Commander

Sergeant John Benton

Global commander stats {G} {W} All Selesnya commanders
Win Rate 40%
471 Wins
689 Losses
Overview

Summary

Sergeant John Benton is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,164 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (471–689) at an Elo of 1,580, ranking #784 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 1.06 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sergeant John Benton's win rate?
Sergeant John Benton has a 40% win rate across 1164 recorded Playgroup games (471 wins, 689 losses).
How long do winning games with Sergeant John Benton take?
Wins with Sergeant John Benton take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.
How many decks use Sergeant John Benton?
394 decks list Sergeant John Benton as their commander on Playgroup, of which 251 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
784
Wins by turn (avg.)
7
Elo rating
1580
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7
Average commander damage per game 10
Average poison counters given per game 8
Average kills per game 1.06
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 394
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 251
No. games played with this commander 1164
Total hours played 14 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1588 Chrille 8 4
2 1578 Ragebtw 4 4
3 1576 The Wambat 11 5
4 1557 SuperNestendo 13 5
5 1556 1000 Birds 14 6
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sergeant John Benton wins, 72.95% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage
72.95%
Combat
15.03%
Non Combat Damage
7.38%
Alternative
3.83%
Poison
0.55%
Combo
0.27%
Avg win turn 7.5 based on 480 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.

+4.0 pp
Top card: Might of Oaks
# Card Lift
1
Might of Oaks
Might of Oaks 31 games · Signature build
+4.0 pp
2
Overprotect
Overprotect 72 games
+2.6 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?

Sergeant John Benton wins 66.67% of games from position 6 and 16.67% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
46.7% n=348
2
Seat 2
46.11% n=334
3
Seat 3
29.59% n=267
4
Seat 4
35.82% n=201
5
Seat 5
16.67% n=18
6
Seat 6
66.67% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sergeant John Benton wins 41.49% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
41.49% n=482
1
1 mulligan
41.71% n=193
2
2 mulligans
32.47% n=77
3
3 mulligans
34.29% n=35
4
4 mulligans
58.33% n=12
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 Sergeant John Benton 4.01/5 on average, across 858 self-reports.

4.01 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sergeant John Benton wins, opponents flag the game as salty 39.6% of the time across 482 tracked wins.

39.6 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Be'lakor, the Dark Master commander art
76.92%
Hazel of the Rootbloom commander art
70.0%
Magus Lucea Kane commander art
Magus Lucea Kane 11 games
63.64%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 25 games
56.0%
Zinnia, Valley's Voice commander art
54.55%

Top 5 worst matchups

Nekusar, the Mindrazer commander art
6.67%
Rin and Seri, Inseparable commander art
16.67%
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal commander art
18.18%