Commander

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

187 Wins

914 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,103 recorded Playgroup games, winning 16% of them (187–914) at an Elo of 1,275, ranking #4624 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.34 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor's win rate?

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor has a 16% win rate across 1103 recorded Playgroup games (187 wins, 914 losses).

How long do winning games with Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor take?

Wins with Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor take on average 11 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor?

561 decks list Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 286 have played at least one recorded game.

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4624

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1275

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.34

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 561

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 286

No. games played with this commander 1103

Total hours played 12 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1552	MrFuzzyPants	4	2	50 %
2	1536	Gabriel	2	1	50 %
3	1524	Toey	2	1	50 %
4	1511	Phlabaro	3	1	33 %
5	1500	Spaceシ	2	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins, 60.45% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

60.45%

Combat

14.93%

Alternative

12.69%

Combo

5.97%

Mill

3.73%

Commander Damage

1.49%

Poison

0.75%

Avg win turn 10.5 based on 190 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 13.04% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

20.74% n=299

Seat 2

17.06% n=299

Seat 3

13.09% n=275

Seat 4

16.67% n=168

Seat 5

13.04% n=23

Seat 6

100.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 17.11% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

17.11% n=532

1 mulligan

12.78% n=180

2 mulligans

13.89% n=72

3 mulligans

33.33% n=15

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor 3.56/5 on average, across 883 self-reports.

3.56 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.6% of the time across 190 tracked wins.

72.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.