Commander

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Global commander stats {U} {B} {R} All Grixis commanders
Win Rate 17%
187 Wins
911 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,100 recorded Playgroup games, winning 17% of them (187911) at an Elo of 1,288, ranking #4516 globally.

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

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor's win rate?
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor has a 17% win rate across 1100 recorded Playgroup games (187 wins, 911 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?
553 decks list Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 282 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4516
Wins by turn (avg.)
11
Elo rating
1288
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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 553
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 282
No. games played with this commander 1100
Total hours played 12 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1552 MrFuzzyPants 4 2
2 1536 Gabriel 2 1
3 1524 Toey 2 1
4 1511 Phlabaro 3 1
5 1500 Spaceシ 2 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
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.

+0.6 pp
Top card: Trinket Mage
# Card Lift
1
Trinket Mage
Trinket Mage 35 games · Signature build
+0.6 pp

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 100.0% of games from position 6 and 13.04% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
20.74% n=299
2
Seat 2
17.06% n=299
3
Seat 3
13.14% n=274
4
Seat 4
16.67% n=168
5
Seat 5
13.04% n=23
6
Seat 6
100.0% n=1
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor wins 17.17% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
17.17% n=530
1
1 mulligan
12.78% n=180
2
2 mulligans
14.08% n=71
3
3 mulligans
33.33% n=15
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=5
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 882 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.

Top 5 best matchups

Captain N'ghathrod commander art
35.71%
Kibo, Uktabi Prince commander art
33.33%
Satya, Aetherflux Genius commander art
33.33%
Marneus Calgar commander art
Marneus Calgar 19 games
31.58%
Vivi Ornitier commander art
Vivi Ornitier 11 games
27.27%

Top 5 worst matchups

Henzie "Toolbox" Torre commander art
0.0%
Krenko, Mob Boss commander art
Krenko, Mob Boss 14 games
0.0%
Ureni of the Unwritten commander art
0.0%
Urza, Chief Artificer commander art
0.0%
Zedruu the Greathearted commander art
0.0%