Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Global Commander Stats

428 Wins

1029 Losses

Summary

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,457 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (428–1029) at an Elo of 1,525, ranking #1461 globally.

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

Last full refresh 13 Jul 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 1457 recorded Playgroup games (428 wins, 1029 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?

603 decks list Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines as their commander on Playgroup, of which 293 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1461

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1525

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 0.5

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 603

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 293

No. games played with this commander 1457

Total hours played 16 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1554	J44	19	8	42 %
2	1546	Tobias	11	5	45 %
3	1541	Yetu	11	6	55 %
4	1532	Cajiks	82	35	44 %
5	1527	Lanjo77	7	3	43 %

How does this commander win?

When Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins, 68.98% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

68.98%

Alternative

8.57%

Commander Damage

7.35%

Combo

6.94%

Non Combat Damage

4.08%

Poison

2.04%

Mill

2.04%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 433 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins 37.12% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.12% n=396

Seat 2

31.98% n=369

Seat 3

24.32% n=333

Seat 4

12.89% n=194

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 31.69% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.69% n=609

1 mulligan

30.59% n=170

2 mulligans

25.81% n=62

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 880 self-reports.

3.47 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins, opponents flag the game as salty 59.4% of the time across 433 tracked wins.

59.4 \%

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.