Commander Best Arquetypes

Commander MetaStaplesDecklistsGuidesWinrate %Top playersCollection

%

Deck name

Decks

Games

Win %

Cost

Deck tech

1.1%

Niv-Mizzet, Parun image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Niv-Mizzet, Parun

3

-

-

39537.40TIX 23.83

Deck tech

1.1%

Xyris, the Writhing Storm image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Xyris, the Writhing Storm

3

-

-

113979.74TIX 53.76

-

1.1%

Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge

3

-

-

83581.99TIX 22.51

Deck tech

1.1%

Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant

3

-

-

101098.94TIX 49.64

-

0.7%

Tatyova, Benthic Druid image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Tatyova, Benthic Druid

2

-

-

105398.58TIX 44.06

-

0.7%

Tivit, Seller of Secrets image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Tivit, Seller of Secrets

2

-

-

290721.81TIX 82.93

-

0.7%

Atarka, World Render image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Atarka, World Render

2

-

-

30052.65TIX 13.25

-

0.7%

Zada, Hedron Grinder image

Icons of mtg Zada, Hedron Grinder

2

-

-

32267.56TIX 18.87

-

0.7%

Gishath, Sun's Avatar image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Gishath, Sun's Avatar

2

-

-

66229.92TIX 26.63

-

0.7%

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

2

-

-

156671.87TIX 38.58

-

0.7%

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Breeches, Brazen Plunderer image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

2

-

-

16372.34TIX 16.54

-

0.7%

Rashmi and Ragavan image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Rashmi and Ragavan

2

-

-

62012.26TIX 29.33

-

0.7%

Magda, Brazen Outlaw image

Icons of mtg Magda, Brazen Outlaw

2

-

-

98284.40TIX 45.84

Deck tech

0.7%

Rin and Seri, Inseparable image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Rin and Seri, Inseparable

2

-

-

84185.00TIX 39.57

-

0.7%

Chatterfang, Squirrel General image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Chatterfang, Squirrel General

2

-

-

101472.29TIX 47.77

Deck tech

0.7%

Hokori, Dust Drinker image

Icons of mtg Hokori, Dust Drinker

2

-

-

20065.90TIX 21.81

-

0.7%

Isshin, Two Heavens as One image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Isshin, Two Heavens as One

2

-

-

55740.88TIX 25.42

Deck tech

0.7%

Numot, the Devastator image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Numot, the Devastator

2

-

-

69089.90TIX 37.08

-

0.7%

Legolas, Master Archer image

Icons of mtg Legolas, Master Archer

2

-

-

31557.09TIX 24.96

-

0.7%

Voja, Jaws of the Conclave image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

2

-

-

107125.31TIX 64.06

Deck tech

0.7%

Rafiq of the Many image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Rafiq of the Many

2

-

-

108164.91TIX 26.58

-

0.7%

The First Sliver image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg The First Sliver

2

-

-

315165.34TIX 73.38

Deck tech

0.7%

Dina, Soul Steeper image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Dina, Soul Steeper

2

-

-

45698.56TIX 22.81

Deck tech

0.7%

Ellivere of the Wild Court image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Ellivere of the Wild Court

2

-

-

64436.87TIX 25.86

Deck tech

0.4%

Hakbal of the Surging Soul image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Hakbal of the Surging Soul

1

-

-

73289.45TIX 40.25

Deck tech

0.4%

Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief image

Icons of mtg Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief

1

-

-

204259.58TIX 34.34

-

0.4%

BGU image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg BGU

1

29

34.5%

19450.62TIX 142.02

-

0.4%

Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa

1

-

-

34410.93TIX 24.81

-

0.4%

Galadriel, Light of Valinor image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Galadriel, Light of Valinor

1

-

-

2561425.70TIX 58.68

Deck tech

0.4%

Sliver Queen image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Sliver Queen

1

-

-

2054806.66TIX 132.75

-

0.4%

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

1

-

-

76044.42TIX 46.89

Deck tech

0.4%

Killian, Ink Duelist image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Killian, Ink Duelist

1

-

-

59299.96TIX 23.81

-

0.4%

Queza, Augur of Agonies image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Queza, Augur of Agonies

1

-

-

103810.62TIX 43.73

-

0.4%

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

1

-

-

63878.07TIX 27.35

Deck tech

0.4%

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

1

-

-

51415.75TIX 47.17

Deck tech

0.4%

Urza, Chief Artificer image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Urza, Chief Artificer

