Commander

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders Featured in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate

772 Wins

1881 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,653 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (772–1881) at an Elo of 1,494, ranking #3139 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald's win rate?

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald has a 29% win rate across 2653 recorded Playgroup games (772 wins, 1881 losses).

How long do winning games with Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald take?

Wins with Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 17 days.

How many decks use Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald?

916 decks list Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald as their commander on Playgroup, of which 523 have played at least one recorded game.

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3139

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1494

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 916

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 523

No. games played with this commander 2653

Total hours played 17 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1627	ChewyPudding	37	20	54 %
2	1547	justafanofz	7	2	40 %
3	1547	OGFreeWilly	5	3	60 %
4	1541	LouvellWolfe	4	4	100 %
5	1539	Kawashy	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald wins, 75.48% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.48%

Non Combat Damage

16.07%

Alternative

2.96%

Combo

2.11%

Commander Damage

2.11%

Poison

1.06%

Mill

0.21%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 795 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald decks that leave them out.

+2.8 pp

Top card: Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Signature build 132 games · Signature build	+2.8 pp	132
2	Containment Construct 119 games	+2.4 pp	119
3	Questing Druid // Seek the Beast Signature build 120 games · Signature build	+2.4 pp	120
4	Natural Reclamation 178 games	+1.2 pp	178
5	Volcanic Torrent 145 games	+0.0 pp	145

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?

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald wins 38.46% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.46% n=702

Seat 2

29.55% n=731

Seat 3

22.37% n=599

Seat 4

21.47% n=340

Seat 5

12.82% n=39

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald wins 29.62% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.62% n=1239

1 mulligan

29.46% n=336

2 mulligans

29.91% n=107

3 mulligans

23.33% n=30

4 mulligans

16.67% n=12

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald 3.73/5 on average, across 1678 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.3% of the time across 798 tracked wins.

62.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.