Commander

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Global commander stats {W} All White commanders
Win Rate 29%
481 Wins
1153 Losses
Overview

Summary

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,657 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (481–1153) at an Elo of 1,512, ranking #1857 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

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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 1657 recorded Playgroup games (481 wins, 1153 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: about 2 months.
How many decks use Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines?
702 decks list Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines as their commander on Playgroup, of which 352 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1857
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1512
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.5
Average turn length 5 minutes
No. decks for this commander 702
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 352
No. games played with this commander 1657
Total hours played about 2 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1548 Ben Baik 1 1
2 1547 Tobias 11 5
3 1545 LipBalm0908 3 3
4 1541 Yetu 11 6
5 1538 J44 20 8
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins, 69.34% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
69.34%
Alternative
8.39%
Commander Damage
6.93%
Combo
6.57%
Non Combat Damage
4.38%
Poison
2.19%
Mill
2.19%
Avg win turn 10.2 based on 485 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines decks that leave them out.

+4.4 pp
Top card: Helpful Hunter
# Card Lift
1
Helpful Hunter
Helpful Hunter 226 games
+4.4 pp
2
Felidar Retreat
Felidar Retreat 178 games
+4.0 pp
3
Charming Prince
Charming Prince 195 games
+2.1 pp
4
Myriad Landscape
Myriad Landscape 99 games
+1.5 pp
5
Farewell
Farewell 135 games
+1.0 pp
6
Inspiring Overseer
Inspiring Overseer 180 games
+0.7 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?

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins 36.56% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
36.56% n=465
2
Seat 2
32.51% n=423
3
Seat 3
23.32% n=373
4
Seat 4
13.64% n=220
5
Seat 5
16.67% n=30
6
Seat 6
12.5% n=8
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins 31.11% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.11% n=659
1
1 mulligan
30.23% n=215
2
2 mulligans
23.42% n=79
3
3 mulligans
21.74% n=23
4
4 mulligans
20.0% n=5
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines 3.51/5 on average, across 973 self-reports.

3.51 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.1% of the time across 485 tracked wins.

36.1 \%
Head to head

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.

Top 5 best matchups

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