Commander

Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

872 Wins

1952 Losses

Overview

Summary

Mendicant Core, Guidelight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,837 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (872–1952) at an Elo of 1,534, ranking #1422 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 171956 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Mendicant Core, Guidelight's win rate?

Mendicant Core, Guidelight has a 30% win rate across 2837 recorded Playgroup games (872 wins, 1952 losses).

How long do winning games with Mendicant Core, Guidelight take?

Wins with Mendicant Core, Guidelight take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 26 days.

How many decks use Mendicant Core, Guidelight?

871 decks list Mendicant Core, Guidelight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 568 have played at least one recorded game.

Mendicant Core, Guidelight Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1422

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1534

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 171956

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 871

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 568

No. games played with this commander 2837

Total hours played 26 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1601	Goddis	12	7	58 %
2	1573	traprr	5	3	60 %
3	1567	zackharley	15	7	47 %
4	1565	Nurax	7	3	43 %
5	1560	Babbott	4	1	25 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight wins, 63.86% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

63.86%

Commander Damage

24.5%

Non Combat Damage

3.98%

Combo

2.45%

Alternative

2.3%

Mill

1.84%

Poison

1.07%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 889 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Mendicant Core, Guidelight decks that leave them out.

+6.4 pp

Top card: Dance of the Manse

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dance of the Manse 139 games	+6.4 pp	139
2	Stridehangar Automaton 159 games	+4.6 pp	159
3	Cyberman Patrol 71 games	+3.5 pp	71
4	Thought Monitor 421 games	+3.5 pp	421
5	Shorikai, Genesis Engine 77 games	+3.5 pp	77
6	Perilous Snare 171 games	+2.5 pp	171
7	Cyberdrive Awakener 230 games	+2.0 pp	230
8	Uthros Research Craft 185 games	+1.6 pp	185
9	Urza's Saga 136 games	+1.2 pp	136
10	Emry, Lurker of the Loch 271 games	+1.1 pp	271

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?

Mendicant Core, Guidelight wins 40.77% of games from position 1 and 18.33% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.77% n=867

Seat 2

31.94% n=900

Seat 3

23.5% n=632

Seat 4

19.8% n=404

Seat 5

18.33% n=60

Seat 6

37.5% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Mendicant Core, Guidelight wins 30.73% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.73% n=955

1 mulligan

30.05% n=569

2 mulligans

22.71% n=207

3 mulligans

31.91% n=47

4 mulligans

16.67% n=12

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Mendicant Core, Guidelight 3.74/5 on average, across 1878 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 29.2% of the time across 889 tracked wins.

29.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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