Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 29%
1080 Wins
2583 Losses

Summary

Sauron, Lord of the Rings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,663 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (10802583) at an Elo of 1,611, ranking #428 globally.

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

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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 3663 recorded Playgroup games (1080 wins, 2583 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?

1,224 decks list Sauron, Lord of the Rings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 786 have played at least one recorded game.

Sauron, Lord of the Rings Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
428
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1611

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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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 1224
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 786
No. games played with this commander 3663
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, 84.12% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
84.12%
Non Combat Damage
5.49%
Commander Damage
5.34%
Alternative
4.15%
Combo
0.89%
Avg win turn 10.2 based on 1117 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 34.74% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.74% n=1068
2
Seat 2
34.18% n=1018
3
Seat 3
23.39% n=838
4
Seat 4
18.55% n=496
5
Seat 5
15.58% n=77
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=16

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 31.08% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.08% n=1599
1
1 mulligan
30.18% n=487
2
2 mulligans
21.3% n=169
3
3 mulligans
26.19% n=42
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 2474 self-reports.

3.64 / 5
🧂

Opponent salt

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.3% of the time across 1120 tracked wins.

64.3 \%

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

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72.73%
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63.64%
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53.85%
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician commander art
50.0%
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50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups