Commander

Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 28%
921 Wins
2259 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Rakdos, Lord of Riots is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,184 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (9212259) at an Elo of 1,536, ranking #1328 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.66 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 3184 recorded Playgroup games (921 wins, 2259 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?
826 decks list Rakdos, Lord of Riots as their commander on Playgroup, of which 494 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1328
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1536
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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 0.66
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 826
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 494
No. games played with this commander 3184
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1575 Thomas_Holme 9 4
2 1564 Anchobies 3 2
3 1563 kimifly 4 2
4 1542 Laingoo 19 7
5 1538 Gorzak 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, 64.87% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
64.87%
Non Combat Damage
22.47%
Combo
4.11%
Commander Damage
3.96%
Alternative
3.8%
Poison
0.47%
Mill
0.32%
Avg win turn 8.4 based on 943 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.

+1.2 pp
Top card: Lightning Greaves
# Card Lift
1
Lightning Greaves
Lightning Greaves 261 games
+1.2 pp
2
Disciple of Bolas
Disciple of Bolas 210 games · Signature build
+1.2 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?

Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins 37.85% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
37.85% n=975
2
Seat 2
28.59% n=941
3
Seat 3
24.09% n=718
4
Seat 4
18.99% n=437
5
Seat 5
21.25% n=80
6
Seat 6
14.29% n=7
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins 28.88% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.88% n=1399
1
1 mulligan
24.53% n=481
2
2 mulligans
28.07% n=171
3
3 mulligans
27.66% n=47
4
4 mulligans
11.11% n=9
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 3.78/5 on average, across 2117 self-reports.

3.78 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.4% of the time across 938 tracked wins.

65.4 \%
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
60.0%
Norin the Wary commander art
Norin the Wary 11 games
54.55%
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos commander art
54.55%
Szarekh, the Silent King commander art
54.55%

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 25 games
4.0%