The Wandering Minstrel

Global Commander Stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 30%
373 Wins
855 Losses
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Summary

The Wandering Minstrel is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,228 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (373855) at an Elo of 1,687, ranking #80 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 65 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 30% win rate across 1228 recorded Playgroup games (373 wins, 855 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?
414 decks list The Wandering Minstrel as their commander on Playgroup, of which 300 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
80
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1687

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 65
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 414
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 300
No. games played with this commander 1228
Total hours played 20 days

Top 5 Public Decks

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

How does this commander win?

When The Wandering Minstrel wins, 47.19% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
47.19%
Alternative
22.11%
Non Combat Damage
13.86%
Combo
10.23%
Mill
3.3%
Commander Damage
2.64%
Poison
0.66%
Avg win turn 8.0 based on 383 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Wandering Minstrel wins 38.76% of games from position 1 and 22.73% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
38.76% n=356
2
Seat 2
29.62% n=341
3
Seat 3
27.0% n=300
4
Seat 4
23.58% n=212
5
Seat 5
22.73% n=22
6
Seat 6
33.33% n=3

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Wandering Minstrel wins 32.65% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.65% n=340
1
1 mulligan
32.2% n=236
2
2 mulligans
28.28% n=99
3
3 mulligans
11.63% n=43
4
4 mulligans
18.18% n=11
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=2
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 3.78/5 on average, across 829 self-reports.

3.78 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Wandering Minstrel wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.4% of the time across 383 tracked wins.

68.4 \%

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%
Betor, Ancestor's Voice commander art
53.85%
Sauron, the Dark Lord commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Commodore Guff commander art
Commodore Guff 12 games
8.33%
Edgar Markov commander art
Edgar Markov 11 games
9.09%
Urza, Chief Artificer commander art
10.0%