Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Global Commander Stats

All Dimir commanders

671 Wins

2110 Losses

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Summary

Anowon, the Ruin Thief is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,781 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (671–2110) at an Elo of 1,391, ranking #4206 globally.

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

Last full refresh 14 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Anowon, the Ruin Thief has a 24% win rate across 2781 recorded Playgroup games (671 wins, 2110 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?

1,060 decks list Anowon, the Ruin Thief as their commander on Playgroup, of which 585 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

4206

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1391

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 1060

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 585

No. games played with this commander 2781

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1568	Aequa	3	2	67 %
2	1566	Moreirahmix	15	4	27 %
3	1543	Rodscastilho	3	2	67 %
4	1541	Khgww	17	5	29 %
5	1528	BebasNeue	4	2	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Anowon, the Ruin Thief wins, 68.8% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

68.8%

Mill

15.17%

Non Combat Damage

6.62%

Alternative

5.56%

Combo

2.35%

Commander Damage

1.28%

Poison

0.21%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 699 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Anowon, the Ruin Thief wins 30.61% of games from position 1 and 6.78% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.61% n=820

Seat 2

25.45% n=837

Seat 3

20.16% n=620

Seat 4

16.58% n=374

Seat 5

6.78% n=59

Seat 6

12.5% n=8

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Anowon, the Ruin Thief wins 24.61% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.61% n=1361

1 mulligan

24.49% n=294

2 mulligans

19.15% n=94

3 mulligans

30.77% n=13

4 mulligans

33.33% n=6

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Anowon, the Ruin Thief 3.76/5 on average, across 1959 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Anowon, the Ruin Thief wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.5% of the time across 701 tracked wins.

67.5 \%

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.