Commander

Sergeant John Benton

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

427 Wins

635 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Sergeant John Benton is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,065 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (427–635) at an Elo of 1,578, ranking #771 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 1.07 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sergeant John Benton's win rate?

Sergeant John Benton has a 40% win rate across 1065 recorded Playgroup games (427 wins, 635 losses).

How long do winning games with Sergeant John Benton take?

Wins with Sergeant John Benton take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use Sergeant John Benton?

356 decks list Sergeant John Benton as their commander on Playgroup, of which 226 have played at least one recorded game.

Sergeant John Benton Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

771

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1578

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 1.07

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 357

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 226

No. games played with this commander 1065

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1604	Chrille	7	4	57 %
2	1576	The Wambat	11	5	45 %
3	1567	1000 Birds	13	6	46 %
4	1557	SuperNestendo	13	5	38 %
5	1556	Nurax	11	5	45 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sergeant John Benton wins, 72.62% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

72.62%

Combat

15.48%

Non Combat Damage

6.85%

Alternative

4.17%

Poison

0.6%

Combo

0.3%

Avg win turn 7.5 based on 438 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Sergeant John Benton

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sergeant John Benton decks that leave them out.

+0.8 pp

Top card: Empyrial Armor

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Empyrial Armor 70 games	+0.8 pp		70
2	Azusa, Lost but Seeking Signature build 42 games · Signature build	+0.1 pp		42

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?

Sergeant John Benton wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 17.65% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.1% n=308

Seat 2

46.42% n=293

Seat 3

29.32% n=249

Seat 4

36.61% n=183

Seat 5

17.65% n=17

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sergeant John Benton wins 41.33% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

41.33% n=467

1 mulligan

40.73% n=178

2 mulligans

32.35% n=68

3 mulligans

32.26% n=31

4 mulligans

60.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sergeant John Benton 4.01/5 on average, across 785 self-reports.

4.01 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sergeant John Benton wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.2% of the time across 438 tracked wins.

71.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sergeant John Benton. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.