Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Global Commander Stats

All Grixis commanders Featured in Tales of Middle-earth

1144 Wins

2787 Losses

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Summary

Sauron, Lord of the Rings is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,935 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1144–2787) at an Elo of 1,450, ranking #3798 globally.

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

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 29% win rate across 3935 recorded Playgroup games (1144 wins, 2787 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?

1,339 decks list Sauron, Lord of the Rings as their commander on Playgroup, of which 871 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

3798

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1450

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 1339

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 871

No. games played with this commander 3935

Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1621	Mark Fear	10	7	70 %
2	1613	may the last gay bander	5	4	80 %
3	1558	Ryan	3	2	67 %
4	1557	carapoensis	3	2	67 %
5	1554	PlantThief	16	6	40 %

How does this commander win?

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, 84.14% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

84.14%

Non Combat Damage

5.67%

Commander Damage

5.24%

Alternative

4.11%

Combo

0.85%

Avg win turn 10.1 based on 1180 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 34.53% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.53% n=1141

Seat 2

33.46% n=1094

Seat 3

22.79% n=904

Seat 4

18.3% n=530

Seat 5

16.28% n=86

Seat 6

0.0% n=16

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins 30.71% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.71% n=1698

1 mulligan

29.71% n=525

2 mulligans

21.81% n=188

3 mulligans

26.67% n=45

4 mulligans

33.33% n=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 2657 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sauron, Lord of the Rings wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.5% of the time across 1182 tracked wins.

63.5 \%

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.