Pako, Arcane Retriever

Global Commander Stats

All Gruul commanders

573 Wins

1229 Losses

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Summary

Pako, Arcane Retriever is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,802 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (573–1229) at an Elo of 1,632, ranking #298 globally.

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

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 1802 recorded Playgroup games (573 wins, 1229 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: 22 days.

How many decks use Pako, Arcane Retriever?

622 decks list Pako, Arcane Retriever as their commander on Playgroup, of which 389 have played at least one recorded game.

Pako, Arcane Retriever Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

298

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1632

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 622

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 389

No. games played with this commander 1802

Total hours played 22 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1652	Cxdy23	13	8	67 %
2	1623	Disgallion	11	6	55 %
3	1575	Kyrmaal	7	4	67 %
4	1543	Gargash	4	2	50 %
5	1541	YellowMane	17	5	29 %

How does this commander win?

When Pako, Arcane Retriever wins, 57.78% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

57.78%

Combat

32.22%

Non Combat Damage

4.44%

Alternative

3.33%

Combo

1.39%

Mill

0.56%

Poison

0.28%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 582 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Pako, Arcane Retriever wins 40.82% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.82% n=490

Seat 2

32.8% n=500

Seat 3

27.02% n=396

Seat 4

23.85% n=260

Seat 5

26.32% n=38

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Pako, Arcane Retriever wins 31.34% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.34% n=804

1 mulligan

36.68% n=229

2 mulligans

30.12% n=83

3 mulligans

13.04% n=23

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 3.69/5 on average, across 1077 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 583 tracked wins.

57.6 \%

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.