Commander

Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

439 Wins

781 Losses

Overview

Summary

Scion of the Ur-Dragon is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,238 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (439–781) at an Elo of 1,612, ranking #491 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 12 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Scion of the Ur-Dragon's win rate?

Scion of the Ur-Dragon has a 35% win rate across 1238 recorded Playgroup games (439 wins, 781 losses).

How long do winning games with Scion of the Ur-Dragon take?

Wins with Scion of the Ur-Dragon take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Scion of the Ur-Dragon?

416 decks list Scion of the Ur-Dragon as their commander on Playgroup, of which 223 have played at least one recorded game.

Scion of the Ur-Dragon Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

491

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1612

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 12

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 416

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 223

No. games played with this commander 1238

Total hours played 12 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1683	Pride	13	9	75 %
2	1653	Lorrg	11	9	82 %
3	1622	MrSadMan	79	23	31 %
4	1601	TheInspector	10	6	60 %
5	1594	Triarius	15	6	47 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins, 47.53% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.53%

Alternative

13.69%

Non Combat Damage

11.79%

Combo

10.65%

Commander Damage

9.89%

Poison

4.18%

Mill

2.28%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 442 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Scion of the Ur-Dragon

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

+7.7 pp

Top card: Temple of the Dragon Queen

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Temple of the Dragon Queen Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+7.7 pp	38
2	Patriarch's Bidding 77 games	+5.3 pp	77
3	Sarkhan, Soul Aflame Signature build 49 games · Signature build	+5.2 pp	49
4	Blood Crypt 60 games	+1.8 pp	60
5	The World Tree 73 games	+0.7 pp	73

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?

Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins 45.6% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.6% n=341

Seat 2

41.85% n=313

Seat 3

32.96% n=270

Seat 4

18.18% n=154

Seat 5

10.53% n=19

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins 42.61% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

42.61% n=487

1 mulligan

36.8% n=178

2 mulligans

26.92% n=78

3 mulligans

23.53% n=34

4 mulligans

33.33% n=9

5 mulligans

40.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Scion of the Ur-Dragon 3.74/5 on average, across 609 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins, opponents flag the game as salty 25.2% of the time across 453 tracked wins.

25.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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