Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Global Commander Stats

167 Wins

800 Losses

Summary

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 967 recorded Playgroup games, winning 17% of them (167–800) at an Elo of 1,489, ranking #2692 globally.

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

Last full refresh 30 Apr 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor's win rate? ▾

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor has a 17% win rate across 967 recorded Playgroup games (167 wins, 800 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: 10 days.

How many decks use Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor? ▾

494 decks list Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 245 have played at least one recorded game.

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

2692

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1489

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 494

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 245

No. games played with this commander 967

Total hours played 10 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1552	MrFuzzyPants	4	2	50 %
2	1548	Gabriel	1	1	100 %
3	1524	Toey	2	1	50 %
4	1510	Phlabaro	3	1	33 %
5	1500	Spaceシ	2	0	0 %

How does this commander win?

When Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins, 61.42% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

61.42%

Alternative

13.39%

Combat

12.6%

Combo

5.51%

Mill

3.94%

Commander Damage

2.36%

Poison

0.79%

Avg win turn 10.6 based on 170 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 21.11% of games from position 1 and 13.45% from position 3 across tracked games.

Seat 1

21.11% n=270

Seat 2

18.05% n=266

Seat 3

13.45% n=238

Seat 4

15.86% n=145

Seat 5

15.0% n=20

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 18.36% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

18.36% n=463

1 mulligan

13.33% n=150

2 mulligans

14.06% n=64

3 mulligans

33.33% n=15

4 mulligans

0.0% n=4

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor 3.62/5 on average, across 771 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.9% of the time across 170 tracked wins.

72.9 \%

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.