Commander

Saruman of Many Colors

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} All Esper commanders
Win Rate 25%
311 Wins
885 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Saruman of Many Colors is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,198 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (311885) at an Elo of 1,500, ranking #1974 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

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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 1198 recorded Playgroup games (311 wins, 885 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: 15 days.
How many decks use Saruman of Many Colors?
389 decks list Saruman of Many Colors as their commander on Playgroup, of which 233 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1974
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1500
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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 0.5
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 389
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 233
No. games played with this commander 1198
Total hours played 15 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1651 rmagal 12 7
2 1588 PunkinTwix 8 4
3 1587 adolfo.oes 37 12
4 1558 KBro 37 11
5 1548 magne 2 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Saruman of Many Colors wins, 31.38% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
31.38%
Mill
30.54%
Non Combat Damage
17.15%
Alternative
12.13%
Combo
6.69%
Commander Damage
2.09%
Avg win turn 9.7 based on 315 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.

+8.9 pp
Top card: Exotic Orchard
# Card Lift
1
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard 126 games
+8.9 pp
2
Breach the Multiverse
Breach the Multiverse 72 games
+0.3 pp
3
Polluted Delta
Polluted Delta 85 games
+0.1 pp

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 32.97% of games from position 1 and 15.63% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.97% n=276
2
Seat 2
28.96% n=335
3
Seat 3
21.14% n=298
4
Seat 4
21.11% n=199
5
Seat 5
15.63% n=32
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Saruman of Many Colors wins 26.77% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
26.77% n=564
1
1 mulligan
25.23% n=222
2
2 mulligans
21.54% n=65
3
3 mulligans
18.18% n=11
4
4 mulligans
50.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Saruman of Many Colors 3.82/5 on average, across 829 self-reports.

3.82 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Saruman of Many Colors wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.1% of the time across 317 tracked wins.

69.1 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Edward Kenway commander art
Edward Kenway 10 games
60.0%
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit commander art
58.33%
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable commander art
53.33%
The Jolly Balloon Man commander art
47.06%
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity commander art
46.15%

Top 5 worst matchups

Korvold, Fae-Cursed King commander art
0.0%
Ureni of the Unwritten commander art
6.67%
Yarok, the Desecrated commander art
7.69%
Maelstrom Wanderer commander art
8.33%
Tymna the Weaver commander art
Tymna the Weaver 11 games
9.09%