The Balrog, Durin's Bane

Global Commander Stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 25%
98 Wins
288 Losses
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Summary

The Balrog, Durin's Bane is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 386 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (98288) at an Elo of 1,441, ranking #3913 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.67 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 25% win rate across 386 recorded Playgroup games (98 wins, 288 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: 5 days.
How many decks use The Balrog, Durin's Bane?
153 decks list The Balrog, Durin's Bane as their commander on Playgroup, of which 85 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3913
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1441

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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 0.67
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 153
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 85
No. games played with this commander 386
Total hours played 5 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
4 1465 JurassicTriceps 3 0

How does this commander win?

When The Balrog, Durin's Bane wins, 41.27% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
41.27%
Commander Damage
30.16%
Non Combat Damage
19.05%
Combo
4.76%
Alternative
3.17%
Poison
1.59%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 103 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Balrog, Durin's Bane wins 37.5% of games from position 5 and 17.33% from position 3 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.31% n=130
2
Seat 2
27.52% n=109
3
Seat 3
17.33% n=75
4
Seat 4
17.54% n=57
5
Seat 5
37.5% n=8

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Balrog, Durin's Bane wins 24.46% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.46% n=139
1
1 mulligan
30.14% n=73
2
2 mulligans
38.46% n=26
3
3 mulligans
50.0% n=8
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 289 self-reports.

3.99 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Balrog, Durin's Bane wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.9% of the time across 103 tracked wins.

69.9 \%

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

Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
45.45%
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
42.86%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin commander art
21.74%
Anhelo, the Painter commander art
10.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Anhelo, the Painter commander art
10.0%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin commander art
21.74%
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
42.86%
Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
45.45%