Commander

Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 28%
905 Wins
2233 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Rakdos, Lord of Riots is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,141 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (9052233) at an Elo of 1,451, ranking #3951 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 3141 recorded Playgroup games (905 wins, 2233 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?
811 decks list Rakdos, Lord of Riots as their commander on Playgroup, of which 485 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3951
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1451
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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 811
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 485
No. games played with this commander 3141
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1575 Thomas_Holme 9 4
2 1563 kimifly 4 2
3 1542 Laingoo 19 7
4 1538 Gorzak 1 1
5 1528 Malefic 6 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, 64.58% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
64.58%
Non Combat Damage
22.6%
Combo
4.17%
Commander Damage
4.01%
Alternative
3.85%
Poison
0.48%
Mill
0.32%
Avg win turn 8.3 based on 927 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.

+0.8 pp
Top card: Lightning Greaves
# Card Lift
1
Lightning Greaves
Lightning Greaves 260 games
+0.8 pp
2
Disciple of Bolas
Disciple of Bolas 210 games · Signature build
+0.7 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 37.84% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
37.84% n=962
2
Seat 2
28.62% n=926
3
Seat 3
23.92% n=715
4
Seat 4
19.12% n=434
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 28.8% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.8% n=1382
1
1 mulligan
24.05% n=474
2
2 mulligans
27.54% n=167
3
3 mulligans
28.26% n=46
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 2089 self-reports.

3.78 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.1% of the time across 920 tracked wins.

65.1 \%
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%
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos commander art
54.55%
Szarekh, the Silent King commander art
54.55%
Norin the Wary commander art
Norin the Wary 11 games
54.55%

Top 5 worst matchups

Veyran, Voice of Duality commander art
0.0%
Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom commander art
0.0%
The First Sliver commander art
The First Sliver 25 games
4.0%