The Balrog, Durin's Bane

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 24%
84 Wins
254 Losses

Summary

The Balrog, Durin's Bane is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 338 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (84254) at an Elo of 1,362, ranking #3784 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is The Balrog, Durin's Bane's win rate?

The Balrog, Durin's Bane has a 24% win rate across 338 recorded Playgroup games (84 wins, 254 losses).

How long do winning games with The Balrog, Durin's Bane take?

Wins with The Balrog, Durin's Bane take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 days.

How many decks use The Balrog, Durin's Bane?

141 decks list The Balrog, Durin's Bane as their commander on Playgroup, of which 75 have played at least one recorded game.

The Balrog, Durin's Bane Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
3784
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1362

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 3
Average commander damage per game 8
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.66
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 141
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 75
No. games played with this commander 338
Total hours played 4 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1500 WizardGang 1 0
2 1488 Besovti 1 0
3 1467 David Kolb 3 0

How does this commander win?

When The Balrog, Durin's Bane wins, 41.82% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
41.82%
Commander Damage
29.09%
Non Combat Damage
18.18%
Combo
5.45%
Alternative
3.64%
Poison
1.82%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 89 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Balrog, Durin's Bane wins 33.33% of games from position 5 and 18.46% from position 3 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
31.4% n=121
2
Seat 2
25.0% n=96
3
Seat 3
18.46% n=65
4
Seat 4
20.83% n=48
5
Seat 5
33.33% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Balrog, Durin's Bane wins 24.06% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.06% n=133
1
1 mulligan
27.42% n=62
2
2 mulligans
36.36% n=22
3
3 mulligans
40.0% n=5
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Balrog, Durin's Bane 3.99/5 on average, across 260 self-reports.

3.99 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Balrog, Durin's Bane wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.8% of the time across 89 tracked wins.

70.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against The Balrog, Durin's Bane. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
46.15%
Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
45.45%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin commander art
22.73%

Top 5 worst matchups

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin commander art
22.73%
Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
45.45%
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
46.15%