Commander

Wolverine, Best There Is

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders

613 Wins

1870 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Wolverine, Best There Is is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,490 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (613–1870) at an Elo of 1,500, ranking #1974 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 10 damage dealt and 0.7 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Wolverine, Best There Is's win rate?

Wolverine, Best There Is has a 24% win rate across 2490 recorded Playgroup games (613 wins, 1870 losses).

How long do winning games with Wolverine, Best There Is take?

Wins with Wolverine, Best There Is take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 25 days.

How many decks use Wolverine, Best There Is?

661 decks list Wolverine, Best There Is as their commander on Playgroup, of which 440 have played at least one recorded game.

Wolverine, Best There Is Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1974

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1500

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 10

Average commander damage per game 14

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.7

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 661

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 440

No. games played with this commander 2490

Total hours played 25 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1555	Titanot	9	5	71 %
2	1553	LordArt12	13	6	46 %
3	1551	Craig	73	36	49 %
4	1550	EEC42	2	1	50 %
5	1542	Nathan_C_4358	14	5	36 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Wolverine, Best There Is wins, 60.47% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

60.47%

Combat

27.99%

Non Combat Damage

9.83%

Combo

0.64%

Alternative

0.64%

Mill

0.43%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 624 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Wolverine, Best There Is

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Wolverine, Best There Is decks that leave them out.

+5.7 pp

Top card: Chandra's Ignition

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Chandra's Ignition 318 games	+5.7 pp	318
2	Nature's Lore 242 games	+5.1 pp	242
3	Basilisk Collar 217 games	+4.7 pp	217
4	Ulvenwald Tracker 259 games	+4.4 pp	259
5	Three Visits Signature build 171 games · Signature build	+4.0 pp	171
6	Stomping Ground 241 games	+3.8 pp	241
7	Birds of Paradise 252 games	+3.6 pp	252
8	Power Fist 223 games	+3.6 pp	223
9	Waltz of Rage 109 games	+3.6 pp	109
10	Xenagos, God of Revels 180 games	+3.5 pp	180

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Bear Umbra 210 games	+2.8 pp	210
12	Heroic Intervention 295 games	+1.6 pp	295
13	Berserk 363 games	+1.6 pp	363
14	Rogue's Passage 333 games	+1.4 pp	333
15	Kodama of the West Tree 200 games	+1.4 pp	200

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?

Wolverine, Best There Is wins 30.56% of games from position 1 and 9.26% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.56% n=697

Seat 2

30.1% n=721

Seat 3

18.97% n=601

Seat 4

15.27% n=393

Seat 5

9.26% n=54

Seat 6

16.67% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Wolverine, Best There Is wins 26.17% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

26.17% n=1259

1 mulligan

24.51% n=359

2 mulligans

25.69% n=109

3 mulligans

27.27% n=33

4 mulligans

0.0% n=11

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Wolverine, Best There Is 3.76/5 on average, across 1686 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Wolverine, Best There Is wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.3% of the time across 630 tracked wins.

64.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Wolverine, Best There Is. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.