Commander

Purphoros, God of the Forge

Global commander stats

All Red commanders

493 Wins

929 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Purphoros, God of the Forge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,426 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (493–929) at an Elo of 1,604, ranking #500 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.9 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 25 Aug 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 1426 recorded Playgroup games (493 wins, 929 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: 11 days.

How many decks use Purphoros, God of the Forge?

443 decks list Purphoros, God of the Forge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 250 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

500

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1604

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 2

Average kills per game 0.9

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 443

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 250

No. games played with this commander 1426

Total hours played 11 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1580	Adam	11	9	82 %
2	1575	Fithil	2	2	100 %
3	1560	CaptainKenJay	2	2	100 %
4	1554	Mastermat	19	8	42 %
5	1541	Yetik	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Purphoros, God of the Forge wins, 70.12% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

70.12%

Combat

15.38%

Combo

6.51%

Alternative

5.92%

Commander Damage

2.07%

Avg win turn 7.3 based on 502 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.

+12.6 pp

Top card: Tilonalli's Summoner

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Tilonalli's Summoner 48 games	+12.6 pp	48
2	Solphim, Mayhem Dominus 55 games	+4.7 pp	55
3	Molten Gatekeeper Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp	39
4	Firecat Blitz 55 games	+0.3 pp	55

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 41.14% of games from position 1 and 16.22% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.14% n=367

Seat 2

34.68% n=395

Seat 3

32.79% n=369

Seat 4

25.95% n=185

Seat 5

16.22% n=37

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Purphoros, God of the Forge wins 35.02% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.02% n=614

1 mulligan

35.84% n=173

2 mulligans

27.42% n=62

3 mulligans

25.0% n=8

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 3.69/5 on average, across 920 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Purphoros, God of the Forge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.7% of the time across 502 tracked wins.

65.7 \%

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.