Commander

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

198 Wins

971 Losses

Overview

Summary

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,183 recorded Playgroup games, winning 16% of them (198–971) at an Elo of 1,344, ranking #4997 globally.

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

Last full refresh 9 Oct 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 1183 recorded Playgroup games (198 wins, 971 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: 13 days.

How many decks use Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor?

615 decks list Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 317 have played at least one recorded game.

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4997

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1344

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

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 615

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 317

No. games played with this commander 1183

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1552	MrFuzzyPants	4	2	50 %
2	1537	Oliver Shields	1	1	100 %
3	1536	Gabriel	2	1	50 %
4	1524	Toey	2	1	50 %
5	1524	starl33t	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins, 58.16% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

58.16%

Combat

17.73%

Alternative

12.77%

Combo

5.67%

Mill

3.55%

Commander Damage

1.42%

Poison

0.71%

Avg win turn 10.6 based on 201 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor decks that leave them out.

+4.0 pp

Top card: Silent Arbiter

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Silent Arbiter 40 games	+4.0 pp	40
2	Terminate 78 games	+2.0 pp	78
3	Shivan Reef 61 games	+0.8 pp	61
4	Cloud Key 41 games	+0.3 pp	41

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?

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 12.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

20.72% n=321

Seat 2

17.52% n=331

Seat 3

12.5% n=296

Seat 4

16.02% n=181

Seat 5

12.0% n=25

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 17.15% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

17.15% n=548

1 mulligan

13.32% n=199

2 mulligans

13.51% n=74

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 3.55/5 on average, across 919 self-reports.

3.55 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 47.3% of the time across 201 tracked wins.

47.3 \%

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.