Pako, Arcane Retriever

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 31%
522 Wins
1128 Losses

Summary

Pako, Arcane Retriever is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,650 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (5221128) at an Elo of 1,466, ranking #3091 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.82 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Pako, Arcane Retriever's win rate?

Pako, Arcane Retriever has a 31% win rate across 1650 recorded Playgroup games (522 wins, 1128 losses).

How long do winning games with Pako, Arcane Retriever take?

Wins with Pako, Arcane Retriever take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 21 days.

How many decks use Pako, Arcane Retriever?

589 decks list Pako, Arcane Retriever as their commander on Playgroup, of which 368 have played at least one recorded game.

Pako, Arcane Retriever Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
3091
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1466

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 10
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.82
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 589
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 368
No. games played with this commander 1650
Total hours played 21 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1652 Cxdy23 13 8
2 1623 Disgallion 9 6
3 1575 Kyrmaal 7 4
4 1554 tigz 11 4
5 1543 Gargash 4 2

How does this commander win?

When Pako, Arcane Retriever wins, 57.45% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage
57.45%
Combat
32.3%
Non Combat Damage
4.35%
Alternative
3.42%
Combo
1.55%
Mill
0.62%
Poison
0.31%
Avg win turn 8.7 based on 531 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Pako, Arcane Retriever wins 40.45% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.45% n=445
2
Seat 2
32.45% n=453
3
Seat 3
27.5% n=360
4
Seat 4
23.43% n=239
5
Seat 5
28.57% n=35
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Pako, Arcane Retriever wins 31.17% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.17% n=754
1
1 mulligan
37.06% n=197
2
2 mulligans
32.43% n=74
3
3 mulligans
5.26% n=19
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=5

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Pako, Arcane Retriever 3.68/5 on average, across 986 self-reports.

3.68 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Pako, Arcane Retriever wins, opponents flag the game as salty 58.4% of the time across 531 tracked wins.

58.4 \%

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Éowyn, Shieldmaiden commander art
66.67%
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice commander art
60.0%
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal commander art
60.0%
Omo, Queen of Vesuva commander art
58.33%
Alela, Cunning Conqueror commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Baylen, the Haymaker commander art
0.0%
Feather, the Redeemed commander art
0.0%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy commander art
6.67%
Omnath, Locus of All commander art
9.09%