The Lord of Pain

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 26%
584 Wins
1621 Losses

Summary

The Lord of Pain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,205 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (5841621) at an Elo of 1,534, ranking #1284 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.79 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is The Lord of Pain's win rate?

The Lord of Pain has a 26% win rate across 2205 recorded Playgroup games (584 wins, 1621 losses).

How long do winning games with The Lord of Pain take?

Wins with The Lord of Pain take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 days.

How many decks use The Lord of Pain?

500 decks list The Lord of Pain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 343 have played at least one recorded game.

The Lord of Pain Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1284
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1534

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 3
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.79
Average turn length < a minute
No. decks for this commander 500
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 343
No. games played with this commander 2205
Total hours played 3 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1635 Giovanni1337 23 10
2 1607 Derek Van Buren 21 9
3 1599 doughpop 5 4
4 1560 Thegeardude 5 3
5 1555 Robot 7 3

How does this commander win?

When The Lord of Pain wins, 67.73% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
67.73%
Combat
24.03%
Commander Damage
2.97%
Combo
2.06%
Alternative
2.06%
Poison
0.92%
Mill
0.23%
Avg win turn 8.8 based on 603 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Lord of Pain wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 19.67% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
31.93% n=570
2
Seat 2
27.98% n=604
3
Seat 3
24.79% n=589
4
Seat 4
19.67% n=422
5
Seat 5
21.52% n=79
6
Seat 6
50.0% n=8

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Lord of Pain wins 24.07% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.07% n=1043
1
1 mulligan
27.81% n=338
2
2 mulligans
21.11% n=90
3
3 mulligans
30.43% n=23
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Lord of Pain 3.85/5 on average, across 1536 self-reports.

3.85 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Lord of Pain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.9% of the time across 604 tracked wins.

64.9 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against The Lord of Pain. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Edward Kenway commander art
Edward Kenway 10 games
60.0%
Felix Five-Boots commander art
Felix Five-Boots 10 games
60.0%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
54.55%
The Infamous Cruelclaw commander art
50.0%
Niv-Mizzet, Parun commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole commander art
0.0%
Jetmir, Nexus of Revels commander art
0.0%
Marchesa, the Black Rose commander art
0.0%
Ygra, Eater of All commander art
5.56%
Ezio Auditore da Firenze commander art
6.25%