Talion, the Kindly Lord

Global Commander Stats

687 Wins

1417 Losses

Summary

Talion, the Kindly Lord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,104 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (687–1417) at an Elo of 1,523, ranking #1482 globally.

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

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Talion, the Kindly Lord's win rate?

Talion, the Kindly Lord has a 32% win rate across 2104 recorded Playgroup games (687 wins, 1417 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?

558 decks list Talion, the Kindly Lord as their commander on Playgroup, of which 314 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1482

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1523

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 558

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

No. games played with this commander 2104

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, 34.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

34.92%

Combo

24.59%

Non Combat Damage

20.45%

Alternative

10.54%

Mill

7.02%

Commander Damage

2.27%

Poison

0.21%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 695 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Talion, the Kindly Lord wins 35.58% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.58% n=548

Seat 2

31.69% n=568

Seat 3

28.66% n=506

Seat 4

30.0% n=350

Seat 5

24.24% n=33

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Talion, the Kindly Lord wins 32.32% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.32% n=950

1 mulligan

32.66% n=346

2 mulligans

34.27% n=143

3 mulligans

31.82% n=44

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 3.69/5 on average, across 1377 self-reports.

3.69 / 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 695 tracked wins.

64.9 \%

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.