Commander

Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Global commander stats {B} {G} All Golgari commanders
Win Rate 21%
490 Wins
1759 Losses
Overview

Summary

Sméagol, Helpful Guide is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,270 recorded Playgroup games, winning 21% of them (490–1759) at an Elo of 1,503, ranking #2065 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.49 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 21% win rate across 2270 recorded Playgroup games (490 wins, 1759 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: 30 days.
How many decks use Sméagol, Helpful Guide?
759 decks list Sméagol, Helpful Guide as their commander on Playgroup, of which 457 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
2065
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1503
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 29240
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.49
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 759
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 457
No. games played with this commander 2270
Total hours played 30 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1617 kyle scarb 9 6
2 1604 Odoborogodo 11 6
3 1604 Lucas 13 5
4 1602 Blake 26 12
5 1575 Wedgi 5 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sméagol, Helpful Guide wins, 42.48% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
42.48%
Non Combat Damage
25.37%
Mill
12.98%
Combo
11.21%
Alternative
6.19%
Commander Damage
1.77%
Avg win turn 9.0 based on 495 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks that leave them out.

+3.6 pp
Top card: Deadly Dispute
# Card Lift
1
Deadly Dispute
Deadly Dispute 164 games
+3.6 pp
2
Nasty End
Nasty End 208 games
+2.5 pp
3
Verdant Catacombs
Verdant Catacombs 110 games
+2.1 pp
4
Exsanguinate
Exsanguinate 129 games
+0.2 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?

Sméagol, Helpful Guide wins 26.42% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
26.42% n=634
2
Seat 2
21.77% n=643
3
Seat 3
22.33% n=533
4
Seat 4
13.17% n=319
5
Seat 5
17.95% n=39
6
Seat 6
12.5% n=8
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sméagol, Helpful Guide wins 21.03% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
21.03% n=913
1
1 mulligan
21.81% n=353
2
2 mulligans
23.2% n=153
3
3 mulligans
15.91% n=44
4
4 mulligans
7.69% n=13
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sméagol, Helpful Guide 3.74/5 on average, across 1505 self-reports.

3.74 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sméagol, Helpful Guide wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.7% of the time across 495 tracked wins.

33.7 \%
Head to head

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
54.55%
Felothar the Steadfast commander art
50.0%
Hazel of the Rootbloom commander art
45.83%
Ziatora, the Incinerator commander art
45.45%
Maralen, Fae Ascendant commander art
45.45%

Top 5 worst matchups

Minn, Wily Illusionist commander art
0.0%
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal commander art
0.0%
Saruman, the White Hand commander art
0.0%
Edgar Markov commander art
Edgar Markov 25 games
0.0%