Rowan, Scion of War

Global Commander Stats

All Rakdos commanders

503 Wins

969 Losses

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Summary

Rowan, Scion of War is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,472 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (503–969) at an Elo of 1,586, ranking #652 globally.

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

Last full refresh 21 Jul 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 1472 recorded Playgroup games (503 wins, 969 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?

604 decks list Rowan, Scion of War as their commander on Playgroup, of which 308 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

652

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1586

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 604

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 308

No. games played with this commander 1472

Total hours played 13 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1599	Drajul	11	9	82 %
2	1566	MusicHog	2	2	100 %
3	1553	DuFFie	16	11	73 %
4	1532	Bustino	2	1	50 %
5	1514	Peppino	13	7	54 %

How does this commander win?

When Rowan, Scion of War wins, 56.19% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

56.19%

Combat

21.13%

Combo

18.81%

Alternative

2.58%

Commander Damage

0.77%

Mill

0.52%

Avg win turn 6.4 based on 510 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Rowan, Scion of War wins 41.69% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.69% n=415

Seat 2

34.26% n=432

Seat 3

33.65% n=312

Seat 4

25.64% n=234

Seat 5

20.69% n=29

Seat 6

0.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rowan, Scion of War wins 33.76% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.76% n=708

1 mulligan

36.36% n=198

2 mulligans

33.68% n=95

3 mulligans

35.29% n=34

4 mulligans

0.0% n=11

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

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 926 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 509 tracked wins.

65.6 \%

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.