Commander

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

946 Wins

2762 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,719 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (946–2762) at an Elo of 1,527, ranking #1457 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 3719 recorded Playgroup games (946 wins, 2762 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?

1,114 decks list Strefan, Maurer Progenitor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 671 have played at least one recorded game.

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1457

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1527

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

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 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1114

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 671

No. games played with this commander 3719

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1622	Ryebread	16	8	50 %
2	1588	Hobbes	33	13	39 %
3	1559	Samuel S	21	6	29 %
4	1557	lurtze1	3	2	67 %
5	1556	Auk21	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Strefan, Maurer Progenitor wins, 66.35% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

66.35%

Non Combat Damage

19.41%

Commander Damage

5.16%

Combo

4.38%

Alternative

3.91%

Mill

0.63%

Poison

0.16%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 976 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.

+2.7 pp

Top card: Twilight Prophet

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Twilight Prophet 111 games	+2.7 pp		111

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 30.21% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.21% n=1066

Seat 2

25.05% n=1006

Seat 3

22.21% n=815

Seat 4

22.88% n=555

Seat 5

21.98% n=91

Seat 6

14.29% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Strefan, Maurer Progenitor wins 24.01% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.01% n=1745

1 mulligan

26.29% n=483

2 mulligans

22.37% n=152

3 mulligans

36.84% n=38

4 mulligans

22.22% n=9

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 2363 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Strefan, Maurer Progenitor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 61.4% of the time across 975 tracked wins.

61.4 \%

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.