Commander

Talion, the Kindly Lord

Global commander stats {U} {B} All Dimir commanders
Win Rate 33%
715 Wins
1439 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Talion, the Kindly Lord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,154 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (7151439) at an Elo of 1,642, ranking #241 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 Talion, the Kindly Lord's win rate?
Talion, the Kindly Lord has a 33% win rate across 2154 recorded Playgroup games (715 wins, 1439 losses).
How long do winning games with Talion, the Kindly Lord take?
Wins with Talion, the Kindly Lord take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 22 days.
How many decks use Talion, the Kindly Lord?
597 decks list Talion, the Kindly Lord as their commander on Playgroup, of which 330 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
241
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1642
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.66
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 597
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 330
No. games played with this commander 2154
Total hours played 22 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1802 Loyd Huhn 53 26
2 1736 Lukas 44 28
3 1695 Cajiks 153 63
4 1682 Cain 15 10
5 1664 YoungScrube 8 6
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Talion, the Kindly Lord wins, 35.74% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
35.74%
Combo
24.1%
Non Combat Damage
20.08%
Alternative
10.64%
Mill
6.83%
Commander Damage
2.41%
Poison
0.2%
Avg win turn 9.1 based on 723 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Talion, the Kindly Lord

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Talion, the Kindly Lord decks that leave them out.

+3.4 pp
Top card: Notion Thief
# Card Lift
1
Notion Thief
Notion Thief 135 games · Signature build
+3.4 pp
2
Dark Ritual
Dark Ritual 171 games
+0.2 pp

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?

Talion, the Kindly Lord wins 36.51% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
36.51% n=567
2
Seat 2
32.24% n=577
3
Seat 3
29.05% n=506
4
Seat 4
29.97% n=357
5
Seat 5
24.24% n=33
6
Seat 6
16.67% n=6
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Talion, the Kindly Lord wins 32.86% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.86% n=992
1
1 mulligan
34.07% n=361
2
2 mulligans
35.77% n=137
3
3 mulligans
31.82% n=44
4
4 mulligans
28.57% n=14
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Talion, the Kindly Lord 3.7/5 on average, across 1406 self-reports.

3.7 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Talion, the Kindly Lord wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.9% of the time across 724 tracked wins.

64.9 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Talion, the Kindly Lord. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Wick, the Whorled Mind commander art
66.67%
The Beamtown Bullies commander art
60.0%
Vivi Ornitier commander art
Vivi Ornitier 16 games
56.25%
Nethroi, Apex of Death commander art
54.55%
Nekusar, the Mindrazer commander art
51.43%

Top 5 worst matchups

Zurgo Stormrender commander art
0.0%
Marchesa, the Black Rose commander art
0.0%
Jeska, Thrice Reborn commander art
5.88%