The Master of Keys

Global Commander Stats

All Esper commanders

477 Wins

1023 Losses

Summary

The Master of Keys is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,500 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (477–1023) at an Elo of 1,645, ranking #215 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.46 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 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 1500 recorded Playgroup games (477 wins, 1023 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: 17 days.

How many decks use The Master of Keys?

353 decks list The Master of Keys as their commander on Playgroup, of which 247 have played at least one recorded game.

The Master of Keys Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

215

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1645

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.46

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 353

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 247

No. games played with this commander 1500

Total hours played 17 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1573	An0rak	20	12	63 %
2	1551	Lordguto	2	2	100 %
3	1549	Samwise_Gamgee	16	6	75 %
4	1521	Twomass	65	14	23 %
5	1500	Sergio De San Clemente Muñoz	3	2	100 %

How does this commander win?

When The Master of Keys wins, 39.95% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

39.95%

Alternative

15.78%

Combo

15.52%

Commander Damage

15.52%

Non Combat Damage

9.41%

Mill

3.82%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 491 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Master of Keys wins 43.66% of games from position 1 and 18.36% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.66% n=497

Seat 2

32.68% n=459

Seat 3

23.19% n=345

Seat 4

18.36% n=207

Seat 5

23.53% n=17

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Master of Keys wins 34.23% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.23% n=631

1 mulligan

25.51% n=243

2 mulligans

33.33% n=117

3 mulligans

25.64% n=39

4 mulligans

0.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

50.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Master of Keys 3.74/5 on average, across 1015 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Master of Keys wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.4% of the time across 491 tracked wins.

66.4 \%

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.