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Commander Colors

Playgroup.gg tracks win rates for all 32 Commander color identities across 275,950 casual games from the last 365 days. The highest-performing identity is Colorless at 28.99%, while Grixis has the lowest at 23.3%.

32
Identities
275,950
Games

Two Color

10 identities

10 two color identities tracked across 199,288 games. Izzet leads at 28.64% win rate.

Three Color

10 identities

10 three color identities tracked across 224,727 games. Temur leads at 28.5% win rate.

Five Color

1 identity

1 five color identity tracked across 56,771 games. Five Color leads at 26.87% win rate.

Colorless

1 identity

1 colorless identity tracked across 6,547 games. Colorless leads at 28.99% win rate.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best color identity in Commander?

Based on 275,950 tracked casual Commander games in the last 365 days, Colorless has the highest win rate at 28.99%. Win rates are normalized to a 4-player baseline (25% expected) so pod size differences are weighted fairly.

How is the highest-winrate commander picked for each color?

Within each color identity, we surface the commander with the highest pod-size-normalized win rate. To qualify, a commander needs at least 40 tracked games and at least 7 distinct registered pilots in the last 365 days. The pilot floor stops a single grinder from landing their pet deck at the top, and the threshold scales up for longer windows so a tight playgroup can't dominate.

How are color identity win rates calculated?

Playgroup.gg calculates win rates from games tracked through the app. Each win is weighted by pod size (a win in a 2-player game counts differently than a win in a 5-player game) to normalize to the 25% expected baseline for 4-player Commander.

How many color identities are there in Commander?

There are 32 possible color identities in Magic: The Gathering Commander: 5 mono-color, 10 two-color guilds, 10 three-color shards and wedges, 5 four-color, 1 five-color, and colorless.

How often is the color identity data updated?

Stats refresh every 6 hours using a last 365 days window of tracked games. Rankings shift gradually as new games are recorded and older games age out.

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