Commander

Purphoros, God of the Forge

Global commander stats

All Red commanders

516 Wins

988 Losses

Overview

Summary

Purphoros, God of the Forge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,513 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (516–988) at an Elo of 1,524, ranking #1607 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.89 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 20 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Purphoros, God of the Forge's win rate?

Purphoros, God of the Forge has a 34% win rate across 1513 recorded Playgroup games (516 wins, 988 losses).

How long do winning games with Purphoros, God of the Forge take?

Wins with Purphoros, God of the Forge take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: 27 days.

How many decks use Purphoros, God of the Forge?

462 decks list Purphoros, God of the Forge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 265 have played at least one recorded game.

Purphoros, God of the Forge Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1607

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1524

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.89

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 462

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 265

No. games played with this commander 1513

Total hours played 27 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1608	Adam	13	11	85 %
2	1575	Fithil	2	2	100 %
3	1560	CaptainKenJay	2	2	100 %
4	1555	HumbleBiscuits	2	2	100 %
5	1541	Yetik	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Purphoros, God of the Forge wins, 70.06% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

70.06%

Combat

15.54%

Combo

6.5%

Alternative

5.65%

Commander Damage

2.26%

Avg win turn 7.2 based on 527 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Purphoros, God of the Forge

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Purphoros, God of the Forge decks that leave them out.

+14.0 pp

Top card: Tilonalli's Summoner

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Tilonalli's Summoner 51 games	+14.0 pp	51
2	Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+6.9 pp	38
3	Myriad Landscape Signature build 40 games · Signature build	+4.8 pp	40
4	Song of Totentanz Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+2.3 pp	39
5	Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin Signature build 53 games · Signature build	+1.5 pp	53
6	Solphim, Mayhem Dominus 63 games	+0.6 pp	63

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?

Purphoros, God of the Forge wins 40.99% of games from position 1 and 17.95% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.99% n=405

Seat 2

33.03% n=433

Seat 3

31.87% n=386

Seat 4

27.18% n=195

Seat 5

17.95% n=39

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Purphoros, God of the Forge wins 35.3% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.3% n=626

1 mulligan

35.83% n=187

2 mulligans

26.15% n=65

3 mulligans

22.22% n=9

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Purphoros, God of the Forge 3.68/5 on average, across 986 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Purphoros, God of the Forge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 39.8% of the time across 528 tracked wins.

39.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Purphoros, God of the Forge. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.