The Wandering Minstrel

Global Commander Stats

All Five Color commanders

358 Wins

834 Losses

Summary

The Wandering Minstrel is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,192 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (358–834) at an Elo of 1,569, ranking #833 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 66 damage dealt and 0.54 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Wandering Minstrel's win rate?

The Wandering Minstrel has a 30% win rate across 1192 recorded Playgroup games (358 wins, 834 losses).

How long do winning games with The Wandering Minstrel take?

Wins with The Wandering Minstrel take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 20 days.

How many decks use The Wandering Minstrel?

404 decks list The Wandering Minstrel as their commander on Playgroup, of which 294 have played at least one recorded game.

The Wandering Minstrel Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

833

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1569

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 66

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.54

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 404

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 294

No. games played with this commander 1192

Total hours played 20 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1584	Taylor Ellis	25	12	48 %
2	1550	T1nyT3rra	8	3	38 %
3	1532	Alphi	15	5	33 %
4	1527	STJebus	2	1	50 %
5	1519	musicalemergenc	2	1	50 %

How does this commander win?

When The Wandering Minstrel wins, 47.74% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.74%

Alternative

21.25%

Non Combat Damage

13.59%

Combo

10.45%

Mill

3.48%

Commander Damage

2.79%

Poison

0.7%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 367 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Wandering Minstrel wins 38.26% of games from position 1 and 21.95% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.26% n=345

Seat 2

30.15% n=335

Seat 3

26.71% n=292

Seat 4

21.95% n=205

Seat 5

23.81% n=21

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Wandering Minstrel wins 33.33% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.33% n=324

1 mulligan

31.28% n=227

2 mulligans

28.13% n=96

3 mulligans

11.9% n=42

4 mulligans

18.18% n=11

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Wandering Minstrel 3.79/5 on average, across 794 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Wandering Minstrel wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 368 tracked wins.

67.1 \%

Best and worst matchups

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