Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Global Commander Stats

All Rakdos commanders

881 Wins

2177 Losses

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Summary

Rakdos, Lord of Riots is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,058 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (881–2177) at an Elo of 1,518, ranking #1609 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 3058 recorded Playgroup games (881 wins, 2177 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?

795 decks list Rakdos, Lord of Riots as their commander on Playgroup, of which 475 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1609

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1518

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 795

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 475

No. games played with this commander 3058

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1575	Thomas_Holme	9	4	44 %
2	1563	kimifly	4	2	50 %
3	1538	Gorzak	1	1	100 %
4	1528	Malefic	6	3	50 %
5	1526	Powerplantgo	6	2	33 %

How does this commander win?

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, 64.09% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

64.09%

Non Combat Damage

22.73%

Combo

4.28%

Commander Damage

4.12%

Alternative

3.95%

Poison

0.49%

Mill

0.33%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 903 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins 37.81% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.81% n=939

Seat 2

28.95% n=905

Seat 3

23.68% n=701

Seat 4

18.87% n=424

Seat 5

20.78% n=77

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins 28.76% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.76% n=1363

1 mulligan

24.02% n=458

2 mulligans

27.33% n=161

3 mulligans

27.27% n=44

4 mulligans

12.5% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

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 2043 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Rakdos, Lord of Riots wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.0% of the time across 898 tracked wins.

65.0 \%

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.