Commander

The Council of Four

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

415 Wins

765 Losses

Overview

Summary

The Council of Four is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,183 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (415–765) at an Elo of 1,659, ranking #176 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Sep 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 1183 recorded Playgroup games (415 wins, 765 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: 14 days.

How many decks use The Council of Four?

430 decks list The Council of Four as their commander on Playgroup, of which 247 have played at least one recorded game.

The Council of Four Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

176

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1659

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 430

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 248

No. games played with this commander 1183

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1747	Crownguard	19	12	63 %
2	1740	hunter rowley	40	22	55 %
3	1662	Gleeful Simulacrum	11	7	64 %
4	1596	StillJenniFromTheStack	7	4	57 %
5	1592	Alex	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Council of Four wins, 63.26% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

63.26%

Alternative

27.48%

Non Combat Damage

3.83%

Commander Damage

2.56%

Mill

1.92%

Combo

0.96%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 419 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for The Council of Four

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Council of Four decks that leave them out.

+7.6 pp

Top card: Wizard Class

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Wizard Class 97 games	+7.6 pp	97
2	Psychosis Crawler 101 games	+4.0 pp	101
3	Smuggler's Share Signature build 64 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	64
4	Your Temple Is Under Attack Signature build 51 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	51
5	Thought Vessel 145 games	+1.3 pp	145
6	Prince Imrahil the Fair 96 games	+1.2 pp	96
7	Ominous Seas 56 games	+0.7 pp	56

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?

The Council of Four wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 30.77% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.02% n=326

Seat 2

32.82% n=323

Seat 3

32.58% n=267

Seat 4

30.77% n=208

Seat 5

34.38% n=32

Seat 6

50.0% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Council of Four wins 35.25% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.25% n=522

1 mulligan

37.56% n=213

2 mulligans

32.2% n=59

3 mulligans

35.29% n=17

4 mulligans

50.0% n=4

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Council of Four 3.82/5 on average, across 890 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Council of Four wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.6% of the time across 419 tracked wins.

71.6 \%

Head to head

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.