Commander

Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders Featured in Tales of Middle-earth

1366 Wins

3318 Losses

Overview

Summary

Sauron, Lord of the Rings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,790 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1366–3318) at an Elo of 1,497, ranking #3462 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 73818 damage dealt and 0.59 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Oct 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 4790 recorded Playgroup games (1366 wins, 3318 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: 2 months.

How many decks use Sauron, Lord of the Rings?

1,634 decks list Sauron, Lord of the Rings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,068 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

3462

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1497

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 73818

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.59

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1634

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1068

No. games played with this commander 4790

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1621	Mark Fear	10	7	70 %
2	1583	fabio fresh meat eater	2	2	100 %
3	1559	ThighEnjoyer	1	0	0 %
4	1558	Caleb	38	16	42 %
5	1558	Ryan	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, 83.6% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

83.6%

Commander Damage

5.59%

Non Combat Damage

5.59%

Alternative

3.65%

Combo

0.85%

Poison

0.61%

Mill

0.12%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 1402 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sauron, Lord of the Rings decks that leave them out.

+1.6 pp

Top card: Sauron, the Dark Lord

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Sauron, the Dark Lord 185 games	+1.6 pp		185

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?

Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 33.64% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.64% n=1409

Seat 2

32.15% n=1392

Seat 3

23.35% n=1079

Seat 4

18.89% n=646

Seat 5

17.65% n=102

Seat 6

0.0% n=17

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 30.05% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.05% n=1977

1 mulligan

29.32% n=689

2 mulligans

24.4% n=248

3 mulligans

27.78% n=63

4 mulligans

45.45% n=11

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

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 3.69/5 on average, across 3063 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.7% of the time across 1407 tracked wins.

35.7 \%

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.