Commander

Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Global commander stats

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373 Wins

685 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Scion of the Ur-Dragon is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,061 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (373–685) at an Elo of 1,599, ranking #539 globally.

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

Last full refresh 5 Aug 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 1061 recorded Playgroup games (373 wins, 685 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?

361 decks list Scion of the Ur-Dragon as their commander on Playgroup, of which 188 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

539

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1599

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

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 361

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 188

No. games played with this commander 1061

Total hours played 10 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1683	Pride	12	9	75 %
2	1653	Lorrg	11	9	82 %
3	1624	MrSadMan	77	22	30 %
4	1567	Minion20	74	19	26 %
5	1555	DunnMTG	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins, 47.71% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.71%

Alternative

14.22%

Non Combat Damage

12.39%

Commander Damage

11.47%

Combo

8.26%

Poison

4.13%

Mill

1.83%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 385 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.

+5.5 pp

Top card: Patriarch's Bidding

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Patriarch's Bidding 69 games	+5.5 pp		69
2	Ancient Gold Dragon 67 games	+1.5 pp		67

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.

Seat 1

47.52% n=282

Seat 2

41.79% n=268

Seat 3

30.37% n=214

Seat 4

17.29% n=133

Seat 5

14.29% n=14

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins 43.13% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

43.13% n=444

1 mulligan

35.0% n=140

2 mulligans

24.24% n=66

3 mulligans

19.35% n=31

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 3.73/5 on average, across 528 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins, opponents flag the game as salty 48.1% of the time across 387 tracked wins.

48.1 \%

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.