Commander

Lord of the Nazgûl

Global commander stats {U} {B} All Dimir commanders
Win Rate 29%
866 Wins
2084 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Lord of the Nazgûl is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,965 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (8662084) at an Elo of 1,535, ranking #1363 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 128183 damage dealt and 0.63 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 2965 recorded Playgroup games (866 wins, 2084 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?
1,172 decks list Lord of the Nazgûl as their commander on Playgroup, of which 609 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1363
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1535
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 128183
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 1172
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 609
No. games played with this commander 2965
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 1573 J44 17 7
4 1564 KahnofChaos 6 5
5 1559 coleition 19 7
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Lord of the Nazgûl wins, 84.01% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
84.01%
Commander Damage
7.43%
Non Combat Damage
3.72%
Alternative
2.91%
Combo
1.94%
Avg win turn 9.3 based on 889 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.

+8.7 pp
Top card: Brainstorm
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand 69 games · Signature build
+0.9 pp
12
Toxic Deluge
Toxic Deluge 174 games
+0.7 pp
13
Ponder
Ponder 265 games
+0.6 pp
14
High Tide
High Tide 116 games
+0.4 pp
15
Rapid Hybridization
Rapid Hybridization 112 games
+0.0 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?

Lord of the Nazgûl wins 35.08% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.08% n=858
2
Seat 2
32.9% n=842
3
Seat 3
25.53% n=666
4
Seat 4
17.46% n=418
5
Seat 5
16.67% n=48
6
Seat 6
28.57% n=7
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lord of the Nazgûl wins 29.65% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
29.65% n=1393
1
1 mulligan
27.53% n=425
2
2 mulligans
27.05% 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 2109 self-reports.

3.73 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Lord of the Nazgûl wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.9% of the time across 889 tracked wins.

70.9 \%
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%
Atarka, World Render commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

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