Commander

Sam, Loyal Attendant

Global commander stats {G} {W} All Selesnya commanders Featured in Tales of Middle-earth
Win Rate 32%
722 Wins
1459 Losses
Overview

Summary

Sam, Loyal Attendant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,215 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (722–1459) at an Elo of 1,532, ranking #1440 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 113558 damage dealt and 0.66 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 32% win rate across 2215 recorded Playgroup games (722 wins, 1459 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: about 1 month.
How many decks use Sam, Loyal Attendant?
984 decks list Sam, Loyal Attendant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 485 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1440
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1532
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 113558
Average commander damage per game 2
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.66
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 984
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 485
No. games played with this commander 2215
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1641 JH_Goblin 26 14
2 1599 Primerockx 17 8
3 1590 Dumkus 16 6
4 1566 Miguel A. P. A. 7 6
5 1559 LordArt12 2 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, 47.08% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
47.08%
Non Combat Damage
34.65%
Alternative
7.16%
Combo
6.59%
Commander Damage
3.95%
Mill
0.56%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 728 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Sam, Loyal Attendant

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sam, Loyal Attendant decks that leave them out.

+10.3 pp
Top card: Swords to Plowshares
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Marionette Apprentice
Marionette Apprentice 134 games
+3.3 pp
12
Indatha Triome
Indatha Triome 154 games
+3.2 pp
13
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff 267 games
+2.8 pp
14
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet 536 games
+2.5 pp
15
Agent of the Iron Throne
Agent of the Iron Throne 170 games
+1.9 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?

Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 41.5% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
41.5% n=659
2
Seat 2
32.6% n=681
3
Seat 3
27.39% n=524
4
Seat 4
22.94% n=303
5
Seat 5
21.43% n=56
6
Seat 6
16.67% n=6
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 34.79% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.79% n=1111
1
1 mulligan
35.0% n=330
2
2 mulligans
23.01% n=113
3
3 mulligans
27.27% n=33
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=7
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

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 1597 self-reports.

3.77 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.7% of the time across 732 tracked wins.

34.7 \%
Head to head

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
66.67%
Helga, Skittish Seer commander art
63.64%
Jetmir, Nexus of Revels commander art
60.87%
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant commander art
58.33%
Don Andres, the Renegade commander art
54.55%

Top 5 worst matchups