The Council of Four

Global Commander Stats

367 Wins

676 Losses

Summary

The Council of Four is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,043 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (367–676) at an Elo of 1,548, ranking #1102 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 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 1043 recorded Playgroup games (367 wins, 676 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?

375 decks list The Council of Four as their commander on Playgroup, of which 216 have played at least one recorded game.

The Council of Four Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1102

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1548

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 0.63

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 375

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 216

No. games played with this commander 1043

Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1747	Crownguard	19	12	63 %
2	1679	hunter rowley	37	19	51 %
3	1631	Gleeful Simulacrum	10	6	60 %
4	1592	Alex	3	2	67 %
5	1584	QueenCherry	9	5	56 %

How does this commander win?

When The Council of Four wins, 60.57% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

60.57%

Alternative

29.75%

Non Combat Damage

4.3%

Commander Damage

2.87%

Mill

1.79%

Combo

0.72%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 372 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Council of Four wins 42.86% of games from position 6 and 29.28% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.07% n=290

Seat 2

33.22% n=292

Seat 3

33.77% n=231

Seat 4

29.28% n=181

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 35.6% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.6% n=486

1 mulligan

37.5% n=184

2 mulligans

34.69% n=49

3 mulligans

30.77% n=13

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 3.85/5 on average, across 779 self-reports.

3.85 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Council of Four wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.6% of the time across 372 tracked wins.

69.6 \%

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.