Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

Global Commander Stats {U} All Blue commanders
Win Rate 21%
21 Wins
77 Losses

Summary

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 98 recorded Playgroup games, winning 21% of them (2177) at an Elo of 1,457, ranking #3716 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.37 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 98 recorded Playgroup games (21 wins, 77 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?
49 decks list Gandalf, Friend of the Shire as their commander on Playgroup, of which 28 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3716
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
11
Elo rating
1457

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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 0.37
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 49
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 28
No. games played with this commander 98
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, 29.41% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
29.41%
Alternative
23.53%
Non Combat Damage
23.53%
Combo
11.76%
Mill
11.76%
Avg win turn 10.8 based on 23 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire wins 29.03% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
29.03% n=31
2
Seat 2
20.0% n=25
3
Seat 3
9.52% n=21
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 25.0% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
25.0% n=48
1
1 mulligan
13.33% n=15
2
2 mulligans
12.5% n=8
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 4.05/5 on average, across 87 self-reports.

4.05 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire wins, opponents flag the game as salty 82.6% of the time across 23 tracked wins.

82.6 \%

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

Sauron, the Dark Lord commander art
20.0%
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
0.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
0.0%
Sauron, the Dark Lord commander art
20.0%