1

-

-

185717.46TIX 55.59

Deck tech

0.4%

Norin the Wary image

Icons of mtg Norin the Wary

1

-

-

65949.30TIX 40.29

-

0.4%

Gluntch, the Bestower image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Gluntch, the Bestower

1

-

-

41408.44TIX 25.12

-

0.4%

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

1

-

-

26788.31TIX 22.44

-

0.4%

Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact

1

-

-

29826.37TIX 13.63

Deck tech

0.4%

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

1

-

-

63419.07TIX 49.65

Deck tech

0.4%

Sméagol, Helpful Guide image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Sméagol, Helpful Guide

1

-

-

114018.12TIX 40.05

Deck tech

0.4%

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist // Tana, the Bloodsower image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist // Tana, the Bloodsower

1

-

-

628163.98TIX 135.98

Deck tech

0.4%

Gimli, Mournful Avenger image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Gimli, Mournful Avenger

1

-

-

36232.23TIX 29.66

-

0.4%

Alela, Cunning Conqueror image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Alela, Cunning Conqueror

1

-

-

57827.75TIX 35.3

Deck tech

0.4%

Aragorn, the Uniter image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Aragorn, the Uniter

1

-

-

107615.02TIX 34.4

Deck tech

0.4%

Drana and Linvala image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Drana and Linvala

1

-

-

29906.81TIX 13.53

-

0.4%

Sarkhan, Soul Aflame image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Sarkhan, Soul Aflame

1

-

-

34074.73TIX 27.71

Deck tech

0.4%

Rith, Liberated Primeval image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Rith, Liberated Primeval

1

-

-

12800.67TIX 4.19

-

0.4%

Imodane, the Pyrohammer image

Icons of mtg Imodane, the Pyrohammer

1

-

-

36104.50TIX 23.13

Deck tech

0.4%

Shalai and Hallar image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Shalai and Hallar

1

-

-

135404.87TIX 40.38

-

0.4%

Glissa Sunslayer image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Glissa Sunslayer

1

-

-

151603.74TIX 56.72

-

0.4%

Karona, False God image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Karona, False God

1

-

-

48185.50TIX 42.65

-

0.4%

Omnath, Locus of All image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Omnath, Locus of All

1

-

-

159155.43TIX 43.32

-

0.4%

Kura, the Boundless Sky image

Icons of mtg Kura, the Boundless Sky

1

-

-

58430.15TIX 36.9

-

0.4%

Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

1

-

-

653325.96TIX 75.22

-

0.4%

Bruvac the Grandiloquent image

Icons of mtg Bruvac the Grandiloquent

1

-

-

81564.50TIX 50.88

-

0.4%

Kykar, Wind's Fury image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Kykar, Wind's Fury

1

-

-

87645.22TIX 50.55

-

0.4%

Pramikon, Sky Rampart image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Pramikon, Sky Rampart

1

-

-

70576.84TIX 51.62

-

0.4%

Krenko, Mob Boss image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Krenko, Mob Boss

1

-

-

94312.36TIX 38.68

-

0.4%

Sevinne, the Chronoclasm image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Sevinne, the Chronoclasm

1

-

-

34819.28TIX 25.65

-

0.4%

Kalamax, the Stormsire image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Kalamax, the Stormsire

1

-

-

102587.42TIX 49.36

-

0.4%

Teysa Karlov image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Teysa Karlov

1

-

-

69434.39TIX 32.99

Deck tech

0.4%

Gisa and Geralf image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Gisa and Geralf

1

-

-

32910.48TIX 20.99

Deck tech

0.4%

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose image

Icons of mtg Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

1

-

-

46951.85TIX 18.87

-

0.4%

Veyran, Voice of Duality image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Veyran, Voice of Duality

1

-

-

68952.35TIX 40.41

-

0.4%

Lonis, Cryptozoologist image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Lonis, Cryptozoologist

1

-

-

40156.68TIX 27.6

-

0.4%

Edgar Markov image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Edgar Markov

1

-

-

149417.38TIX 51.96

Deck tech

0.4%

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician image

Icons of mtg Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

1

-

-

189349.01TIX 58.69

Deck tech

0.4%

Baral, Chief of Compliance image

Icons of mtg Baral, Chief of Compliance

1

-

-

496892.96TIX 67.24

-

0.4%

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

1

-

-

27606.85TIX 16.04

Deck tech

0.4%

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

1

-

-

318256.82TIX 65.81

Deck tech

0.4%

Lathril, Blade of the Elves image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Lathril, Blade of the Elves

