Commander

Tom Bombadil

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 27%
1403 Wins
3719 Losses
Overview

Summary

Tom Bombadil is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,170 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1403–3719) at an Elo of 1,572, ranking #859 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 167676 damage dealt and 0.49 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Tom Bombadil's win rate?
Tom Bombadil has a 27% win rate across 5170 recorded Playgroup games (1403 wins, 3719 losses).
How long do winning games with Tom Bombadil take?
Wins with Tom Bombadil take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.
How many decks use Tom Bombadil?
1,996 decks list Tom Bombadil as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,125 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
859
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1572
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 167676
Average commander damage per game 952749
Average poison counters given per game 6
Average kills per game 0.49
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1996
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1125
No. games played with this commander 5170
Total hours played 3 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1598 Envinyatar 6 6
2 1598 Ruvik 18 10
3 1586 Kbreezy 11 6
4 1570 Angus H 59 18
5 1568 Manarock Defender 2 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Tom Bombadil wins, 68.17% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
68.17%
Non Combat Damage
13.5%
Alternative
8.79%
Commander Damage
5.25%
Combo
3.86%
Mill
0.43%
Avg win turn 10.1 based on 1418 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Tom Bombadil

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

+8.8 pp
Top card: Sylvan Library
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Flooded Strand
Flooded Strand 257 games
+2.1 pp
12
Mana Confluence
Mana Confluence 230 games
+1.8 pp
13
Battle at the Helvault
Battle at the Helvault 386 games
+1.4 pp
14
Staff of Compleation
Staff of Compleation 79 games
+1.1 pp
15
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos 164 games
+0.9 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?

Tom Bombadil wins 34.5% of games from position 1 and 5.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.5% n=1500
2
Seat 2
26.24% n=1528
3
Seat 3
26.01% n=1136
4
Seat 4
16.0% n=722
5
Seat 5
20.0% n=105
6
Seat 6
5.0% n=20
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Tom Bombadil wins 27.38% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.38% n=2031
1
1 mulligan
23.97% n=847
2
2 mulligans
25.09% n=287
3
3 mulligans
21.52% n=79
4
4 mulligans
10.53% n=19
5
5 mulligans
25.0% n=4
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Tom Bombadil 3.64/5 on average, across 3412 self-reports.

3.64 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Tom Bombadil wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.2% of the time across 1426 tracked wins.

35.2 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Kudo, King Among Bears commander art
70.0%
Elrond, Master of Healing commander art
60.0%
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower commander art
54.55%
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite commander art
54.05%
Orvar, the All-Form commander art
53.85%