Commander

Saruman of Many Colors

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

340 Wins

992 Losses

Overview

Summary

Saruman of Many Colors is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,347 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (340–992) at an Elo of 1,503, ranking #2025 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.47 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Saruman of Many Colors's win rate?

Saruman of Many Colors has a 25% win rate across 1347 recorded Playgroup games (340 wins, 992 losses).

How long do winning games with Saruman of Many Colors take?

Wins with Saruman of Many Colors take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 16 days.

How many decks use Saruman of Many Colors?

434 decks list Saruman of Many Colors as their commander on Playgroup, of which 270 have played at least one recorded game.

Saruman of Many Colors Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

2025

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1503

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.47

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 434

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 270

No. games played with this commander 1347

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1651	rmagal	12	7	58 %
2	1614	Tomir	3	3	100 %
3	1588	PunkinTwix	8	4	50 %
4	1587	adolfo.oes	37	12	32 %
5	1548	magne	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Saruman of Many Colors wins, 32.3% of wins come via mill across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Mill

32.3%

Combat

30.35%

Non Combat Damage

17.12%

Alternative

11.67%

Combo

6.61%

Commander Damage

1.95%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 344 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Saruman of Many Colors

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Saruman of Many Colors decks that leave them out.

+13.5 pp

Top card: Exotic Orchard

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Exotic Orchard 193 games	+13.5 pp	193
2	Polluted Delta 119 games	+2.0 pp	119
3	Memory Plunder 73 games	+1.8 pp	73
4	Breach the Multiverse 90 games	+1.5 pp	90

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?

Saruman of Many Colors wins 31.58% of games from position 1 and 15.63% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.58% n=323

Seat 2

28.44% n=392

Seat 3

19.82% n=333

Seat 4

22.77% n=224

Seat 5

15.63% n=32

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Saruman of Many Colors wins 26.34% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

26.34% n=596

1 mulligan

25.71% n=247

2 mulligans

23.29% n=73

3 mulligans

14.29% n=14

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Saruman of Many Colors 3.79/5 on average, across 934 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Saruman of Many Colors wins, opponents flag the game as salty 39.8% of the time across 347 tracked wins.

39.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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