Commander

Tom Bombadil

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 27%
1317 Wins
3507 Losses
Overview

Summary

Tom Bombadil is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,869 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1317–3507) at an Elo of 1,523, ranking #1646 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.5 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 4869 recorded Playgroup games (1317 wins, 3507 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?
1,854 decks list Tom Bombadil as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,036 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1646
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1523
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 1007269
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.5
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1854
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1036
No. games played with this commander 4869
Total hours played 2 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1632 Ruvik 14 9
2 1598 Envinyatar 6 6
3 1586 Kbreezy 11 6
4 1568 Manarock Defender 2 2
5 1567 Settra 2 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Tom Bombadil wins, 68.1% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
68.1%
Non Combat Damage
13.57%
Alternative
8.82%
Commander Damage
5.54%
Combo
3.51%
Mill
0.45%
Avg win turn 10.2 based on 1334 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.

+6.2 pp
Top card: Sylvan Library
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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 34.33% of games from position 1 and 5.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.33% n=1407
2
Seat 2
26.06% n=1437
3
Seat 3
26.14% n=1054
4
Seat 4
16.19% n=695
5
Seat 5
19.61% n=102
6
Seat 6
5.0% n=20
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Tom Bombadil wins 27.32% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.32% n=1971
1
1 mulligan
23.5% n=781
2
2 mulligans
24.82% n=274
3
3 mulligans
19.72% n=71
4
4 mulligans
11.11% n=18
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 3275 self-reports.

3.64 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Tom Bombadil wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.8% of the time across 1338 tracked wins.

68.8 \%
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%
Jenova, Ancient Calamity commander art
63.64%
Elrond, Master of Healing commander art
60.0%
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower commander art
54.55%
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite commander art
54.05%

Top 5 worst matchups

Riku of Many Paths commander art
0.0%
Leonardo, the Balance commander art
0.0%
Zimone and Dina commander art
Zimone and Dina 11 games
0.0%
Ramos, Dragon Engine commander art
0.0%