Commander

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

Global commander stats {W} All White commanders
Win Rate 37%
399 Wins
652 Losses
Overview

Summary

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,065 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (399652) at an Elo of 1,632, ranking #309 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.79 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Cloud, Midgar Mercenary's win rate?
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary has a 37% win rate across 1065 recorded Playgroup games (399 wins, 652 losses).
How long do winning games with Cloud, Midgar Mercenary take?
Wins with Cloud, Midgar Mercenary take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.
How many decks use Cloud, Midgar Mercenary?
366 decks list Cloud, Midgar Mercenary as their commander on Playgroup, of which 223 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
309
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1632
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 10
Average poison counters given per game 6
Average kills per game 0.79
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 366
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 223
No. games played with this commander 1065
Total hours played 12 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1732 WhereamIHelp! 16 12
2 1709 EATMAN 86 37
3 1634 Xdecifer 14 8
4 1577 David VF 9 6
5 1548 pvtkranox 3 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Cloud, Midgar Mercenary wins, 64.79% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage
64.79%
Combat
26.06%
Poison
2.82%
Alternative
2.82%
Non Combat Damage
2.46%
Combo
1.06%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 412 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Cloud, Midgar Mercenary decks that leave them out.

+10.4 pp
Top card: Excalibur, Sword of Eden
Show 1 more (ranks 11-11)
# Card Lift
11
Blackblade Reforged
Blackblade Reforged 74 games · Signature build
+2.9 pp

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?

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary wins 66.67% of games from position 6 and 19.05% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
44.12% n=323
2
Seat 2
38.91% n=338
3
Seat 3
34.5% n=271
4
Seat 4
28.37% n=141
5
Seat 5
19.05% n=21
6
Seat 6
66.67% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Cloud, Midgar Mercenary wins 38.48% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
38.48% n=343
1
1 mulligan
33.77% n=154
2
2 mulligans
28.57% n=56
3
3 mulligans
36.84% n=19
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=2
5
5 mulligans
50.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 3.84/5 on average, across 676 self-reports.

3.84 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Cloud, Midgar Mercenary wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.9% of the time across 416 tracked wins.

63.9 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Atraxa, Praetors' Voice commander art
66.67%
Hope Estheim commander art
Hope Estheim 18 games
66.67%
Lightning, Army of One commander art
63.64%
Piru, the Volatile commander art
53.85%
Hazel of the Rootbloom commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion commander art
0.0%
Sauron, the Necromancer commander art
6.25%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy commander art
9.09%
Estinien Varlineau commander art
9.09%