The Wandering Minstrel

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 30%
310 Wins
713 Losses

Summary

The Wandering Minstrel is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,023 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (310713) at an Elo of 1,586, ranking #654 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 77 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is The Wandering Minstrel's win rate?

The Wandering Minstrel has a 30% win rate across 1023 recorded Playgroup games (310 wins, 713 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: 11 days.

How many decks use The Wandering Minstrel?

342 decks list The Wandering Minstrel as their commander on Playgroup, of which 249 have played at least one recorded game.

The Wandering Minstrel Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
654
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1586

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 77
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.57
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 342
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 249
No. games played with this commander 1023
Total hours played 11 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1584 Taylor Ellis 25 12
2 1572 Devius121 7 3
3 1560 Alphi 13 5
4 1527 STJebus 2 1
5 1513 ThunderYeti 7 4

How does this commander win?

When The Wandering Minstrel wins, 47.37% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
47.37%
Alternative
21.05%
Non Combat Damage
14.98%
Combo
9.72%
Mill
4.05%
Commander Damage
2.02%
Poison
0.81%
Avg win turn 8.0 based on 318 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Wandering Minstrel wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 22.95% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
37.2% n=293
2
Seat 2
29.89% n=281
3
Seat 3
28.24% n=255
4
Seat 4
22.95% n=183
5
Seat 5
26.32% n=19
6
Seat 6
50.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Wandering Minstrel wins 34.06% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.06% n=276
1
1 mulligan
31.38% n=188
2
2 mulligans
25.0% n=72
3
3 mulligans
13.51% n=37
4
4 mulligans
20.0% n=10
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
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 3.77/5 on average, across 667 self-reports.

3.77 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Wandering Minstrel wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.1% of the time across 319 tracked wins.

66.1 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Eshki, Temur's Roar commander art
58.33%
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus commander art
58.33%
Felothar the Steadfast commander art
50.0%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
6.67%
Marneus Calgar commander art
Marneus Calgar 11 games
9.09%
Commodore Guff commander art
Commodore Guff 10 games
10.0%