The Council of Four

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 35%
355 Wins
647 Losses

Summary

The Council of Four is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,002 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (355647) at an Elo of 1,605, ranking #460 globally.

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

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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 1002 recorded Playgroup games (355 wins, 647 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?

364 decks list The Council of Four as their commander on Playgroup, of which 208 have played at least one recorded game.

The Council of Four Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
460
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1605

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Commander Popularity Trend

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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 364
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 208
No. games played with this commander 1002
Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1747 Crownguard 19 12
2 1676 hunter rowley 37 19
3 1631 Gleeful Simulacrum 10 6
4 1592 Alex 3 2
5 1584 QueenCherry 9 5

How does this commander win?

When The Council of Four wins, 60.29% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
60.29%
Alternative
29.78%
Non Combat Damage
4.41%
Commander Damage
2.94%
Mill
1.84%
Combo
0.74%
Avg win turn 9.8 based on 360 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Council of Four wins 42.86% of games from position 6 and 28.74% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
42.55% n=275
2
Seat 2
33.57% n=286
3
Seat 3
34.25% n=219
4
Seat 4
28.74% n=174
5
Seat 5
32.14% n=28
6
Seat 6
42.86% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Council of Four wins 35.97% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
35.97% n=467
1
1 mulligan
37.29% n=177
2
2 mulligans
34.78% n=46
3
3 mulligans
30.77% n=13
4
4 mulligans
50.0% n=4
5
5 mulligans
50.0% n=2
6
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 3.86/5 on average, across 746 self-reports.

3.86 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Council of Four wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.9% of the time across 360 tracked wins.

68.9 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Atraxa, Praetors' Voice commander art
58.33%
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
58.33%
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor commander art
57.14%
Arcades, the Strategist commander art
53.85%
Bello, Bard of the Brambles commander art
52.94%

Top 5 worst matchups

Shorikai, Genesis Engine commander art
13.33%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 13 games
15.38%
Spider-Man India commander art
Spider-Man India 13 games
15.38%