Saruman, the White Hand

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 27%
656 Wins
1757 Losses

Summary

Saruman, the White Hand is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,413 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (6561757) at an Elo of 1,510, ranking #1659 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 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 2413 recorded Playgroup games (656 wins, 1757 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: 30 days.

How many decks use Saruman, the White Hand?

823 decks list Saruman, the White Hand as their commander on Playgroup, of which 503 have played at least one recorded game.

Saruman, the White Hand Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1659
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1510

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.61
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 823
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 503
No. games played with this commander 2413
Total hours played 30 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1671 TonyBaishall 19 10
2 1537 Passl 36 11
3 1536 Praxiss 1 1
4 1536 Bodude57 1 1
5 1535 Neil Pandey 2 1

How does this commander win?

When Saruman, the White Hand wins, 65.44% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
65.44%
Non Combat Damage
24.02%
Combo
4.41%
Alternative
3.68%
Commander Damage
1.23%
Mill
1.23%
Avg win turn 9.2 based on 673 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Saruman, the White Hand wins 34.53% of games from position 1 and 12.2% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.53% n=643
2
Seat 2
28.85% n=707
3
Seat 3
19.12% n=544
4
Seat 4
21.0% n=300
5
Seat 5
12.2% n=41
6
Seat 6
28.57% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Saruman, the White Hand wins 27.91% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.91% n=1161
1
1 mulligan
26.13% n=333
2
2 mulligans
32.97% n=91
3
3 mulligans
8.33% n=24
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 3.65/5 on average, across 1663 self-reports.

3.65 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Saruman, the White Hand wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.9% of the time across 675 tracked wins.

65.9 \%

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

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Top 5 worst matchups