Elminster

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 44%
341 Wins
432 Losses

Summary

Elminster is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 773 recorded Playgroup games, winning 44% of them (341432) at an Elo of 1,582, ranking #684 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 455598 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh
Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Elminster's win rate?

Elminster has a 44% win rate across 773 recorded Playgroup games (341 wins, 432 losses).

How long do winning games with Elminster take?

Wins with Elminster take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 days.

How many decks use Elminster?

365 decks list Elminster as their commander on Playgroup, of which 198 have played at least one recorded game.

Elminster Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
684
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1582

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 455598
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 365
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 198
No. games played with this commander 773
Total hours played 7 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1609 Kankberry 7 6
2 1608 jrula 4 4
3 1601 Domik 10 6
4 1579 Nathan Kaulback 11 5
5 1526 burpleberry 13 6

How does this commander win?

When Elminster wins, 47.49% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
47.49%
Alternative
40.93%
Combo
5.41%
Non Combat Damage
2.32%
Commander Damage
1.93%
Mill
1.93%
Avg win turn 9.7 based on 351 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Elminster wins 51.8% of games from position 1 and 34.19% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
51.8% n=222
2
Seat 2
47.6% n=208
3
Seat 3
40.12% n=172
4
Seat 4
34.19% n=117
5
Seat 5
40.0% n=15
6
Seat 6
50.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Elminster wins 41.46% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
41.46% n=287
1
1 mulligan
48.0% n=100
2
2 mulligans
37.14% n=35
3
3 mulligans
44.44% n=9
4
4 mulligans
50.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Elminster 3.99/5 on average, across 522 self-reports.

3.99 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Elminster wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.3% of the time across 350 tracked wins.

68.3 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
80.0%
Aminatou, Veil Piercer commander art
64.29%
Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 13 games
61.54%
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
60.0%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
58.33%

Top 5 worst matchups