Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 29%
1036 Wins
2498 Losses

Summary

Sauron, Lord of the Rings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,534 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (10362498) at an Elo of 1,412, ranking #3614 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.63 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 3534 recorded Playgroup games (1036 wins, 2498 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?

1,198 decks list Sauron, Lord of the Rings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 761 have played at least one recorded game.

Sauron, Lord of the Rings Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
3614
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1412

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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 0.63
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1198
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 761
No. games played with this commander 3534
Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1629 Maymagic 4 4
2 1596 Mark Fear 9 6
3 1568 PlantThief 14 6
4 1558 Ryan 3 2
5 1557 carapoensis 3 2

How does this commander win?

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, 83.72% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
83.72%
Commander Damage
5.58%
Non Combat Damage
5.58%
Alternative
4.19%
Combo
0.93%
Avg win turn 10.2 based on 1070 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 34.67% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.67% n=1024
2
Seat 2
33.64% n=972
3
Seat 3
23.1% n=814
4
Seat 4
18.71% n=481
5
Seat 5
16.22% n=74
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=16

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 30.79% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.79% n=1572
1
1 mulligan
29.96% n=464
2
2 mulligans
21.34% n=164
3
3 mulligans
26.83% n=41
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 3.63/5 on average, across 2382 self-reports.

3.63 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.5% of the time across 1079 tracked wins.

64.5 \%

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.

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Top 5 worst matchups