Commander

Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

679 Wins

2152 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Anowon, the Ruin Thief is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,831 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (679–2152) at an Elo of 1,451, ranking #3953 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.48 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Anowon, the Ruin Thief's win rate?

Anowon, the Ruin Thief has a 23% win rate across 2831 recorded Playgroup games (679 wins, 2152 losses).

How long do winning games with Anowon, the Ruin Thief take?

Wins with Anowon, the Ruin Thief take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Anowon, the Ruin Thief?

1,071 decks list Anowon, the Ruin Thief as their commander on Playgroup, of which 587 have played at least one recorded game.

Anowon, the Ruin Thief Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3953

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1451

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.48

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1071

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 587

No. games played with this commander 2831

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1568	Aequa	3	2	67 %
2	1543	Rodscastilho	3	2	67 %
3	1541	Khgww	17	5	29 %
4	1538	Moreirahmix	17	4	24 %
5	1528	BebasNeue	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Anowon, the Ruin Thief wins, 69.13% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

69.13%

Mill

15.01%

Non Combat Damage

6.55%

Alternative

5.5%

Combo

2.33%

Commander Damage

1.27%

Poison

0.21%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 706 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Anowon, the Ruin Thief decks that leave them out.

+4.4 pp

Top card: Tainted Isle

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Tainted Isle 91 games	+4.4 pp	91
2	Underground River 73 games	+3.8 pp	73
3	Double Down 144 games	+3.3 pp	144
4	Unclaimed Territory Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+3.1 pp	55
5	Mercurial Spelldancer 91 games	+2.8 pp	91
6	Bitterblossom 94 games	+2.7 pp	94
7	Feed the Swarm 53 games	+2.4 pp	53
8	Inkfathom Infiltrator 69 games	+2.3 pp	69
9	Nighthawk Scavenger 114 games	+2.3 pp	114
10	Grim Hireling 71 games	+0.5 pp	71

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Shipwreck Marsh 51 games	+0.4 pp	51
12	Bojuka Bog Signature build 48 games · Signature build	+0.2 pp	48
13	An Offer You Can't Refuse Signature build 52 games · Signature build	+0.1 pp	52

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?

Anowon, the Ruin Thief wins 30.64% of games from position 1 and 6.78% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.64% n=829

Seat 2

25.27% n=847

Seat 3

20.03% n=634

Seat 4

16.19% n=383

Seat 5

6.78% n=59

Seat 6

12.5% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Anowon, the Ruin Thief wins 24.56% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.56% n=1376

1 mulligan

24.09% n=303

2 mulligans

18.56% n=97

3 mulligans

30.77% n=13

4 mulligans

33.33% n=6

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Anowon, the Ruin Thief 3.75/5 on average, across 1992 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Anowon, the Ruin Thief wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.6% of the time across 709 tracked wins.

67.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Anowon, the Ruin Thief. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.