Commander

Sophia, Dogged Detective

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

308 Wins

815 Losses

Overview

Summary

Sophia, Dogged Detective is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,134 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (308–815) at an Elo of 1,427, ranking #4865 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sophia, Dogged Detective's win rate?

Sophia, Dogged Detective has a 27% win rate across 1134 recorded Playgroup games (308 wins, 815 losses).

How long do winning games with Sophia, Dogged Detective take?

Wins with Sophia, Dogged Detective take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 15 days.

How many decks use Sophia, Dogged Detective?

376 decks list Sophia, Dogged Detective as their commander on Playgroup, of which 231 have played at least one recorded game.

Sophia, Dogged Detective Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4865

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1427

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 8

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 376

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 231

No. games played with this commander 1134

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1558	Lizzy	4	2	50 %
2	1544	mrgame1357	4	2	50 %
3	1523	ephemyra	3	2	67 %
4	1519	Jordy	11	6	67 %
5	1519	gil	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sophia, Dogged Detective wins, 82.68% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

82.68%

Alternative

10.39%

Commander Damage

3.9%

Non Combat Damage

3.03%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 307 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Sophia, Dogged Detective

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sophia, Dogged Detective decks that leave them out.

+0.9 pp

Top card: Jaheira, Friend of the Forest

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Jaheira, Friend of the Forest 97 games	+0.9 pp	97
2	Samwise Gamgee Signature build 52 games · Signature build	+0.7 pp	52
3	Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful 93 games	+0.2 pp	93

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?

Sophia, Dogged Detective wins 36.92% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.92% n=344

Seat 2

28.3% n=341

Seat 3

20.6% n=267

Seat 4

16.33% n=150

Seat 5

15.38% n=26

Seat 6

0.0% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sophia, Dogged Detective wins 27.22% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.22% n=518

1 mulligan

31.62% n=185

2 mulligans

22.73% n=44

3 mulligans

14.71% n=17

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sophia, Dogged Detective 3.74/5 on average, across 795 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sophia, Dogged Detective wins, opponents flag the game as salty 38.2% of the time across 309 tracked wins.

38.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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