Commander

Pako, Arcane Retriever

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders

586 Wins

1271 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Pako, Arcane Retriever is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,859 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (586–1271) at an Elo of 1,529, ranking #1427 globally.

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

Last full refresh 10 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Pako, Arcane Retriever's win rate?

Pako, Arcane Retriever has a 31% win rate across 1859 recorded Playgroup games (586 wins, 1271 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: 23 days.

How many decks use Pako, Arcane Retriever?

647 decks list Pako, Arcane Retriever as their commander on Playgroup, of which 405 have played at least one recorded game.

Pako, Arcane Retriever Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1427

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1529

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

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 647

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 405

No. games played with this commander 1859

Total hours played 23 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1652	Cxdy23	13	8	67 %
2	1623	Disgallion	13	6	46 %
3	1575	Kyrmaal	7	4	67 %
4	1543	Gargash	4	2	50 %
5	1542	YellowMane	17	5	29 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Pako, Arcane Retriever wins, 58.49% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

58.49%

Combat

31.54%

Non Combat Damage

4.31%

Alternative

3.5%

Combo

1.35%

Mill

0.54%

Poison

0.27%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 595 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Pako, Arcane Retriever wins 40.56% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.56% n=498

Seat 2

32.62% n=512

Seat 3

26.76% n=411

Seat 4

23.44% n=273

Seat 5

25.64% n=39

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Pako, Arcane Retriever wins 31.03% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.03% n=825

1 mulligan

35.86% n=237

2 mulligans

29.55% n=88

3 mulligans

11.54% n=26

4 mulligans

0.0% n=6

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Pako, Arcane Retriever 3.69/5 on average, across 1111 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Pako, Arcane Retriever wins, opponents flag the game as salty 57.6% of the time across 597 tracked wins.

57.6 \%

Head to head

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.