Commander

Molecule Man

Global commander stats

All Colorless commanders

99 Wins

167 Losses

Overview

Summary

Molecule Man is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 300 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (99–167) at an Elo of 1,539, ranking #1317 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.43 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Molecule Man's win rate?

Molecule Man has a 33% win rate across 300 recorded Playgroup games (99 wins, 167 losses).

How long do winning games with Molecule Man take?

Wins with Molecule Man take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 days.

How many decks use Molecule Man?

164 decks list Molecule Man as their commander on Playgroup, of which 105 have played at least one recorded game.

Molecule Man Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1317

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1539

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.43

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 164

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 105

No. games played with this commander 300

Total hours played 3 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1559	bubbadu	8	4	50 %
2	1558	Aedricthebard	6	3	50 %
3	1535	WardenCale	1	1	100 %
4	1529	TeddyS	5	3	60 %
5	1512	Copomecopia	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Molecule Man wins, 73.58% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.58%

Alternative

11.32%

Commander Damage

5.66%

Poison

5.66%

Non Combat Damage

3.77%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 99 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Molecule Man

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

+17.4 pp

Top card: Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Mikokoro, Center of the Sea 60 games	+17.4 pp	60
2	Geier Reach Sanitarium 66 games	+15.2 pp	66
3	Ugin, Eye of the Storms 74 games	+14.7 pp	74
4	Darksteel Monolith 83 games	+14.2 pp	83
5	Crystal Vein 42 games	+13.7 pp	42
6	Sanctum of Ugin 57 games	+10.4 pp	57
7	Eldrazi Confluence 31 games	+10.3 pp	31
8	Sensei's Divining Top 90 games	+6.7 pp	90
9	Rise of the Eldrazi 81 games	+6.4 pp	81
10	Ancient Tomb 83 games	+5.2 pp	83

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Zhalfirin Void 47 games	+3.6 pp	47
12	Cavern of Souls 47 games	+3.5 pp	47
13	Zhulodok, Void Gorger 80 games	+3.2 pp	80
14	Mishra's Bauble 45 games	+1.9 pp	45
15	Ugin's Labyrinth 86 games	+1.9 pp	86

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?

Molecule Man wins 39.13% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.13% n=92

Seat 2

32.41% n=108

Seat 3

31.63% n=49

Seat 4

30.43% n=46

Seat 5

0.0% n=3

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Molecule Man wins 28.49% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.49% n=86

1 mulligan

49.23% n=65

2 mulligans

23.68% n=19

3 mulligans

28.57% n=7

4 mulligans

16.67% n=6

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Molecule Man 3.82/5 on average, across 142 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Molecule Man wins, opponents flag the game as salty 23.2% of the time across 99 tracked wins.

23.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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