The Council of Four

Global Commander Stats

380 Wins

692 Losses

Summary

The Council of Four is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,072 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (380–692) at an Elo of 1,676, ranking #106 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Council of Four's win rate?

The Council of Four has a 35% win rate across 1072 recorded Playgroup games (380 wins, 692 losses).

How long do winning games with The Council of Four take?

Wins with The Council of Four take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use The Council of Four?

389 decks list The Council of Four as their commander on Playgroup, of which 228 have played at least one recorded game.

The Council of Four Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

106

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1676

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 389

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 228

No. games played with this commander 1072

Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1747	Crownguard	19	12	63 %
2	1702	hunter rowley	38	20	53 %
3	1631	Gleeful Simulacrum	10	6	60 %
4	1596	StillJenniFromTheStack	7	4	57 %
5	1592	Alex	3	2	67 %

How does this commander win?

When The Council of Four wins, 60.9% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

60.9%

Alternative

29.76%

Non Combat Damage

4.15%

Commander Damage

2.77%

Mill

1.73%

Combo

0.69%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 384 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Council of Four wins 42.86% of games from position 6 and 29.57% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.23% n=296

Seat 2

34.0% n=300

Seat 3

33.76% n=237

Seat 4

29.57% n=186

Seat 5

30.0% n=30

Seat 6

42.86% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Council of Four wins 35.9% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.9% n=493

1 mulligan

38.95% n=190

2 mulligans

34.69% n=49

3 mulligans

33.33% n=15

4 mulligans

50.0% n=4

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Council of Four 3.84/5 on average, across 803 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Council of Four wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.9% of the time across 385 tracked wins.

69.9 \%

Best and worst matchups

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