Samwise Gamgee

Global Commander Stats

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188 Wins

455 Losses

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Summary

Samwise Gamgee is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 643 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (188–455) at an Elo of 1,542, ranking #1204 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 25 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 26 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Samwise Gamgee's win rate?

Samwise Gamgee has a 29% win rate across 643 recorded Playgroup games (188 wins, 455 losses).

How long do winning games with Samwise Gamgee take?

Wins with Samwise Gamgee take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 9 days.

How many decks use Samwise Gamgee?

245 decks list Samwise Gamgee as their commander on Playgroup, of which 135 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

1204

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1542

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 25

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 245

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 135

No. games played with this commander 643

Total hours played 9 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1609	Therausch09	32	11	34 %
2	1540	thesuitist	2	1	50 %
3	1488	hkbi	1	0	0 %
4	1479	Devius121	2	0	0 %
5	1476	PlumtreeChloe	2	0	0 %

How does this commander win?

When Samwise Gamgee wins, 75.42% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.42%

Commander Damage

10.17%

Alternative

8.47%

Combo

5.08%

Non Combat Damage

0.85%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 193 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Samwise Gamgee wins 35.59% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.59% n=177

Seat 2

27.71% n=166

Seat 3

28.65% n=185

Seat 4

19.23% n=104

Seat 5

33.33% n=6

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Samwise Gamgee wins 31.25% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.25% n=320

1 mulligan

22.54% n=71

2 mulligans

16.67% n=30

3 mulligans

25.0% n=8

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Samwise Gamgee 3.6/5 on average, across 392 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Samwise Gamgee wins, opponents flag the game as salty 59.6% of the time across 193 tracked wins.

59.6 \%

Best and worst matchups

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