Commander

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

1053 Wins

3061 Losses

Overview

Summary

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,156 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (1053–3061) at an Elo of 1,479, ranking #4142 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Strefan, Maurer Progenitor's win rate?

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor has a 25% win rate across 4156 recorded Playgroup games (1053 wins, 3061 losses).

How long do winning games with Strefan, Maurer Progenitor take?

Wins with Strefan, Maurer Progenitor take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Strefan, Maurer Progenitor?

1,259 decks list Strefan, Maurer Progenitor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 767 have played at least one recorded game.

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4142

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1479

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1259

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 767

No. games played with this commander 4156

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1622	Ryebread	16	8	50 %
2	1594	Hobbes	35	14	40 %
3	1584	Voodoovalley	4	4	100 %
4	1559	Samuel S	23	8	35 %
5	1557	lurtze1	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Strefan, Maurer Progenitor wins, 65.82% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

65.82%

Non Combat Damage

19.77%

Combo

5.08%

Commander Damage

4.8%

Alternative

3.81%

Mill

0.56%

Poison

0.14%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1077 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

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

+7.5 pp

Top card: Blood Tribute

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Blood Tribute 72 games	+7.5 pp	72
2	Read the Bones Signature build 49 games · Signature build	+6.4 pp	49
3	New Blood 78 games	+5.6 pp	78
4	The Haunt of Hightower Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+4.5 pp	59
5	Twilight Prophet 187 games	+4.3 pp	187
6	Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 110 games	+1.7 pp	110
7	Sign in Blood 86 games	+1.1 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?

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor wins 30.18% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.18% n=1231

Seat 2

25.5% n=1143

Seat 3

21.8% n=899

Seat 4

21.64% n=610

Seat 5

21.65% n=97

Seat 6

14.29% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Strefan, Maurer Progenitor wins 24.55% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.55% n=1835

1 mulligan

26.01% n=546

2 mulligans

21.51% n=172

3 mulligans

30.43% n=46

4 mulligans

16.67% n=12

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Strefan, Maurer Progenitor 3.67/5 on average, across 2607 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Strefan, Maurer Progenitor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.2% of the time across 1083 tracked wins.

34.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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