Commander

Vren, the Relentless

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

858 Wins

1807 Losses

Overview

Summary

Vren, the Relentless is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,696 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (858–1807) at an Elo of 1,563, ranking #969 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 138405 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Vren, the Relentless's win rate?

Vren, the Relentless has a 31% win rate across 2696 recorded Playgroup games (858 wins, 1807 losses).

How long do winning games with Vren, the Relentless take?

Wins with Vren, the Relentless take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 months.

How many decks use Vren, the Relentless?

915 decks list Vren, the Relentless as their commander on Playgroup, of which 569 have played at least one recorded game.

Vren, the Relentless Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

969

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1563

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 138405

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.69

Average turn length 7 minutes

No. decks for this commander 915

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 569

No. games played with this commander 2696

Total hours played 4 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1612	VanHow	7	5	71 %
2	1594	bushmeat poacher	3	3	100 %
3	1565	Jikizuari	3	2	67 %
4	1564	Juan Manuel Mendez Villarreal (j	11	4	36 %
5	1548	KBro	15	5	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Vren, the Relentless wins, 86.02% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.02%

Alternative

4.33%

Non Combat Damage

3.83%

Poison

2.0%

Combo

1.83%

Commander Damage

1.66%

Mill

0.33%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 873 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Vren, the Relentless

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

+3.1 pp

Top card: Force of Despair

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Force of Despair 176 games	+3.1 pp	176
2	Feign Death 105 games	+2.8 pp	105
3	Mystic Remora 137 games	+2.4 pp	137
4	Mithril Coat Signature build 91 games · Signature build	+2.2 pp	91
5	Reconnaissance Mission Signature build 30 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp	30
6	Kaya's Ghostform 123 games	+1.9 pp	123
7	Morphic Pool 127 games	+1.6 pp	127
8	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher 109 games	+1.4 pp	109
9	Swan Song 185 games	+1.3 pp	185
10	Merciless Executioner 111 games	+0.8 pp	111

Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Fleshbag Marauder 203 games	+0.8 pp		203
12	Demon's Disciple 189 games	+0.7 pp		189

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?

Vren, the Relentless wins 36.62% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.62% n=826

Seat 2

34.06% n=803

Seat 3

29.45% n=618

Seat 4

23.04% n=408

Seat 5

27.78% n=72

Seat 6

0.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Vren, the Relentless wins 30.99% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.99% n=1236

1 mulligan

32.37% n=451

2 mulligans

29.17% n=156

3 mulligans

22.22% n=27

4 mulligans

60.0% n=10

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Vren, the Relentless 3.71/5 on average, across 1806 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Vren, the Relentless wins, opponents flag the game as salty 40.3% of the time across 884 tracked wins.

40.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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