1

-

-

169894.09TIX 37.62

Deck tech

0.4%

Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty

1

-

-

43973.97TIX 27.77

-

0.4%

Trelasarra, Moon Dancer image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

1

-

-

62308.85TIX 13.72

Deck tech

0.4%

Volo, Guide to Monsters image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Volo, Guide to Monsters

1

-

-

42553.35TIX 19.53

Deck tech

0.4%

Traxos, Scourge of Kroog image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Traxos, Scourge of Kroog

1

-

-

62866.11TIX 27.05

-

0.4%

Prosper, Tome-Bound image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Prosper, Tome-Bound

1

-

-

100114.91TIX 68.29

-

0.4%

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

1

-

-

43036.92TIX 30.0

-

0.4%

GRUW image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg GRUW

1

-

-

62572.28TIX 97.81

Deck tech

0.4%

Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign image

Icons of mtg Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

1

-

-

46421.31TIX 17.28

-

0.4%

Athreos, God of Passage image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Athreos, God of Passage

1

-

-

104527.23TIX 27.94

-

0.4%

Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

1

-

-

370273.74TIX 47.7

-

0.4%

Thromok the Insatiable image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Thromok the Insatiable

1

-

-

179470.95TIX 44.13

-

0.4%

Kokusho, the Evening Star image

Icons of mtg Kokusho, the Evening Star

1

-

-

168389.03TIX 61.73

-

0.4%

Tinybones, Trinket Thief image

Icons of mtg Tinybones, Trinket Thief

1

-

-

156620.90TIX 46.1

-

0.4%

Atla Palani, Nest Tender image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Atla Palani, Nest Tender

1

-

-

82634.19TIX 37.14

-

0.4%

Wort, the Raidmother image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Wort, the Raidmother

1

-

-

17972.27TIX 15.32

-

0.4%

Trostani, Selesnya's Voice image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

1

-

-

56438.75TIX 13.4

-

0.4%

Shorikai, Genesis Engine image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Shorikai, Genesis Engine

1

-

-

105568.67TIX 51.36

-

0.4%

Heliod, Sun-Crowned image

Icons of mtg Heliod, Sun-Crowned

1

-

-

202005.06TIX 61.92

-

0.4%

Marwyn, the Nurturer image

Icons of mtg Marwyn, the Nurturer

1

-

-

116436.28TIX 33.01

-

0.4%

Yarok, the Desecrated image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Yarok, the Desecrated

1

-

-

71384.64TIX 23.76

Deck tech

0.4%

Phenax, God of Deception image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Phenax, God of Deception

1

-

-

58256.98TIX 19.34

-

0.4%

Animar, Soul of Elements image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Animar, Soul of Elements

1

-

-

135657.55TIX 40.02

-

0.4%

Kambal, Consul of Allocation image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Kambal, Consul of Allocation

1

-

-

30379.94TIX 7.05

-

0.4%

Breya, Etherium Shaper image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Breya, Etherium Shaper

1

-

-

165222.33TIX 53.51

-

0.4%

The Scarab God image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg The Scarab God

1

-

-

101684.75TIX 34.64

-

0.4%

The Ur-Dragon image

Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg Icons of mtg The Ur-Dragon

1

-

-

217546.58TIX 56.06

Deck tech

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Frequently asked questions about the Commander metagame

What is the Commander metagame?

This page tracks the Commander competitive metagame for Magic: the Gathering MTG: top archetypes, win rates, banned cards and recent tournament results.

What is the best/most popular deck in Commander right now?

Niv-Mizzet, Parun is currently the top archetype in Commander, used in 1.1% of decks. See the full ranked list below.

How many different decks/archetypes are in the Commander metagame?

99 different archetypes currently meet our metagame threshold (4 or more wins and 1 or fewer losses) in Commander.

What is Commander?

Commander, also known as Elder Dragon Highlander or EDH, is a casual multiplayer format for Magic: the Gathering. It is a Highlander-variant format with specific rules centered around a legendary creature called the commander. Your deck needs to have 100 cards counting your Commander, with only one copy of any card, except basic land. All cards must be in the color identity of the commander.

What cards are banned in Commander?

6 cards are currently banned in Commander, including Primeval Titan, Sylvan Primordial, Mana Crypt, Upheaval, Dockside Extortionist. See the full banlist above.

What are the most played cards in Commander?

The most played cards in Commander right now include Forest, Mountain, Island, Plains, Swamp. See the full list above.

Who are the top players in Commander?

See the Top players section below for the players with the most tournament results tracked in Commander.