Talion, the Kindly Lord

Global Commander Stats

696 Wins

1401 Losses

Summary

Talion, the Kindly Lord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,097 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (696–1401) at an Elo of 1,692, ranking #69 globally.

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

Last full refresh 12 Jul 2026

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 2097 recorded Playgroup games (696 wins, 1401 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Talion, the Kindly Lord?

562 decks list Talion, the Kindly Lord as their commander on Playgroup, of which 318 have played at least one recorded game.

Talion, the Kindly Lord Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1692

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 562

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 318

No. games played with this commander 2097

Total hours played 21 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1801	Loyd Huhn	53	26	49 %
2	1736	Lukas	44	28	64 %
3	1698	Cain	15	10	67 %
4	1693	Cajiks	153	63	41 %
5	1664	YoungScrube	8	6	75 %

How does this commander win?

When Talion, the Kindly Lord wins, 34.58% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

34.58%

Combo

24.43%

Non Combat Damage

20.7%

Alternative

10.77%

Mill

7.04%

Commander Damage

2.28%

Poison

0.21%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 704 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Talion, the Kindly Lord wins 36.45% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.45% n=557

Seat 2

32.16% n=566

Seat 3

29.03% n=496

Seat 4

30.26% n=347

Seat 5

24.24% n=33

Seat 6

16.67% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Talion, the Kindly Lord wins 32.92% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.92% n=969

1 mulligan

33.62% n=345

2 mulligans

35.29% n=136

3 mulligans

32.56% n=43

4 mulligans

28.57% n=14

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 1366 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Talion, the Kindly Lord wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.5% of the time across 704 tracked wins.

64.5 \%

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.