Purphoros, God of the Forge

Global Commander Stats

447 Wins

863 Losses

Summary

Purphoros, God of the Forge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,310 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (447–863) at an Elo of 1,561, ranking #946 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.92 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Jun 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 1310 recorded Playgroup games (447 wins, 863 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: 10 days.

How many decks use Purphoros, God of the Forge?

418 decks list Purphoros, God of the Forge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 232 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

946

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1561

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.92

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 418

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 232

No. games played with this commander 1310

Total hours played 10 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1575	Fithil	2	2	100 %
2	1569	Mastermat	18	8	44 %
3	1546	Adam	6	5	83 %
4	1541	Yetik	4	2	50 %
5	1513	Evan Thomas	1	1	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Purphoros, God of the Forge wins, 69.51% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

69.51%

Combat

15.74%

Combo

6.89%

Alternative

5.57%

Commander Damage

2.3%

Avg win turn 7.3 based on 456 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Purphoros, God of the Forge wins 40.41% of games from position 1 and 17.65% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.41% n=344

Seat 2

33.52% n=361

Seat 3

33.14% n=341

Seat 4

24.71% n=174

Seat 5

17.65% n=34

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Purphoros, God of the Forge wins 33.62% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.62% n=577

1 mulligan

34.84% n=155

2 mulligans

29.63% n=54

3 mulligans

25.0% n=8

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Purphoros, God of the Forge 3.67/5 on average, across 846 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Purphoros, God of the Forge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.0% of the time across 454 tracked wins.

65.0 \%

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.