Commander

The Ur-Dragon

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 35%
5936 Wins
10611 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Ur-Dragon is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 16,849 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (5936–10611) at an Elo of 1,678, ranking #112 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 295952 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Ur-Dragon's win rate?
The Ur-Dragon has a 35% win rate across 16849 recorded Playgroup games (5936 wins, 10611 losses).
How long do winning games with The Ur-Dragon take?
Wins with The Ur-Dragon take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: over 1 year.
How many decks use The Ur-Dragon?
5,247 decks list The Ur-Dragon as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,773 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
112
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1678
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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 295952
Average commander damage per game 11
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.73
Average turn length 6 minutes
No. decks for this commander 5247
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2773
No. games played with this commander 16849
Total hours played over 1 year
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1766 Amordan 42 28
2 1763 Razgriz 110 64
3 1736 IZZY 80 47
4 1726 pumert 96 38
5 1713 Himokia 11 10
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Ur-Dragon wins, 68.38% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
68.38%
Non Combat Damage
16.75%
Commander Damage
6.13%
Alternative
4.62%
Combo
3.71%
Mill
0.25%
Poison
0.15%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 6045 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for The Ur-Dragon

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Ur-Dragon decks that leave them out.

+8.1 pp
Top card: Goldlust Triad
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Terror of the Peaks
Terror of the Peaks 1,878 games
+5.6 pp
12
Broodcaller Scourge
Broodcaller Scourge 345 games
+5.4 pp
13
Steely Resolve
Steely Resolve 445 games
+5.3 pp
14
Smuggler's Surprise
Smuggler's Surprise 474 games
+5.1 pp
15
Ureni of the Unwritten
Ureni of the Unwritten 1,353 games
+5.0 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?

The Ur-Dragon wins 47.17% of games from position 6 and 25.19% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
42.58% n=5090
2
Seat 2
36.27% n=5072
3
Seat 3
30.34% n=3716
4
Seat 4
25.56% n=2295
5
Seat 5
25.19% n=393
6
Seat 6
47.17% n=53
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Ur-Dragon wins 35.23% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
35.23% n=7145
1
1 mulligan
34.87% n=2409
2
2 mulligans
34.1% n=868
3
3 mulligans
27.24% n=246
4
4 mulligans
43.75% n=48
5
5 mulligans
30.0% n=20
6
6 mulligans
40.0% n=5
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Ur-Dragon 3.65/5 on average, across 10602 self-reports.

3.65 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Ur-Dragon wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.6% of the time across 6066 tracked wins.

65.6 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against The Ur-Dragon. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Mazzy, Truesword Paladin commander art
70.0%
Jirina Kudro commander art
Jirina Kudro 11 games
63.64%
Ganax, Astral Hunter commander art
61.54%
Tasigur, the Golden Fang commander art
61.54%

Top 5 worst matchups