Commander

Edgar Markov

Global commander stats {R} {W} {B} All Mardu commanders
Win Rate 31%
4153 Wins
8832 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Edgar Markov is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,070 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (41538832) at an Elo of 1,613, ranking #427 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 115697 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Edgar Markov's win rate?
Edgar Markov has a 31% win rate across 13070 recorded Playgroup games (4153 wins, 8832 losses).
How long do winning games with Edgar Markov take?
Wins with Edgar Markov take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.
How many decks use Edgar Markov?
4,440 decks list Edgar Markov as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,392 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
427
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1613
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 115697
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.66
Average turn length 1 minute
No. decks for this commander 4440
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2392
No. games played with this commander 13070
Total hours played 2 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1692 Gabriel 54 24
2 1677 Martin sandberg 8 6
3 1656 Sonourous 19 8
4 1621 Digr3 17 8
5 1605 On1ine 29 13
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Edgar Markov wins, 68.8% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
68.8%
Non Combat Damage
16.24%
Combo
7.28%
Commander Damage
3.71%
Alternative
3.64%
Mill
0.27%
Poison
0.07%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 4288 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.

+6.0 pp
Top card: Master of Dark Rites
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Command Tower
Command Tower 1,344 games
+2.7 pp
12
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog 549 games
+2.4 pp
13
Three Tree City
Three Tree City 473 games
+1.7 pp
14
Diabolic Intent
Diabolic Intent 222 games
+1.7 pp
15
Godless Shrine
Godless Shrine 708 games
+1.6 pp

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 40.47% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.47% n=3842
2
Seat 2
34.06% n=3919
3
Seat 3
25.48% n=2892
4
Seat 4
22.3% n=1789
5
Seat 5
18.4% n=288
6
Seat 6
16.67% n=36
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Edgar Markov wins 32.37% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.37% n=5658
1
1 mulligan
30.77% n=1895
2
2 mulligans
28.58% n=635
3
3 mulligans
31.4% n=172
4
4 mulligans
21.62% n=37
5
5 mulligans
30.0% n=10
6
6 mulligans
40.0% n=5
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Edgar Markov 3.64/5 on average, across 8705 self-reports.

3.64 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Edgar Markov wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.6% of the time across 4294 tracked wins.

65.6 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Grothama, All-Devouring commander art
66.67%
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash commander art
66.67%
Cayth, Famed Mechanist commander art
63.64%
Odric, Lunarch Marshal commander art
62.5%
Baba Lysaga, Night Witch commander art
62.5%

Top 5 worst matchups

Zurgo Helmsmasher commander art
0.0%
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born commander art
0.0%