Pako, Arcane Retriever

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 31%
535 Wins
1160 Losses

Summary

Pako, Arcane Retriever is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,695 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (5351160) at an Elo of 1,537, ranking #1253 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? â–¾

Pako, Arcane Retriever has a 31% win rate across 1695 recorded Playgroup games (535 wins, 1160 losses).

How long do winning games with Pako, Arcane Retriever take? â–¾

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

How many decks use Pako, Arcane Retriever? â–¾

598 decks list Pako, Arcane Retriever as their commander on Playgroup, of which 376 have played at least one recorded game.

Pako, Arcane Retriever Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1253
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1537

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 598
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 376
No. games played with this commander 1695
Total hours played 21 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1652 Cxdy23 13 8
2 1623 Disgallion 10 6
3 1575 Kyrmaal 7 4
4 1543 Gargash 4 2
5 1541 YellowMane 17 5

How does this commander win?

When Pako, Arcane Retriever wins, 57.66% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage
57.66%
Combat
32.43%
Non Combat Damage
4.2%
Alternative
3.3%
Combo
1.5%
Mill
0.6%
Poison
0.3%
Avg win turn 8.7 based on 544 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Pako, Arcane Retriever wins 40.48% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.48% n=457
2
Seat 2
31.97% n=466
3
Seat 3
27.15% n=372
4
Seat 4
23.79% n=248
5
Seat 5
27.78% n=36
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Pako, Arcane Retriever wins 31.15% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.15% n=764
1
1 mulligan
36.06% n=208
2
2 mulligans
31.17% n=77
3
3 mulligans
13.64% n=22
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 1012 self-reports.

3.68 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Pako, Arcane Retriever wins, opponents flag the game as salty 58.1% of the time across 544 tracked wins.

58.1 \%

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
53.85%
Kardur, Doomscourge commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Feather, the Redeemed commander art
0.0%
Baylen, the Haymaker commander art
0.0%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy commander art
6.67%
Zinnia, Valley's Voice commander art
9.09%