Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Global Commander Stats

413 Wins

999 Losses

Summary

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,412 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (413–999) at an Elo of 1,536, ranking #1278 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 24 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines's win rate?

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines has a 29% win rate across 1412 recorded Playgroup games (413 wins, 999 losses).

How long do winning games with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines take?

Wins with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 16 days.

How many decks use Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines?

586 decks list Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines as their commander on Playgroup, of which 279 have played at least one recorded game.

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1278

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1536

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.51

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 586

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 279

No. games played with this commander 1412

Total hours played 16 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1561	Tobias	10	5	50 %
2	1554	J44	19	8	42 %
3	1541	Yetu	11	6	55 %
4	1532	Cajiks	81	34	43 %
5	1527	Lanjo77	7	3	43 %

How does this commander win?

When Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins, 69.17% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

69.17%

Alternative

8.75%

Commander Damage

7.5%

Combo

6.67%

Non Combat Damage

3.75%

Poison

2.08%

Mill

2.08%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 418 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins 37.24% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.24% n=384

Seat 2

31.53% n=352

Seat 3

23.93% n=326

Seat 4

13.44% n=186

Seat 5

17.86% n=28

Seat 6

12.5% n=8

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins 31.48% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.48% n=594

1 mulligan

30.38% n=158

2 mulligans

21.82% n=55

3 mulligans

26.32% n=19

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines 3.47/5 on average, across 855 self-reports.

3.47 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.3% of the time across 418 tracked wins.

60.3 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.