Commander

The Lord of Pain

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 26%
637 Wins
1742 Losses
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Overview

Summary

The Lord of Pain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,385 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (6371742) at an Elo of 1,455, ranking #3914 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.78 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 2385 recorded Playgroup games (637 wins, 1742 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: 11 days.
How many decks use The Lord of Pain?
556 decks list The Lord of Pain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 380 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3914
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1455
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.78
Average turn length 1 minute
No. decks for this commander 556
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 380
No. games played with this commander 2385
Total hours played 11 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1633 Giovanni1337 23 10
2 1607 Derek Van Buren 21 9
3 1598 karizmatik 7 4
4 1560 Thegeardude 5 3
5 1554 IrateBorzoi 9 5
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Lord of Pain wins, 65.82% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
65.82%
Combat
25.27%
Commander Damage
2.97%
Alternative
2.76%
Combo
1.91%
Poison
1.06%
Mill
0.21%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 656 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for The Lord of Pain

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Lord of Pain decks that leave them out.

+0.2 pp
Top card: Feed the Swarm
# Card Lift
1
Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm 128 games
+0.2 pp

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?

The Lord of Pain wins 44.44% of games from position 6 and 19.55% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.35% n=609
2
Seat 2
28.22% n=645
3
Seat 3
24.96% n=633
4
Seat 4
19.55% n=445
5
Seat 5
21.18% n=85
6
Seat 6
44.44% n=9
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Lord of Pain wins 24.45% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.45% n=1092
1
1 mulligan
27.85% n=377
2
2 mulligans
21.82% n=110
3
3 mulligans
32.14% n=28
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Lord of Pain 3.86/5 on average, across 1649 self-reports.

3.86 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Lord of Pain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.1% of the time across 657 tracked wins.

66.1 \%
Head to head

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 12 games
66.67%
Niv-Mizzet, Parun commander art
54.55%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
54.55%
Ezuri, Claw of Progress commander art
54.55%
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable commander art
47.37%

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
4.76%
Ygra, Eater of All commander art
5.0%
Be'lakor, the Dark Master commander art
7.69%