Commander

Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Global commander stats {R} {G} All Gruul commanders
Win Rate 23%
328 Wins
1029 Losses
Overview

Summary

Ruric Thar, the Unbowed is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,377 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (328–1029) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #1007 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ruric Thar, the Unbowed's win rate?
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed has a 23% win rate across 1377 recorded Playgroup games (328 wins, 1029 losses).
How long do winning games with Ruric Thar, the Unbowed take?
Wins with Ruric Thar, the Unbowed take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 9 days.
How many decks use Ruric Thar, the Unbowed?
519 decks list Ruric Thar, the Unbowed as their commander on Playgroup, of which 309 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1007
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1559
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 7
Average poison counters given per game 6
Average kills per game 0.5
Average turn length 1 minute
No. decks for this commander 519
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 309
No. games played with this commander 1377
Total hours played 9 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1584 DROMama 3 3
2 1576 Incraut 3 3
3 1566 Liliana-of-the-Boro 3 3
4 1548 Red-Lightning63 10 5
5 1536 Cambrael 4 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ruric Thar, the Unbowed wins, 67.09% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
67.09%
Non Combat Damage
17.72%
Commander Damage
6.33%
Alternative
4.22%
Combo
2.95%
Poison
1.27%
Mill
0.42%
Avg win turn 8.4 based on 331 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Ruric Thar, the Unbowed decks that leave them out.

+2.5 pp
Top card: Shaman of Forgotten Ways
# Card Lift
1
Shaman of Forgotten Ways
Shaman of Forgotten Ways 45 games
+2.5 pp

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Ruric Thar, the Unbowed wins 29.26% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
29.26% n=364
2
Seat 2
26.64% n=396
3
Seat 3
20.06% n=324
4
Seat 4
13.57% n=199
5
Seat 5
17.39% n=46
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=4
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ruric Thar, the Unbowed wins 22.7% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
22.7% n=630
1
1 mulligan
21.51% n=186
2
2 mulligans
29.63% n=54
3
3 mulligans
21.43% n=14
4
4 mulligans
40.0% n=5
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ruric Thar, the Unbowed 3.76/5 on average, across 843 self-reports.

3.76 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Ruric Thar, the Unbowed wins, opponents flag the game as salty 30.4% of the time across 332 tracked wins.

30.4 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Ruric Thar, the Unbowed. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Teysa Karlov commander art
Teysa Karlov 11 games
54.55%
Rin and Seri, Inseparable commander art
52.63%
Arwen, Weaver of Hope commander art
50.0%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy commander art
46.67%
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian commander art
45.45%

Top 5 worst matchups

Korvold, Fae-Cursed King commander art
0.0%
Edgar Markov commander art
Edgar Markov 19 games
5.26%
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph commander art
5.56%