Commander

Gandalf, Party Guest

Global commander stats {U} {R} {W} All Jeskai commanders
Win Rate 26%
91 Wins
215 Losses
Overview

Summary

Gandalf, Party Guest is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 340 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (91–215) at an Elo of 1,562, ranking #963 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gandalf, Party Guest's win rate?
Gandalf, Party Guest has a 26% win rate across 340 recorded Playgroup games (91 wins, 215 losses).
How long do winning games with Gandalf, Party Guest take?
Wins with Gandalf, Party Guest take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 days.
How many decks use Gandalf, Party Guest?
228 decks list Gandalf, Party Guest as their commander on Playgroup, of which 148 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
963
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1562
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.53
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 228
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 148
No. games played with this commander 340
Total hours played 4 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1551 Eirik Hole 2 2
2 1549 Kbrem 1 1
3 1547 coleition 1 1
4 1538 mjohnson9677@gmail.com 2 1
5 1537 RogoOne 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gandalf, Party Guest wins, 56.72% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
56.72%
Non Combat Damage
26.87%
Combo
8.96%
Commander Damage
4.48%
Alternative
2.99%
Avg win turn 8.8 based on 90 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Gandalf, Party Guest

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

+14.9 pp
Top card: Harmonized Crescendo
Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)
# Card Lift
11
Kykar, Wind's Fury
Kykar, Wind's Fury 104 games
+0.4 pp
12
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Baral, Chief of Compliance 88 games
+0.0 pp

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?

Gandalf, Party Guest wins 30.19% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
30.19% n=106
2
Seat 2
30.11% n=93
3
Seat 3
27.78% n=90
4
Seat 4
14.63% n=41
5
Seat 5
0.0% n=3
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=1
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gandalf, Party Guest wins 28.13% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.13% n=112
1
1 mulligan
21.92% n=73
2
2 mulligans
27.27% n=33
3
3 mulligans
27.78% n=9
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gandalf, Party Guest 3.81/5 on average, across 185 self-reports.

3.81 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Gandalf, Party Guest wins, opponents flag the game as salty 22.0% of the time across 91 tracked wins.

22.0 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Tidus, Yuna's Guardian commander art
27.27%
Hearthhull, the Worldseed commander art
27.27%
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER commander art
10.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER commander art
10.0%
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian commander art
27.27%
Hearthhull, the Worldseed commander art
27.27%