Commander

Tom Bombadil

Global commander stats

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1207 Wins

3290 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Tom Bombadil is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,507 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (1207–3290) at an Elo of 1,592, ranking #603 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Tom Bombadil's win rate?

Tom Bombadil has a 26% win rate across 4507 recorded Playgroup games (1207 wins, 3290 losses).

How long do winning games with Tom Bombadil take?

Wins with Tom Bombadil take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Tom Bombadil?

1,728 decks list Tom Bombadil as their commander on Playgroup, of which 935 have played at least one recorded game.

Tom Bombadil Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

603

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1592

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.51

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1728

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 935

No. games played with this commander 4507

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1604	Ruvik	9	6	67 %
2	1598	Envinyatar	6	6	100 %
3	1568	wickedwizardqq	17	7	41 %
4	1568	Manarock Defender	2	2	100 %
5	1567	Settra	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Tom Bombadil wins, 68.22% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

68.22%

Non Combat Damage

13.74%

Alternative

8.47%

Commander Damage

5.52%

Combo

3.56%

Mill

0.49%

Avg win turn 10.3 based on 1227 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.

+8.3 pp

Top card: Aminatou, Veil Piercer

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Aminatou, Veil Piercer Signature build 43 games · Signature build	+8.3 pp	43
2	Exotic Orchard 613 games	+5.5 pp	613
3	Flooded Strand 161 games	+4.7 pp	161
4	Sylvan Library 63 games	+3.0 pp	63
5	Battle at the Helvault 282 games	+2.5 pp	282
6	Rhystic Study Signature build 41 games · Signature build	+2.2 pp	41
7	Ondu Spiritdancer 164 games	+1.2 pp	164
8	Summon: Bahamut 402 games	+0.8 pp	402
9	Anikthea, Hand of Erebos 150 games	+0.8 pp	150
10	Setessan Champion 534 games	+0.4 pp	534

Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Spelunking 65 games	+0.2 pp		65
12	Smothering Tithe Signature build 57 games · Signature build	+0.2 pp		57

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 33.94% of games from position 1 and 5.26% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.94% n=1261

Seat 2

25.95% n=1310

Seat 3

26.33% n=957

Seat 4

15.91% n=641

Seat 5

20.2% n=99

Seat 6

5.26% n=19

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Tom Bombadil wins 27.07% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.07% n=1873

1 mulligan

23.09% n=706

2 mulligans

24.38% n=242

3 mulligans

16.92% n=65

4 mulligans

11.11% n=18

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

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 3.63/5 on average, across 3083 self-reports.

3.63 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Tom Bombadil wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 1228 tracked wins.

67.1 \%

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.