Commander

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Global commander stats {W} All White commanders
Win Rate 29%
434 Wins
1048 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,483 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (4341048) at an Elo of 1,486, ranking #3371 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 1483 recorded Playgroup games (434 wins, 1048 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?
616 decks list Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines as their commander on Playgroup, of which 298 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3371
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1486
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Averages

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 616
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 298
No. games played with this commander 1483
Total hours played 16 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1554 J44 19 8
2 1548 Ben Baik 1 1
3 1547 Tobias 11 5
4 1541 Yetu 11 6
5 1532 Cajiks 82 35
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins, 69.35% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
69.35%
Alternative
8.47%
Commander Damage
7.26%
Combo
6.85%
Non Combat Damage
4.03%
Poison
2.02%
Mill
2.02%
Avg win turn 10.2 based on 439 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.

+5.3 pp
Top card: Myriad Landscape

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 36.75% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
36.75% n=400
2
Seat 2
31.9% n=373
3
Seat 3
23.96% n=338
4
Seat 4
12.69% n=197
5
Seat 5
17.86% n=28
6
Seat 6
12.5% n=8
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins 31.54% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.54% n=615
1
1 mulligan
31.82% n=176
2
2 mulligans
25.0% n=64
3
3 mulligans
25.0% n=20
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines 3.48/5 on average, across 895 self-reports.

3.48 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines wins, opponents flag the game as salty 59.9% of the time across 439 tracked wins.

59.9 \%
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.

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