Sam, Loyal Attendant

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 31%
530 Wins
1128 Losses

Summary

Sam, Loyal Attendant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,658 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (5301128) at an Elo of 1,618, ranking #369 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Sam, Loyal Attendant's win rate?

Sam, Loyal Attendant has a 31% win rate across 1658 recorded Playgroup games (530 wins, 1128 losses).

How long do winning games with Sam, Loyal Attendant take?

Wins with Sam, Loyal Attendant take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 23 days.

How many decks use Sam, Loyal Attendant?

755 decks list Sam, Loyal Attendant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 360 have played at least one recorded game.

Sam, Loyal Attendant Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
369
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1618

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 2
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.65
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 755
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 360
No. games played with this commander 1658
Total hours played 23 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1645 Primerockx 14 8
2 1635 JH_Goblin 26 14
3 1566 josofm 6 3
4 1559 LordArt12 2 2
5 1556 neubsi 8 4

How does this commander win?

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, 51.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
51.92%
Non Combat Damage
31.2%
Alternative
6.39%
Combo
6.14%
Commander Damage
3.58%
Mill
0.77%
Avg win turn 9.7 based on 537 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 40.62% of games from position 1 and 19.61% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.62% n=485
2
Seat 2
32.41% n=503
3
Seat 3
26.96% n=408
4
Seat 4
21.59% n=227
5
Seat 5
19.61% n=51
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 34.67% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.67% n=897
1
1 mulligan
33.8% n=216
2
2 mulligans
20.69% n=87
3
3 mulligans
27.27% n=22
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=5

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sam, Loyal Attendant 3.77/5 on average, across 1242 self-reports.

3.77 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.7% of the time across 538 tracked wins.

72.7 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sam, Loyal Attendant. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Veyran, Voice of Duality commander art
63.64%
Jetmir, Nexus of Revels commander art
58.33%
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant commander art
54.55%
Galadriel, Light of Valinor commander art
51.43%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups