Commander

Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 28%
1022 Wins
2555 Losses
Overview

Summary

Rakdos, Lord of Riots is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,613 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1022–2555) at an Elo of 1,502, ranking #2039 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Rakdos, Lord of Riots's win rate?
Rakdos, Lord of Riots has a 28% win rate across 3613 recorded Playgroup games (1022 wins, 2555 losses).
How long do winning games with Rakdos, Lord of Riots take?
Wins with Rakdos, Lord of Riots take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.
How many decks use Rakdos, Lord of Riots?
936 decks list Rakdos, Lord of Riots as their commander on Playgroup, of which 557 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
2039
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1502
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.64
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 936
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 557
No. games played with this commander 3613
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1575 Thomas_Holme 9 4
2 1573 Bobbi_Wasabi 3 2
3 1571 Leluch 62 16
4 1569 Laingoo 20 8
5 1563 kimifly 4 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, 64.08% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
64.08%
Non Combat Damage
22.7%
Combo
4.89%
Commander Damage
4.31%
Alternative
3.3%
Poison
0.43%
Mill
0.29%
Avg win turn 8.3 based on 1045 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Rakdos, Lord of Riots decks that leave them out.

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Top card: Bloodletter of Aclazotz
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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?

Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins 37.06% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
37.06% n=1117
2
Seat 2
27.05% n=1072
3
Seat 3
24.76% n=818
4
Seat 4
18.81% n=505
5
Seat 5
22.99% n=87
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=7
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins 27.25% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.25% n=1479
1
1 mulligan
25.8% n=591
2
2 mulligans
26.87% n=201
3
3 mulligans
27.12% n=59
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=12
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Rakdos, Lord of Riots 3.76/5 on average, across 2321 self-reports.

3.76 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.5% of the time across 1043 tracked wins.

34.5 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Rakdos, Lord of Riots. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Galadriel, Elven-Queen commander art
60.0%
Kardur, Doomscourge commander art
56.25%
Vren, the Relentless commander art
53.85%
Ezuri, Claw of Progress commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom commander art
0.0%
Veyran, Voice of Duality commander art
0.0%
The First Sliver commander art
The First Sliver 23 games
0.0%
Sefris of the Hidden Ways commander art
3.85%