Sergeant John Benton

Global Commander Stats

All Selesnya commanders

401 Wins

589 Losses

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Summary

Sergeant John Benton is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 990 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (401–589) at an Elo of 1,574, ranking #795 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 1.08 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 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 990 recorded Playgroup games (401 wins, 589 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: 12 days.

How many decks use Sergeant John Benton?

321 decks list Sergeant John Benton as their commander on Playgroup, of which 211 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

795

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1574

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 1.08

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 321

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 211

No. games played with this commander 990

Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. 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	1502	Wedgi	5	1	20 %

How does this commander win?

When Sergeant John Benton wins, 73.42% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

73.42%

Combat

14.24%

Non Combat Damage

6.96%

Alternative

4.43%

Poison

0.63%

Combo

0.32%

Avg win turn 7.6 based on 412 wins with recorded turn counts

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

45.39% n=293

Seat 2

48.18% n=274

Seat 3

29.54% n=237

Seat 4

36.93% n=176

Seat 5

17.65% n=17

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sergeant John Benton wins 41.2% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

41.2% n=449

1 mulligan

41.03% n=156

2 mulligans

33.33% n=60

3 mulligans

31.03% n=29

4 mulligans

62.5% n=8

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 3.98/5 on average, across 729 self-reports.

3.98 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sergeant John Benton wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.1% of the time across 412 tracked wins.

70.1 \%

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.