Commander

Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

996 Wins

2488 Losses

Overview

Summary

Rakdos, Lord of Riots is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,517 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (996–2488) at an Elo of 1,587, ranking #664 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Oct 2026

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 3517 recorded Playgroup games (996 wins, 2488 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?

909 decks list Rakdos, Lord of Riots as their commander on Playgroup, of which 541 have played at least one recorded game.

Rakdos, Lord of Riots Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

664

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1587

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

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 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 909

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 541

No. games played with this commander 3517

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1575	Thomas_Holme	9	4	44 %
2	1569	Laingoo	20	8	40 %
3	1563	kimifly	4	2	50 %
4	1556	Mako	24	8	36 %
5	1549	Leluch	60	15	25 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, 63.76% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

63.76%

Non Combat Damage

22.78%

Combo

4.88%

Commander Damage

4.44%

Alternative

3.4%

Poison

0.44%

Mill

0.3%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 1021 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.

+4.2 pp

Top card: Bloodletter of Aclazotz

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Bloodletter of Aclazotz 192 games	+4.2 pp	192
2	Disciple of Bolas Signature build 215 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp	215
3	Bojuka Bog 197 games	+0.9 pp	197
4	Shivan Devastator Signature build 212 games · Signature build	+0.9 pp	212
5	Bolt Bend 211 games	+0.9 pp	211
6	Florian, Voldaren Scion 416 games	+0.7 pp	416
7	Spear Spewer 483 games	+0.5 pp	483
8	Rakdos, Patron of Chaos 180 games	+0.3 pp	180

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 37.11% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.11% n=1086

Seat 2

27.46% n=1045

Seat 3

24.4% n=797

Seat 4

19.03% n=494

Seat 5

22.35% n=85

Seat 6

0.0% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins 27.36% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.36% n=1462

1 mulligan

25.75% n=569

2 mulligans

27.23% n=191

3 mulligans

25.45% n=55

4 mulligans

20.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 3.77/5 on average, across 2261 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.8% of the time across 1017 tracked wins.

34.8 \%

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.