Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Global Commander Stats

170 Wins

819 Losses

Summary

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 989 recorded Playgroup games, winning 17% of them (170–819) at an Elo of 1,456, ranking #3254 globally.

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

Last full refresh 17 May 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 989 recorded Playgroup games (170 wins, 819 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: 11 days.

How many decks use Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor? ▾

501 decks list Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 248 have played at least one recorded game.

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

3254

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1456

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 501

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 248

No. games played with this commander 989

Total hours played 11 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, 61.24% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

61.24%

Combat

13.18%

Alternative

13.18%

Combo

5.43%

Mill

3.88%

Commander Damage

2.33%

Poison

0.78%

Avg win turn 10.6 based on 173 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 13.01% from position 3 across tracked games.

Seat 1

20.88% n=273

Seat 2

18.15% n=270

Seat 3

13.01% n=246

Seat 4

15.79% n=152

Seat 5

15.0% n=20

Seat 6

100.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 18.01% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

18.01% n=472

1 mulligan

12.74% n=157

2 mulligans

15.15% n=66

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 788 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.4% of the time across 173 tracked wins.

73.4 \%

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.