Lord of the Nazgûl

Global Commander Stats

All Dimir commanders

816 Wins

1989 Losses

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Summary

Lord of the Nazgûl is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,808 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (816–1989) at an Elo of 1,623, ranking #360 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 134737 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 18 Jul 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 2808 recorded Playgroup games (816 wins, 1989 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?

1,083 decks list Lord of the Nazgûl as their commander on Playgroup, of which 568 have played at least one recorded game.

Lord of the Nazgûl Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

360

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1623

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 134737

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.63

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1083

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 568

No. games played with this commander 2808

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1601	Wilcore	19	8	42 %
2	1589	kevin G	12	5	42 %
3	1573	J44	17	7	41 %
4	1564	KahnofChaos	6	5	83 %
5	1559	coleition	19	7	37 %

How does this commander win?

When Lord of the Nazgûl wins, 84.22% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

84.22%

Commander Damage

7.55%

Non Combat Damage

3.77%

Alternative

2.57%

Combo

1.89%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 835 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Lord of the Nazgûl wins 35.11% of games from position 1 and 15.96% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.11% n=826

Seat 2

33.37% n=803

Seat 3

25.47% n=640

Seat 4

15.96% n=401

Seat 5

16.67% n=48

Seat 6

28.57% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lord of the Nazgûl wins 29.22% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.22% n=1321

1 mulligan

27.53% n=396

2 mulligans

27.43% n=113

3 mulligans

31.25% n=32

4 mulligans

71.43% n=7

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Lord of the Nazgûl 3.73/5 on average, across 1999 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Lord of the Nazgûl wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.2% of the time across 833 tracked wins.

70.2 \%

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.