Commander

The Wandering Minstrel

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 29%
384 Wins
900 Losses
Playtest a community deck
Overview

Summary

The Wandering Minstrel is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,294 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (384900) at an Elo of 1,449, ranking #3973 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 486289 damage dealt and 0.55 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 29% win rate across 1294 recorded Playgroup games (384 wins, 900 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: 19 days.
How many decks use The Wandering Minstrel?
465 decks list The Wandering Minstrel as their commander on Playgroup, of which 327 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3973
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1449
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 486289
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.55
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 465
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 327
No. games played with this commander 1294
Total hours played 19 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1585 Zundy 6 3
2 1580 Taylor Ellis 25 12
3 1550 T1nyT3rra 8 3
4 1528 Alphi 15 5
5 1527 STJebus 2 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Wandering Minstrel wins, 48.06% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
48.06%
Alternative
21.94%
Non Combat Damage
13.55%
Combo
10.0%
Mill
3.23%
Commander Damage
2.58%
Poison
0.65%
Avg win turn 8.0 based on 393 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for The Wandering Minstrel

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Wandering Minstrel decks that leave them out.

+8.7 pp
Top card: Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

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?

The Wandering Minstrel wins 37.4% of games from position 1 and 22.73% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
37.4% n=369
2
Seat 2
29.06% n=351
3
Seat 3
26.97% n=304
4
Seat 4
24.55% n=220
5
Seat 5
22.73% n=22
6
Seat 6
33.33% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Wandering Minstrel wins 31.08% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.08% n=370
1
1 mulligan
31.98% n=247
2
2 mulligans
26.42% n=106
3
3 mulligans
12.77% n=47
4
4 mulligans
18.18% n=11
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=4
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

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 866 self-reports.

3.79 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Wandering Minstrel wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.3% of the time across 394 tracked wins.

69.3 \%
Head to head

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
57.14%
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus commander art
53.85%
Felothar the Steadfast commander art
52.17%
Betor, Ancestor's Voice commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Commodore Guff commander art
Commodore Guff 13 games
7.69%
Edgar Markov commander art
Edgar Markov 11 games
9.09%
Urza, Chief Artificer commander art
10.0%