Commander

Doran, the Siege Tower

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

226 Wins

811 Losses

Overview

Summary

Doran, the Siege Tower is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,049 recorded Playgroup games, winning 21% of them (226–811) at an Elo of 1,450, ranking #4658 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.46 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Doran, the Siege Tower's win rate?

Doran, the Siege Tower has a 21% win rate across 1049 recorded Playgroup games (226 wins, 811 losses).

How long do winning games with Doran, the Siege Tower take?

Wins with Doran, the Siege Tower take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 5 days.

How many decks use Doran, the Siege Tower?

452 decks list Doran, the Siege Tower as their commander on Playgroup, of which 233 have played at least one recorded game.

Doran, the Siege Tower Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4658

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1450

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.46

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 452

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 233

No. games played with this commander 1049

Total hours played 5 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1590	Rodscastilho	6	3	50 %
2	1557	llopas	2	2	100 %
3	1538	theWONTONdon	1	1	100 %
4	1535	Averymacdizl	2	0	50 %
5	1509	Lütti	6	2	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Doran, the Siege Tower wins, 81.12% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

81.12%

Commander Damage

12.59%

Non Combat Damage

4.2%

Alternative

2.1%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 216 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Doran, the Siege Tower

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Doran, the Siege Tower decks that leave them out.

+0.3 pp

Top card: Rogue's Passage

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Rogue's Passage Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+0.3 pp		37
2	Cultivate 79 games	+0.1 pp		79

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?

Doran, the Siege Tower wins 26.77% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

26.77% n=282

Seat 2

19.97% n=303

Seat 3

16.67% n=216

Seat 4

17.27% n=139

Seat 5

13.64% n=22

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Doran, the Siege Tower wins 21.98% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

21.98% n=439

1 mulligan

15.83% n=139

2 mulligans

17.05% n=44

3 mulligans

27.27% n=11

4 mulligans

0.0% n=1

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Doran, the Siege Tower 3.61/5 on average, across 649 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Doran, the Siege Tower wins, opponents flag the game as salty 29.3% of the time across 229 tracked wins.

29.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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