Elminster

Global Commander Stats

All Azorius commanders

353 Wins

454 Losses

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Summary

Elminster is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 807 recorded Playgroup games, winning 43% of them (353–454) at an Elo of 1,612, ranking #434 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 426820 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Elminster's win rate?

Elminster has a 43% win rate across 807 recorded Playgroup games (353 wins, 454 losses).

How long do winning games with Elminster take?

Wins with Elminster take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Elminster?

391 decks list Elminster as their commander on Playgroup, of which 214 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

434

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1612

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 426820

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 391

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 214

No. games played with this commander 807

Total hours played 8 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1634	Kankberry	9	7	78 %
2	1608	jrula	4	4	100 %
3	1601	Domik	10	6	60 %
4	1579	Nathan Kaulback	11	5	45 %
5	1526	burpleberry	13	6	46 %

How does this commander win?

When Elminster wins, 47.96% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.96%

Alternative

40.89%

Combo

5.2%

Non Combat Damage

2.23%

Commander Damage

1.86%

Mill

1.86%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 364 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Elminster wins 51.71% of games from position 1 and 33.88% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

51.71% n=234

Seat 2

46.58% n=219

Seat 3

39.89% n=178

Seat 4

33.88% n=121

Seat 5

43.75% n=16

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Elminster wins 41.0% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

41.0% n=300

1 mulligan

47.71% n=109

2 mulligans

38.89% n=36

3 mulligans

44.44% n=9

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Elminster 4.0/5 on average, across 547 self-reports.

4.0 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Elminster wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.0% of the time across 364 tracked wins.

69.0 \%

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.