Commander

Rowan, Scion of War

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

510 Wins

978 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Rowan, Scion of War is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,489 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (510–978) at an Elo of 1,639, ranking #261 globally.

Wins average 6 turns, with 12 damage dealt and 0.9 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Rowan, Scion of War's win rate?

Rowan, Scion of War has a 34% win rate across 1489 recorded Playgroup games (510 wins, 978 losses).

How long do winning games with Rowan, Scion of War take?

Wins with Rowan, Scion of War take on average 6 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use Rowan, Scion of War?

618 decks list Rowan, Scion of War as their commander on Playgroup, of which 314 have played at least one recorded game.

Rowan, Scion of War Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

261

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1639

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 12

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.9

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 618

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 314

No. games played with this commander 1489

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1599	Drajul	11	9	82 %
2	1566	MusicHog	2	2	100 %
3	1562	DuFFie	16	12	75 %
4	1532	Bustino	2	1	50 %
5	1524	spaghettie stick	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rowan, Scion of War wins, 56.52% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

56.52%

Combat

20.97%

Combo

18.67%

Alternative

2.56%

Commander Damage

0.77%

Mill

0.51%

Avg win turn 6.4 based on 517 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Rowan, Scion of War

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Rowan, Scion of War decks that leave them out.

+13.2 pp

Top card: Darkstar Augur

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Darkstar Augur Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+13.2 pp	37
2	Swiftfoot Boots Signature build 41 games · Signature build	+8.0 pp	41
3	Wall of Blood 56 games	+1.9 pp	56
4	Erebos's Intervention Signature build 30 games · Signature build	+0.7 pp	30
5	Swamp 84 games	+0.2 pp	84
6	Mountain 84 games	+0.2 pp	84

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Rowan, Scion of War wins 41.57% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.57% n=421

Seat 2

34.17% n=436

Seat 3

33.76% n=314

Seat 4

26.16% n=237

Seat 5

20.69% n=29

Seat 6

0.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rowan, Scion of War wins 33.85% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.85% n=715

1 mulligan

36.36% n=198

2 mulligans

33.67% n=98

3 mulligans

36.11% n=36

4 mulligans

0.0% n=11

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Rowan, Scion of War 3.76/5 on average, across 938 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Rowan, Scion of War wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.6% of the time across 515 tracked wins.

65.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Rowan, Scion of War. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.