Commander

Merry, Warden of Isengard

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

183 Wins

368 Losses

Overview

Summary

Merry, Warden of Isengard is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 553 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (183–368) at an Elo of 1,552, ranking #1099 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1883 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Sep 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 553 recorded Playgroup games (183 wins, 368 losses).

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

Wins with Merry, Warden of Isengard take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Merry, Warden of Isengard?

277 decks list Merry, Warden of Isengard as their commander on Playgroup, of which 157 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1099

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1552

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1883

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.78

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 277

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 157

No. games played with this commander 553

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1602	Rapsten	11	7	64 %
2	1556	Nimbus	4	3	75 %
3	1547	TrueConvictionMTG	1	1	100 %
4	1535	Huriel19	9	3	33 %
5	1526	Merang	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Merry, Warden of Isengard wins, 69.4% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

69.4%

Non Combat Damage

16.42%

Combo

7.46%

Commander Damage

3.73%

Alternative

2.99%

Avg win turn 9.5 based on 183 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Merry, Warden of Isengard

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

+4.3 pp

Top card: The Shire

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	The Shire Signature build 31 games · Signature build	+4.3 pp		31
2	Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff Signature build 33 games · Signature build	+0.9 pp		33

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?

Merry, Warden of Isengard wins 36.97% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.97% n=142

Seat 2

34.59% n=159

Seat 3

31.78% n=129

Seat 4

21.95% n=82

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 32.11% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.11% n=285

1 mulligan

38.81% n=67

2 mulligans

27.78% n=18

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 3.84/5 on average, across 370 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Merry, Warden of Isengard wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.5% of the time across 188 tracked wins.

66.5 \%

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.