Saruman, the White Hand

Global Commander Stats {U} {B} {R} All Grixis commanders Featured in Tales of Middle-earth
Win Rate 27%
747 Wins
2008 Losses
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Summary

Saruman, the White Hand is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,756 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (7472008) at an Elo of 1,434, ranking #3963 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 479 damage dealt and 0.6 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 2756 recorded Playgroup games (747 wins, 2008 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: 27 days.
How many decks use Saruman, the White Hand?
921 decks list Saruman, the White Hand as their commander on Playgroup, of which 575 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3963
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1434

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 479
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.6
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 921
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 575
No. games played with this commander 2756
Total hours played 27 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, 65.62% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
65.62%
Non Combat Damage
24.11%
Combo
3.77%
Alternative
3.56%
Commander Damage
1.68%
Mill
1.05%
Poison
0.21%
Avg win turn 9.2 based on 766 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Saruman, the White Hand wins 34.59% of games from position 1 and 10.2% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.59% n=740
2
Seat 2
28.85% n=825
3
Seat 3
19.54% n=614
4
Seat 4
20.23% n=351
5
Seat 5
10.2% n=49
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=10

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Saruman, the White Hand wins 28.11% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.11% n=1263
1
1 mulligan
26.57% n=399
2
2 mulligans
30.36% n=112
3
3 mulligans
16.13% n=31
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
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 1908 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 768 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%
Omnath, Locus of Rage commander art
53.85%
Athreos, God of Passage commander art
53.85%
Rowan, Scion of War commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

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