Saruman, the White Hand

Global Commander Stats {U} {B} {R} All Grixis commanders
Win Rate 27%
724 Wins
1939 Losses

Summary

Saruman, the White Hand is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,663 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (7241939) at an Elo of 1,497, ranking #2914 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 495 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Saruman, the White Hand's win rate?
Saruman, the White Hand has a 27% win rate across 2663 recorded Playgroup games (724 wins, 1939 losses).
How long do winning games with Saruman, the White Hand take?
Wins with Saruman, the White Hand take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 26 days.
How many decks use Saruman, the White Hand?
883 decks list Saruman, the White Hand as their commander on Playgroup, of which 546 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
2914
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1497

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 495
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.61
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 883
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 546
No. games played with this commander 2663
Total hours played 26 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1671 TonyBaishall 19 10
2 1576 Passl 37 12
3 1545 Zeus009 4 4
4 1536 Bodude57 1 1
5 1536 Praxiss 1 1

How does this commander win?

When Saruman, the White Hand wins, 65.22% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
65.22%
Non Combat Damage
24.35%
Combo
3.91%
Alternative
3.48%
Commander Damage
1.74%
Mill
1.09%
Poison
0.22%
Avg win turn 9.2 based on 741 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Saruman, the White Hand wins 34.65% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.65% n=710
2
Seat 2
29.04% n=792
3
Seat 3
19.33% n=595
4
Seat 4
20.29% n=345
5
Seat 5
11.11% n=45
6
Seat 6
22.22% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Saruman, the White Hand wins 28.14% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.14% n=1233
1
1 mulligan
26.04% n=384
2
2 mulligans
30.48% n=105
3
3 mulligans
14.29% n=28
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=3
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Saruman, the White Hand 3.66/5 on average, across 1842 self-reports.

3.66 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Saruman, the White Hand wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.9% of the time across 743 tracked wins.

66.9 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Saruman, the White Hand. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Lord of the Nazgûl commander art
58.33%
Athreos, God of Passage commander art
53.85%
Omnath, Locus of Rage commander art
53.85%
Rowan, Scion of War commander art
50.0%
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Marina Vendrell commander art
Marina Vendrell 11 games
0.0%
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher commander art
0.0%
Betor, Kin to All commander art
0.0%