Commander

Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 34%
367 Wins
680 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Scion of the Ur-Dragon is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,049 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (367680) at an Elo of 1,588, ranking #622 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.8 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Scion of the Ur-Dragon's win rate?
Scion of the Ur-Dragon has a 34% win rate across 1049 recorded Playgroup games (367 wins, 680 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: 10 days.
How many decks use Scion of the Ur-Dragon?
359 decks list Scion of the Ur-Dragon as their commander on Playgroup, of which 184 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
622
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1588
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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 9
Average commander damage per game 8
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.8
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 359
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 184
No. games played with this commander 1049
Total hours played 10 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1683 Pride 12 9
2 1653 Lorrg 11 9
3 1624 MrSadMan 77 22
4 1567 Minion20 74 19
5 1536 DunnMTG 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins, 47.91% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
47.91%
Alternative
14.42%
Commander Damage
11.63%
Non Combat Damage
11.63%
Combo
8.37%
Poison
4.19%
Mill
1.86%
Avg win turn 7.8 based on 379 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.

+5.1 pp
Top card: Patriarch's Bidding
# Card Lift
1
Patriarch's Bidding
Patriarch's Bidding 67 games · Signature build
+5.1 pp
2
Ancient Gold Dragon
Ancient Gold Dragon 66 games
+2.0 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?

Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins 47.52% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
47.52% n=282
2
Seat 2
41.57% n=267
3
Seat 3
30.52% n=213
4
Seat 4
17.42% n=132
5
Seat 5
14.29% n=14
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=2
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins 42.91% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
42.91% n=437
1
1 mulligan
34.31% n=137
2
2 mulligans
24.24% n=66
3
3 mulligans
19.35% n=31
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=9
5
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 3.72/5 on average, across 520 self-reports.

3.72 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins, opponents flag the game as salty 47.2% of the time across 381 tracked wins.

47.2 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Karlov of the Ghost Council commander art
63.64%
Baylen, the Haymaker commander art
63.64%
Zur the Enchanter commander art
63.64%
Giada, Font of Hope commander art
60.0%
The Master of Keys commander art
60.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Magda, Brazen Outlaw commander art
9.09%
Jodah, the Unifier commander art
13.04%
Gisa and Geralf commander art
Gisa and Geralf 15 games
13.33%
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist commander art
14.29%