Commander

Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Global commander stats {U} {B} {R} All Grixis commanders Featured in Tales of Middle-earth
Win Rate 28%
1174 Wins
2886 Losses
Overview

Summary

Sauron, Lord of the Rings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,082 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (11742886) at an Elo of 1,464, ranking #3795 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.61 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 28% win rate across 4082 recorded Playgroup games (1174 wins, 2886 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?
1,385 decks list Sauron, Lord of the Rings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 898 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3795
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1464
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 8
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.61
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1385
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 898
No. games played with this commander 4082
Total hours played about 2 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1621 Mark Fear 10 7
2 1597 may the last gay bander 6 4
3 1565 Caleb 17 7
4 1558 Ryan 3 2
5 1556 carapoensis 3 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, 83.88% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
83.88%
Non Combat Damage
5.51%
Commander Damage
5.37%
Alternative
3.99%
Combo
0.96%
Poison
0.28%
Avg win turn 10.1 based on 1213 wins with recorded turn counts
Table position

Does seating order matter?

Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 34.1% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.1% n=1170
2
Seat 2
33.19% n=1127
3
Seat 3
22.62% n=924
4
Seat 4
18.18% n=550
5
Seat 5
17.78% n=90
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=17
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 30.29% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.29% n=1750
1
1 mulligan
28.96% n=556
2
2 mulligans
22.66% n=203
3
3 mulligans
26.53% n=49
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=6
6
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 3.65/5 on average, across 2754 self-reports.

3.65 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.0% of the time across 1216 tracked wins.

64.0 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Sophia, Dogged Detective commander art
66.67%
Aurelia, the Warleader commander art
58.33%
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy commander art
53.85%
Imotekh the Stormlord commander art
50.0%
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups