Commander

The Master of Keys

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

562 Wins

1213 Losses

Overview

Summary

The Master of Keys is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,791 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (562–1213) at an Elo of 1,605, ranking #533 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 539751 damage dealt and 0.46 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Master of Keys's win rate?

The Master of Keys has a 31% win rate across 1791 recorded Playgroup games (562 wins, 1213 losses).

How long do winning games with The Master of Keys take?

Wins with The Master of Keys take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 21 days.

How many decks use The Master of Keys?

439 decks list The Master of Keys as their commander on Playgroup, of which 290 have played at least one recorded game.

The Master of Keys Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

533

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1605

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 539751

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.46

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 439

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 290

No. games played with this commander 1791

Total hours played 21 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1573	An0rak	20	12	63 %
2	1563	Samwise_Gamgee	16	6	75 %
3	1552	Davidespinosa75	15	4	29 %
4	1551	Lordguto	2	2	100 %
5	1549	Space Man	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Master of Keys wins, 41.68% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

41.68%

Alternative

16.41%

Combo

15.12%

Commander Damage

14.9%

Non Combat Damage

8.42%

Mill

3.46%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 577 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for The Master of Keys

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

+14.1 pp

Top card: Reanimate

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Reanimate 40 games	+14.1 pp	40
2	Animate Dead 115 games	+4.5 pp	115
3	Sigil of the Empty Throne 32 games	+3.8 pp	32
4	Undercity Sewers Signature build 33 games · Signature build	+2.2 pp	33
5	Hallowed Fountain 111 games	+1.8 pp	111
6	Watery Grave 111 games	+1.8 pp	111

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 Master of Keys wins 41.59% of games from position 1 and 19.35% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.59% n=571

Seat 2

32.59% n=560

Seat 3

24.76% n=412

Seat 4

19.35% n=248

Seat 5

26.09% n=23

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Master of Keys wins 33.94% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.94% n=716

1 mulligan

27.26% n=288

2 mulligans

32.48% n=137

3 mulligans

25.53% n=47

4 mulligans

0.0% n=11

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Master of Keys 3.78/5 on average, across 1192 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Master of Keys wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.6% of the time across 578 tracked wins.

34.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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