Commander

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

190 Wins

927 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,120 recorded Playgroup games, winning 16% of them (190–927) at an Elo of 1,334, ranking #4664 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 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 1120 recorded Playgroup games (190 wins, 927 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?

577 decks list Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 290 have played at least one recorded game.

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4664

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1334

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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 577

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 290

No. games played with this commander 1120

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, 59.56% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

59.56%

Combat

15.44%

Alternative

13.24%

Combo

5.88%

Mill

3.68%

Commander Damage

1.47%

Poison

0.74%

Avg win turn 10.5 based on 193 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 12.5% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

20.72% n=304

Seat 2

17.49% n=303

Seat 3

13.0% n=277

Seat 4

16.47% n=170

Seat 5

12.5% n=24

Seat 6

100.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 17.13% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

17.13% n=537

1 mulligan

13.04% n=184

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 890 self-reports.

3.56 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.5% of the time across 193 tracked wins.

72.5 \%

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.