Commander

Elminster

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

444 Wins

554 Losses

Overview

Summary

Elminster is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,002 recorded Playgroup games, winning 44% of them (444–554) at an Elo of 1,600, ranking #587 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 338998 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Elminster's win rate?

Elminster has a 44% win rate across 1002 recorded Playgroup games (444 wins, 554 losses).

How long do winning games with Elminster take?

Wins with Elminster take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 10 days.

How many decks use Elminster?

457 decks list Elminster as their commander on Playgroup, of which 252 have played at least one recorded game.

Elminster Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

587

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1600

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 338998

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.69

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 457

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 252

No. games played with this commander 1002

Total hours played 10 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1658	Kankberry	10	8	80 %
2	1608	Nathan Kaulback	12	6	50 %
3	1608	jrula	4	4	100 %
4	1601	Domik	10	6	60 %
5	1578	M33val	7	4	57 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Elminster wins, 49.55% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.55%

Alternative

40.06%

Combo

5.04%

Non Combat Damage

2.37%

Commander Damage

1.48%

Mill

1.48%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 453 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Elminster

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

+9.6 pp

Top card: Terminus

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Terminus Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+9.6 pp	37
2	Brainstorm 76 games	+8.0 pp	76
3	Deliberate 78 games	+7.7 pp	78
4	Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins Signature build 42 games · Signature build	+6.3 pp	42
5	Counterspell 61 games	+5.8 pp	61
6	Dovin's Veto 70 games	+4.7 pp	70
7	Behold the Multiverse 43 games	+4.7 pp	43
8	Fellwar Stone 62 games	+3.8 pp	62
9	Floodfarm Verge Signature build 44 games · Signature build	+3.4 pp	44
10	Hallowed Fountain 69 games	+2.2 pp	69

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Deserted Beach 47 games	+1.7 pp	47
12	Ugin's Insight 59 games	+1.2 pp	59
13	Crystal Ball 55 games	+0.1 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?

Elminster wins 50.17% of games from position 1 and 34.67% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

50.17% n=297

Seat 2

48.06% n=283

Seat 3

41.59% n=214

Seat 4

34.67% n=150

Seat 5

43.75% n=16

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Elminster wins 42.98% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

42.98% n=349

1 mulligan

44.9% n=147

2 mulligans

41.18% n=51

3 mulligans

44.44% n=9

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Elminster 4.01/5 on average, across 677 self-reports.

4.01 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Elminster wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.5% of the time across 457 tracked wins.

36.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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