Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 21%
20 Wins
73 Losses

Summary

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 93 recorded Playgroup games, winning 21% of them (2073) at an Elo of 1,495, ranking #2532 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.35 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Gandalf, Friend of the Shire's win rate?

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire has a 21% win rate across 93 recorded Playgroup games (20 wins, 73 losses).

How long do winning games with Gandalf, Friend of the Shire take?

Wins with Gandalf, Friend of the Shire take on average 11 turns. Total tracked play time: 1 day.

How many decks use Gandalf, Friend of the Shire?

47 decks list Gandalf, Friend of the Shire as their commander on Playgroup, of which 26 have played at least one recorded game.

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
2532
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
11
Elo rating
1495

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 9
Average kills per game 0.35
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 47
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 26
No. games played with this commander 93
Total hours played 1 day

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1475 Boomdabah 2 0

How does this commander win?

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire wins, 25.0% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
25.0%
Alternative
25.0%
Non Combat Damage
25.0%
Combo
12.5%
Mill
12.5%
Avg win turn 10.8 based on 22 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire wins 27.59% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
27.59% n=29
2
Seat 2
21.74% n=23
3
Seat 3
10.0% n=20
4
Seat 4
22.22% n=18
5
Seat 5
0.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gandalf, Friend of the Shire wins 23.91% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
23.91% n=46
1
1 mulligan
13.33% n=15
2
2 mulligans
14.29% n=7
3
3 mulligans
0.0% n=1
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gandalf, Friend of the Shire 4.06/5 on average, across 83 self-reports.

4.06 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire wins, opponents flag the game as salty 81.8% of the time across 22 tracked wins.

81.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Gandalf, Friend of the Shire. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

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Top 5 worst matchups

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
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