Commander

Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders Featured in Tales of Middle-earth

1277 Wins

3168 Losses

Overview

Summary

Sauron, Lord of the Rings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,509 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1277–3168) at an Elo of 1,459, ranking #4256 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 44 damage dealt and 0.59 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Sauron, Lord of the Rings has a 28% win rate across 4509 recorded Playgroup games (1277 wins, 3168 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?

1,597 decks list Sauron, Lord of the Rings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,022 have played at least one recorded game.

Sauron, Lord of the Rings Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4256

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1459

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 44

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.59

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1597

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1022

No. games played with this commander 4509

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1658	armeen pajouyan	26	11	50 %
2	1621	Mark Fear	10	7	70 %
3	1583	fabio fresh meat eater	2	2	100 %
4	1575	Caleb	37	16	43 %
5	1558	Ryan	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, 83.38% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

83.38%

Commander Damage

5.84%

Non Combat Damage

5.71%

Alternative

3.68%

Combo

0.89%

Poison

0.51%

Avg win turn 10.1 based on 1316 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 33.43% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.43% n=1313

Seat 2

31.97% n=1298

Seat 3

23.07% n=1025

Seat 4

18.31% n=598

Seat 5

17.17% n=99

Seat 6

0.0% n=17

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 30.12% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.12% n=1894

1 mulligan

28.65% n=637

2 mulligans

22.44% n=234

3 mulligans

27.27% n=55

4 mulligans

37.5% n=8

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sauron, Lord of the Rings 3.68/5 on average, across 2983 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.5% of the time across 1320 tracked wins.

65.5 \%

Head to head

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.