Commander

Lord of the Nazgûl

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

958 Wins

2289 Losses

Overview

Summary

Lord of the Nazgûl is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,296 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (958–2289) at an Elo of 1,504, ranking #1988 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 115782 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 17 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Lord of the Nazgûl's win rate?

Lord of the Nazgûl has a 29% win rate across 3296 recorded Playgroup games (958 wins, 2289 losses).

How long do winning games with Lord of the Nazgûl take?

Wins with Lord of the Nazgûl take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Lord of the Nazgûl?

1,284 decks list Lord of the Nazgûl as their commander on Playgroup, of which 695 have played at least one recorded game.

Lord of the Nazgûl Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1988

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1504

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 115782

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1284

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 695

No. games played with this commander 3296

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1601	Wilcore	19	8	42 %
2	1592	kevin G	12	5	42 %
3	1584	KahnofChaos	7	6	86 %
4	1584	J44	19	8	42 %
5	1567	Caisen	9	3	38 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Lord of the Nazgûl wins, 83.58% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

83.58%

Commander Damage

7.77%

Non Combat Damage

3.81%

Alternative

2.93%

Combo

1.91%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 973 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Lord of the Nazgûl

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

+3.6 pp

Top card: Brainstorm

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Brainstorm 364 games	+3.6 pp	364
2	Consider 358 games	+2.9 pp	358
3	Infernal Grasp 171 games	+2.9 pp	171
4	Fetid Pools 113 games	+2.4 pp	113
5	Sleight of Hand 85 games	+0.5 pp	85
6	Myriad Landscape 176 games	+0.4 pp	176
7	High Tide 125 games	+0.2 pp	125

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?

Lord of the Nazgûl wins 35.43% of games from position 1 and 16.36% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.43% n=985

Seat 2

33.37% n=944

Seat 3

24.53% n=748

Seat 4

16.74% n=466

Seat 5

16.36% n=55

Seat 6

22.22% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lord of the Nazgûl wins 29.49% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.49% n=1475

1 mulligan

29.21% n=481

2 mulligans

24.03% n=129

3 mulligans

30.77% n=39

4 mulligans

55.56% n=9

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Lord of the Nazgûl 3.74/5 on average, across 2296 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Lord of the Nazgûl wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.1% of the time across 977 tracked wins.

37.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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