Commander

Lord of the Nazgûl

Global commander stats {U} {B} All Dimir commanders
Win Rate 29%
889 Wins
2131 Losses
Overview

Summary

Lord of the Nazgûl is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,042 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (8892131) at an Elo of 1,471, ranking #3897 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 125628 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

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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 3042 recorded Playgroup games (889 wins, 2131 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?
1,208 decks list Lord of the Nazgûl as their commander on Playgroup, of which 631 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3897
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1471
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 125628
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.62
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1208
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 631
No. games played with this commander 3042
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1601 Wilcore 19 8
2 1592 kevin G 12 5
3 1584 KahnofChaos 7 6
4 1563 J44 18 7
5 1559 coleition 19 7
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Lord of the Nazgûl wins, 83.84% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
83.84%
Commander Damage
7.45%
Non Combat Damage
3.8%
Alternative
3.01%
Combo
1.9%
Avg win turn 9.3 based on 911 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.

+7.8 pp
Top card: Brainstorm

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 35.21% of games from position 1 and 16.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.21% n=869
2
Seat 2
32.9% n=848
3
Seat 3
25.33% n=675
4
Seat 4
17.3% n=422
5
Seat 5
16.0% n=50
6
Seat 6
28.57% n=7
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lord of the Nazgûl wins 29.83% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
29.83% n=1423
1
1 mulligan
27.79% n=439
2
2 mulligans
25.41% n=122
3
3 mulligans
30.56% n=36
4
4 mulligans
71.43% n=7
5
5 mulligans
50.0% n=2
Player reports

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 2153 self-reports.

3.73 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Lord of the Nazgûl wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.2% of the time across 909 tracked wins.

71.2 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Yarok, the Desecrated commander art
70.0%
The Jolly Balloon Man commander art
58.82%
Vazi, Keen Negotiator commander art
58.33%
Dina, Essence Brewer commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Fire Lord Azula commander art
Fire Lord Azula 14 games
0.0%
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk commander art
0.0%
Tifa Lockhart commander art
Tifa Lockhart 12 games
0.0%
Ovika, Enigma Goliath commander art
0.0%
Morska, Undersea Sleuth commander art
0.0%