Sam, Loyal Attendant

Global Commander Stats

All Selesnya commanders Featured in Tales of Middle-earth

595 Wins

1250 Losses

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Summary

Sam, Loyal Attendant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,845 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (595–1250) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #975 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 327 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 25 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sam, Loyal Attendant's win rate?

Sam, Loyal Attendant has a 32% win rate across 1845 recorded Playgroup games (595 wins, 1250 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: 26 days.

How many decks use Sam, Loyal Attendant?

856 decks list Sam, Loyal Attendant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 405 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

975

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1559

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 327

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 856

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 405

No. games played with this commander 1845

Total hours played 26 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1641	JH_Goblin	26	14	54 %
2	1599	Primerockx	17	8	47 %
3	1580	may the last gay bander	5	3	60 %
4	1559	LordArt12	2	2	100 %
5	1556	neubsi	8	4	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, 51.38% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.38%

Non Combat Damage

31.34%

Combo

6.68%

Alternative

6.22%

Commander Damage

3.69%

Mill

0.69%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 600 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 42.12% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.12% n=539

Seat 2

31.79% n=560

Seat 3

26.97% n=445

Seat 4

20.8% n=250

Seat 5

18.52% n=54

Seat 6

16.67% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 35.07% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.07% n=978

1 mulligan

34.11% n=258

2 mulligans

21.65% n=97

3 mulligans

29.17% n=24

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sam, Loyal Attendant 3.78/5 on average, across 1371 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.1% of the time across 602 tracked wins.

72.1 \%

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.