Merry, Warden of Isengard

Global Commander Stats

All Selesnya commanders

166 Wins

322 Losses

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Summary

Merry, Warden of Isengard is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 488 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (166–322) at an Elo of 1,661, ranking #151 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 2060 damage dealt and 0.81 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Merry, Warden of Isengard has a 34% win rate across 488 recorded Playgroup games (166 wins, 322 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?

248 decks list Merry, Warden of Isengard as their commander on Playgroup, of which 142 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

151

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1661

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 2068

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.81

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 248

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 142

No. games played with this commander 488

Total hours played 7 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1601	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 %

How does this commander win?

When Merry, Warden of Isengard wins, 70.0% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

70.0%

Non Combat Damage

16.67%

Combo

7.5%

Alternative

3.33%

Commander Damage

2.5%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 170 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Merry, Warden of Isengard wins 38.58% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.58% n=127

Seat 2

36.5% n=137

Seat 3

33.9% n=118

Seat 4

21.33% n=75

Seat 5

33.33% n=12

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Merry, Warden of Isengard wins 32.7% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.7% n=263

1 mulligan

39.29% n=56

2 mulligans

31.25% n=16

3 mulligans

75.0% n=4

4 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Merry, Warden of Isengard 3.82/5 on average, across 327 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Merry, Warden of Isengard wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.3% of the time across 171 tracked wins.

67.3 \%

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.