Sam, Loyal Attendant

Global Commander Stats

577 Wins

1222 Losses

Summary

Sam, Loyal Attendant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,799 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (577–1222) at an Elo of 1,530, ranking #1381 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 337 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 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 1799 recorded Playgroup games (577 wins, 1222 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?

827 decks list Sam, Loyal Attendant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 399 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

1381

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1530

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 337

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 827

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 399

No. games played with this commander 1799

Total hours played 25 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1635	JH_Goblin	26	14	54 %
2	1598	Primerockx	17	8	47 %
3	1595	may the last gay bander	4	3	75 %
4	1559	LordArt12	2	2	100 %
5	1556	neubsi	8	4	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, 51.31% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.31%

Non Combat Damage

31.83%

Combo

6.18%

Alternative

6.18%

Commander Damage

3.8%

Mill

0.71%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 584 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 41.67% of games from position 1 and 18.87% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.67% n=528

Seat 2

31.76% n=551

Seat 3

26.82% n=440

Seat 4

21.58% n=241

Seat 5

18.87% n=53

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sam, Loyal Attendant wins 34.79% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.79% n=960

1 mulligan

34.27% n=248

2 mulligans

22.11% n=95

3 mulligans

26.09% n=23

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 3.78/5 on average, across 1341 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sam, Loyal Attendant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.3% of the time across 584 tracked wins.

72.3 \%

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.