Commander

Edgar Markov

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders

4895 Wins

10125 Losses

Overview

Summary

Edgar Markov is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 15,192 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (4895–10125) at an Elo of 1,556, ranking #1059 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 241649 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Edgar Markov's win rate?

Edgar Markov has a 32% win rate across 15192 recorded Playgroup games (4895 wins, 10125 losses).

How long do winning games with Edgar Markov take?

Wins with Edgar Markov take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 days.

How many decks use Edgar Markov?

5,219 decks list Edgar Markov as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,914 have played at least one recorded game.

Edgar Markov Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1059

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1556

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 241649

Average commander damage per game 343548

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.63

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 5219

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2914

No. games played with this commander 15192

Total hours played 4 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1706	Gabriel	55	25	45 %
2	1704	Rocco Jones	58	36	69 %
3	1677	Martin sandberg	8	6	75 %
4	1656	Sonourous	19	8	44 %
5	1598	Atzos	8	5	63 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Edgar Markov wins, 68.29% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

68.29%

Non Combat Damage

15.9%

Combo

8.15%

Commander Damage

3.69%

Alternative

3.6%

Mill

0.27%

Poison

0.09%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 5020 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Edgar Markov

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Edgar Markov decks that leave them out.

+8.0 pp

Top card: Pyroblast

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Pyroblast Signature build 33 games · Signature build	+8.0 pp	33
2	Wishclaw Talisman Signature build 60 games · Signature build	+6.3 pp	60
3	Underworld Breach Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+5.3 pp	46
4	Dusk Legion Sergeant 260 games	+5.1 pp	260
5	The Soul Stone Signature build 51 games · Signature build	+4.5 pp	51
6	Exquisite Blood 1,098 games	+3.8 pp	1,098
7	Windbrisk Heights 196 games	+3.7 pp	196
8	Olivia, Opulent Outlaw Signature build 41 games · Signature build	+3.5 pp	41
9	Master of Dark Rites 1,333 games	+3.1 pp	1,333
10	Angel's Grace 37 games	+3.0 pp	37

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord 892 games	+2.9 pp	892
12	Bloodline Bidding 148 games	+2.4 pp	148
13	Gamble 54 games	+2.4 pp	54
14	Baron Bertram Graywater 599 games	+2.2 pp	599
15	Vault of the Archangel 643 games	+2.0 pp	643

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?

Edgar Markov wins 40.9% of games from position 1 and 15.79% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.9% n=4707

Seat 2

34.58% n=4786

Seat 3

25.18% n=3326

Seat 4

21.57% n=2019

Seat 5

18.41% n=315

Seat 6

15.79% n=38

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Edgar Markov wins 33.0% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.0% n=6170

1 mulligan

31.45% n=2286

2 mulligans

29.06% n=776

3 mulligans

34.1% n=217

4 mulligans

20.45% n=44

5 mulligans

28.57% n=14

6 mulligans

33.33% n=6

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Edgar Markov 3.65/5 on average, across 9613 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Edgar Markov wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.0% of the time across 5050 tracked wins.

33.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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