Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 29%
1103 Wins
2672 Losses

Summary

Sauron, Lord of the Rings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,775 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (11032672) at an Elo of 1,472, ranking #3161 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh
Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Sauron, Lord of the Rings's win rate?

Sauron, Lord of the Rings has a 29% win rate across 3775 recorded Playgroup games (1103 wins, 2672 losses).

How long do winning games with Sauron, Lord of the Rings take?

Wins with Sauron, Lord of the Rings take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Sauron, Lord of the Rings?

1,255 decks list Sauron, Lord of the Rings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 806 have played at least one recorded game.

Sauron, Lord of the Rings Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
3161
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1472

Global Elo Trend

Loading...

Commander Popularity Trend

Loading...

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7
Average commander damage per game 8
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.62
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1255
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 806
No. games played with this commander 3775
Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1613 May_alone 5 4
2 1596 Mark Fear 9 6
3 1558 Ryan 3 2
4 1557 carapoensis 3 2
5 1554 PlantThief 16 6

How does this commander win?

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, 84.21% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
84.21%
Non Combat Damage
5.41%
Commander Damage
5.26%
Alternative
4.24%
Combo
0.88%
Avg win turn 10.1 based on 1140 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 34.7% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.7% n=1098
2
Seat 2
33.56% n=1052
3
Seat 3
23.07% n=867
4
Seat 4
18.5% n=508
5
Seat 5
15.19% n=79
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=16

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 30.76% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.76% n=1632
1
1 mulligan
29.94% n=501
2
2 mulligans
21.47% n=177
3
3 mulligans
25.58% n=43
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=6
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sauron, Lord of the Rings 3.64/5 on average, across 2550 self-reports.

3.64 / 5
🧂

Opponent salt

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.9% of the time across 1143 tracked wins.

63.9 \%

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Sophia, Dogged Detective commander art
72.73%
Aurelia, the Warleader commander art
63.64%
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy commander art
53.85%
Cosmic Spider-Man commander art
50.0%
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups