Commander

Elminster

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

371 Wins

470 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Elminster is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 841 recorded Playgroup games, winning 44% of them (371–470) at an Elo of 1,730, ranking #19 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 401946 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Elminster's win rate?

Elminster has a 44% win rate across 841 recorded Playgroup games (371 wins, 470 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?

407 decks list Elminster as their commander on Playgroup, of which 217 have played at least one recorded game.

Elminster Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1730

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 401946

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 407

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 217

No. games played with this commander 841

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1634	Kankberry	9	7	78 %
2	1608	jrula	4	4	100 %
3	1608	Nathan Kaulback	12	6	50 %
4	1601	Domik	10	6	60 %
5	1526	BartOrge	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Elminster wins, 48.94% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

48.94%

Alternative

40.07%

Combo

5.32%

Non Combat Damage

2.13%

Commander Damage

1.77%

Mill

1.77%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 381 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.

+7.2 pp

Top card: Dovin's Veto

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dovin's Veto Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+7.2 pp	37
2	Counterspell Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+7.2 pp	37
3	Ugin's Insight Signature build 32 games · Signature build	+6.3 pp	32
4	Generous Gift Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+4.9 pp	36
5	Brainstorm Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+4.2 pp	39
6	Interpret the Signs Signature build 34 games · Signature build	+2.6 pp	34
7	Clone Legion Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+2.6 pp	35
8	Deliberate Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+2.6 pp	38
9	Tamiyo's Epiphany Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	38

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 50.82% of games from position 1 and 34.65% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

50.82% n=244

Seat 2

46.9% n=226

Seat 3

41.08% n=185

Seat 4

34.65% n=127

Seat 5

43.75% n=16

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Elminster wins 41.75% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

41.75% n=309

1 mulligan

48.31% n=118

2 mulligans

42.86% n=42

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 572 self-reports.

4.01 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Elminster wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.8% of the time across 381 tracked wins.

69.8 \%

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.