Commander

Obeka, Brute Chronologist

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

527 Wins

1394 Losses

Overview

Summary

Obeka, Brute Chronologist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,943 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (527–1394) at an Elo of 1,500, ranking #2028 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1230530 damage dealt and 0.59 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Obeka, Brute Chronologist's win rate?

Obeka, Brute Chronologist has a 27% win rate across 1943 recorded Playgroup games (527 wins, 1394 losses).

How long do winning games with Obeka, Brute Chronologist take?

Wins with Obeka, Brute Chronologist take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Obeka, Brute Chronologist?

734 decks list Obeka, Brute Chronologist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 387 have played at least one recorded game.

Obeka, Brute Chronologist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

2028

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1500

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1230530

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.59

Average turn length 5 minutes

No. decks for this commander 734

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 387

No. games played with this commander 1943

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1613	PapaTriste	20	13	65 %
2	1597	Codexsca	36	13	36 %
3	1581	Marco Lecci	27	8	30 %
4	1577	samichman11	27	12	44 %
5	1552	Its_Blex	9	4	44 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Obeka, Brute Chronologist wins, 67.75% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

67.75%

Combo

12.13%

Non Combat Damage

11.24%

Alternative

6.21%

Commander Damage

1.18%

Mill

0.89%

Poison

0.59%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 529 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Obeka, Brute Chronologist

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Obeka, Brute Chronologist decks that leave them out.

+9.4 pp

Top card: Flameshadow Conjuring

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Flameshadow Conjuring 221 games	+9.4 pp	221
2	Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 185 games	+6.9 pp	185
3	Hellkite Courser 193 games	+6.5 pp	193
4	Warrior's Oath 163 games	+3.7 pp	163
5	Sedris, the Traitor King 147 games	+1.9 pp	147
6	Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink 168 games	+0.8 pp	168

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?

Obeka, Brute Chronologist wins 32.42% of games from position 1 and 5.13% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.42% n=546

Seat 2

26.73% n=535

Seat 3

22.57% n=421

Seat 4

22.89% n=284

Seat 5

5.13% n=39

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Obeka, Brute Chronologist wins 27.03% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.03% n=851

1 mulligan

31.7% n=265

2 mulligans

22.9% n=131

3 mulligans

31.03% n=29

4 mulligans

40.0% n=5

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Obeka, Brute Chronologist 3.67/5 on average, across 1243 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Obeka, Brute Chronologist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.6% of the time across 534 tracked wins.

34.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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