Commander

Sauron, the Dark Lord

Global commander stats {U} {B} {R} All Grixis commanders
Win Rate 24%
2486 Wins
7696 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Sauron, the Dark Lord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 10,242 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (24867696) at an Elo of 1,360, ranking #4637 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sauron, the Dark Lord's win rate?
Sauron, the Dark Lord has a 24% win rate across 10242 recorded Playgroup games (2486 wins, 7696 losses).
How long do winning games with Sauron, the Dark Lord take?
Wins with Sauron, the Dark Lord take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 5 months.
How many decks use Sauron, the Dark Lord?
3,460 decks list Sauron, the Dark Lord as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,899 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4637
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1360
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 7
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.56
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 3460
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1899
No. games played with this commander 10242
Total hours played 5 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1682 Randy008 35 16
2 1669 Nitros 57 19
3 1606 Kyle_Spaghetti 18 8
4 1597 dweller 9 5
5 1595 Luke S 3 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sauron, the Dark Lord wins, 71.47% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
71.47%
Non Combat Damage
13.81%
Commander Damage
6.68%
Alternative
3.8%
Combo
3.08%
Mill
0.85%
Poison
0.33%
Avg win turn 9.5 based on 2538 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Sauron, the Dark Lord

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

+6.0 pp
Top card: Teferi's Ageless Insight
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Fellwar Stone
Fellwar Stone 613 games
+3.3 pp
12
Kess, Dissident Mage
Kess, Dissident Mage 59 games
+3.2 pp
13
Deflecting Swat
Deflecting Swat 157 games
+3.1 pp
14
Negate
Negate 287 games
+3.0 pp
15
Shipwreck Marsh
Shipwreck Marsh 227 games
+2.7 pp

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, the Dark Lord wins 29.36% of games from position 1 and 7.69% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
29.36% n=2905
2
Seat 2
26.35% n=2937
3
Seat 3
19.45% n=2267
4
Seat 4
17.95% n=1404
5
Seat 5
17.02% n=235
6
Seat 6
7.69% n=26
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sauron, the Dark Lord wins 24.23% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.23% n=4684
1
1 mulligan
24.6% n=1514
2
2 mulligans
21.62% n=518
3
3 mulligans
16.77% n=155
4
4 mulligans
14.29% n=28
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=7
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, the Dark Lord 3.66/5 on average, across 6973 self-reports.

3.66 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sauron, the Dark Lord wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.6% of the time across 2533 tracked wins.

66.6 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sauron, the Dark Lord. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

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Top 5 worst matchups