Sergeant John Benton

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 40%
380 Wins
552 Losses

Summary

Sergeant John Benton is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 932 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (380552) at an Elo of 1,545, ranking #1127 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 1.09 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 932 recorded Playgroup games (380 wins, 552 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: 11 days.

How many decks use Sergeant John Benton?

299 decks list Sergeant John Benton as their commander on Playgroup, of which 195 have played at least one recorded game.

Sergeant John Benton Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1127
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1545

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 11
Average poison counters given per game 8
Average kills per game 1.09
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 299
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 195
No. games played with this commander 932
Total hours played 11 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1604 Chrille 7 4
2 1576 The Wambat 11 5
3 1566 1000 Birds 13 6
4 1557 SuperNestendo 13 5
5 1502 Wedgi 5 1

How does this commander win?

When Sergeant John Benton wins, 72.52% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage
72.52%
Combat
14.9%
Non Combat Damage
7.28%
Alternative
4.3%
Poison
0.66%
Combo
0.33%
Avg win turn 7.6 based on 390 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Sergeant John Benton wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 14.29% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
45.42% n=273
2
Seat 2
48.84% n=258
3
Seat 3
29.15% n=223
4
Seat 4
36.99% n=173
5
Seat 5
14.29% n=14
6
Seat 6
50.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sergeant John Benton wins 41.45% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
41.45% n=427
1
1 mulligan
41.61% n=149
2
2 mulligans
35.29% n=51
3
3 mulligans
31.03% n=29
4
4 mulligans
62.5% n=8
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sergeant John Benton 4.0/5 on average, across 683 self-reports.

4.0 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sergeant John Benton wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.4% of the time across 389 tracked wins.

69.4 \%

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
70.0%
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist commander art
64.29%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 23 games
56.52%
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
53.85%
Bello, Bard of the Brambles commander art
53.33%

Top 5 worst matchups

Nekusar, the Mindrazer commander art
0.0%
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal commander art
18.18%
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant commander art
23.08%
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave commander art
23.81%