Commander

Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate

Global commander stats

All Orzhov commanders

589 Wins

1007 Losses

Archetype profile

How Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate plays

Top 1% for lifegain, top 7% for group slug, and top 10% for aristocrats.

83 decks from 75 players. Mostly Vampire creatures.

How you deal with the table

Politics Below average -0.8

Group hug Below average -1.1

Stax and control Top 25% +1.0

Group slug Top 7% +3.8

How your creatures win

Big creatures Below average -0.8

Fight Top 28% +0.0

Tokens Top 35% -2.1

Tribal Top 27% Vampire, 12.1

Voltron Below average -7.5

+1/+1 counters Top 50% -0.8

Aristocrats Top 10% +1.3

Blink Below average -0.6

What your deck runs on

Spellslinger Top 13% +3.0

Graveyard and reanimator Below average -1.3

Landfall Top 37% -0.0

Artifacts Top 45% -0.6

Enchantress Top 24% +1.1

Mill Below average -0.2

Lifegain Top 1% +9.8

Bars show where this commander sits among every profiled commander, the tick is the middle. The number is extra cards of that archetype per deck against the average deck in the same colors; tribal shows the main creature type and its count per deck.

Measured in tracked games

Spells cast per opponent's turn 0.05 Average 0.07, from 54 games.

Tokens created per game 5.6 Average 11.7, from 54 games.

Commander damage dealt per game 0.9 Average 4.0, from 261 games.

Commanders that play like Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate

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Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel Lifegain top 1% and Group slug top 2%

Astarion, the Decadent Lifegain top 1% and Group slug top 5%

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim Group slug top 2% and Aristocrats top 3%

Elenda, the Dusk Rose Aristocrats top 2% and Lifegain top 11%

Measured weekly from full decklists and tracked games. How we measure

Overview

Summary

Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,614 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (589–1007) at an Elo of 1,527, ranking #1569 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 219330 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate's win rate?

Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate has a 36% win rate across 1614 recorded Playgroup games (589 wins, 1007 losses).

How long do winning games with Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate take?

Wins with Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.

How many decks use Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate?

457 decks list Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate as their commander on Playgroup, of which 279 have played at least one recorded game.

Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1569

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1527

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 219330

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 457

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 279

No. games played with this commander 1614

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1737	Seeroid	39	28	72 %
2	1668	Cornerlongshot	15	8	53 %
3	1600	Skorpion890	5	4	80 %
4	1549	Moondrink	5	2	40 %
5	1547	Cooper	35	13	37 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate wins, 60.56% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

60.56%

Combat

19.95%

Combo

10.09%

Alternative

8.45%

Commander Damage

0.7%

Mill

0.23%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 600 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate decks that leave them out.

+10.5 pp

Top card: Dark Ritual

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dark Ritual 97 games	+10.5 pp	97
2	Beacon of Immortality 95 games	+10.1 pp	95
3	Command Tower 317 games	+9.5 pp	317
4	Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway 98 games	+7.4 pp	98
5	The Wind Crystal Signature build 99 games · Signature build	+6.1 pp	99
6	Exquisite Blood 121 games	+5.1 pp	121
7	Shattered Sanctum 105 games	+4.8 pp	105
8	Damn 128 games	+4.5 pp	128
9	Twilight Prophet 166 games	+3.3 pp	166
10	Elenda's Hierophant 120 games	+3.1 pp	120

Show 1 more (ranks 11-11)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Blind Obedience 286 games	+2.1 pp		286

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?

Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate wins 44.05% of games from position 1 and 17.95% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.05% n=504

Seat 2

35.54% n=491

Seat 3

34.89% n=364

Seat 4

27.71% n=231

Seat 5

17.95% n=39

Seat 6

28.57% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate wins 37.25% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.25% n=812

1 mulligan

37.99% n=279

2 mulligans

31.91% n=94

3 mulligans

31.03% n=29

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate 3.72/5 on average, across 959 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.8% of the time across 604 tracked wins.

34.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.