Sam, Loyal Attendant

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 32%
566 Wins
1197 Losses

Summary

Sam, Loyal Attendant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,763 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (5661197) at an Elo of 1,629, ranking #278 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 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 1763 recorded Playgroup games (566 wins, 1197 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: 25 days.

How many decks use Sam, Loyal Attendant?

788 decks list Sam, Loyal Attendant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 381 have played at least one recorded game.

Sam, Loyal Attendant Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
278
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1629

Global Elo Trend

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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 0.66
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 788
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 381
No. games played with this commander 1763
Total hours played 25 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1635 JH_Goblin 26 14
2 1614 Primerockx 16 8
3 1595 may the last gay bander 4 3
4 1559 LordArt12 2 2
5 1556 neubsi 8 4

How does this commander win?

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, 51.68% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
51.68%
Non Combat Damage
32.21%
Alternative
6.01%
Combo
5.77%
Commander Damage
3.61%
Mill
0.72%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 573 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 41.89% of games from position 1 and 18.87% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
41.89% n=518
2
Seat 2
31.91% n=539
3
Seat 3
26.62% n=432
4
Seat 4
21.43% n=238
5
Seat 5
18.87% n=53
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 34.75% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.75% n=944
1
1 mulligan
34.45% n=238
2
2 mulligans
22.58% n=93
3
3 mulligans
26.09% n=23
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 1315 self-reports.

3.77 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.6% of the time across 574 tracked wins.

72.6 \%

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
60.87%
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant commander art
58.33%
Don Andres, the Renegade commander art
54.55%
Galadriel, Light of Valinor commander art
51.43%

Top 5 worst matchups