Commander

Merry, Warden of Isengard

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

168 Wins

339 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Merry, Warden of Isengard is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 509 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (168–339) at an Elo of 1,501, ranking #1920 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 2001 damage dealt and 0.79 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Merry, Warden of Isengard's win rate?

Merry, Warden of Isengard has a 33% win rate across 509 recorded Playgroup games (168 wins, 339 losses).

How long do winning games with Merry, Warden of Isengard take?

Wins with Merry, Warden of Isengard take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 days.

How many decks use Merry, Warden of Isengard?

253 decks list Merry, Warden of Isengard as their commander on Playgroup, of which 144 have played at least one recorded game.

Merry, Warden of Isengard Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1920

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1501

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 2001

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.79

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 253

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 144

No. games played with this commander 509

Total hours played 7 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1602	Rapsten	11	7	64 %
2	1547	TrueConvictionMTG	1	1	100 %
3	1535	Nimbus	3	2	67 %
4	1535	Huriel19	9	3	33 %
5	1526	Merang	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Merry, Warden of Isengard wins, 69.42% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

69.42%

Non Combat Damage

16.53%

Combo

7.44%

Commander Damage

3.31%

Alternative

3.31%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 172 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Merry, Warden of Isengard wins 37.88% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.88% n=132

Seat 2

35.66% n=143

Seat 3

33.33% n=120

Seat 4

21.05% n=76

Seat 5

28.57% n=14

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Merry, Warden of Isengard wins 32.29% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.29% n=271

1 mulligan

38.33% n=60

2 mulligans

29.41% n=17

3 mulligans

60.0% n=5

4 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Merry, Warden of Isengard 3.83/5 on average, across 342 self-reports.

3.83 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Merry, Warden of Isengard wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.6% of the time across 173 tracked wins.

67.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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