Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 20%
376 Wins
1420 Losses

Summary

Sméagol, Helpful Guide is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,796 recorded Playgroup games, winning 20% of them (3761420) at an Elo of 1,443, ranking #3426 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Sméagol, Helpful Guide's win rate?

Sméagol, Helpful Guide has a 20% win rate across 1796 recorded Playgroup games (376 wins, 1420 losses).

How long do winning games with Sméagol, Helpful Guide take?

Wins with Sméagol, Helpful Guide take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 24 days.

How many decks use Sméagol, Helpful Guide?

596 decks list Sméagol, Helpful Guide as their commander on Playgroup, of which 346 have played at least one recorded game.

Sméagol, Helpful Guide Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
3426
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1443

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7
Average commander damage per game 36274
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.51
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 596
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 346
No. games played with this commander 1796
Total hours played 24 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1617 kyle scarb 9 6
2 1578 Odoborogodo 3 3
3 1566 Lucas 12 4
4 1540 Wedgi 4 2
5 1539 André 9 3

How does this commander win?

When Sméagol, Helpful Guide wins, 46.01% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
46.01%
Non Combat Damage
25.48%
Mill
11.03%
Combo
9.89%
Alternative
5.7%
Commander Damage
1.9%
Avg win turn 9.2 based on 380 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sméagol, Helpful Guide wins 25.1% of games from position 1 and 13.55% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
25.1% n=498
2
Seat 2
20.66% n=484
3
Seat 3
21.63% n=430
4
Seat 4
13.55% n=251
5
Seat 5
18.18% n=33
6
Seat 6
14.29% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sméagol, Helpful Guide wins 20.28% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
20.28% n=784
1
1 mulligan
21.79% n=257
2
2 mulligans
21.49% n=121
3
3 mulligans
20.83% n=24
4
4 mulligans
11.11% n=9
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sméagol, Helpful Guide 3.71/5 on average, across 1242 self-reports.

3.71 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sméagol, Helpful Guide wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.2% of the time across 379 tracked wins.

66.2 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sméagol, Helpful Guide. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse commander art
58.33%
Felothar the Steadfast commander art
50.0%
Shorikai, Genesis Engine commander art
42.86%
Ellivere of the Wild Court commander art
42.86%
Saruman of Many Colors commander art
40.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Minn, Wily Illusionist commander art
0.0%
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal commander art
0.0%
Edgar Markov commander art
Edgar Markov 18 games
0.0%
Zhulodok, Void Gorger commander art
5.26%