 33 games · Signature build	+3.0 pp	33
3	Dark Deal 83 games	+2.9 pp	83
4	Assassin's Trophy Signature build 33 games · Signature build	+1.0 pp	33
5	Vault of Whispers Signature build 33 games · Signature build	+1.0 pp	33
6	Razorkin Needlehead 92 games	+0.9 pp	92

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, Misanthropic Guide wins 21.16% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

21.16% n=378

Seat 2

19.94% n=361

Seat 3

15.71% n=312

Seat 4

11.43% n=210

Seat 5

12.9% n=31

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Winter, Misanthropic Guide wins 18.31% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

18.31% n=650

1 mulligan

18.18% n=187

2 mulligans

16.22% n=74

3 mulligans

15.0% n=20

4 mulligans

33.33% n=6

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Winter, Misanthropic Guide 3.74/5 on average, across 886 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Winter, Misanthropic Guide wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.7% of the time across 231 tracked wins.

66.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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