The Lord of Pain

Global Commander Stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 26%
625 Wins
1704 Losses

Summary

The Lord of Pain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,329 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (6251704) at an Elo of 1,617, ranking #391 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 2329 recorded Playgroup games (625 wins, 1704 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: 1 day.
How many decks use The Lord of Pain?
537 decks list The Lord of Pain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 373 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
391
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1617

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 537
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 373
No. games played with this commander 2329
Total hours played 1 day

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1635 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

How does this commander win?

When The Lord of Pain wins, 66.24% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
66.24%
Combat
25.16%
Commander Damage
3.01%
Alternative
2.58%
Combo
1.94%
Poison
0.86%
Mill
0.22%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 644 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Lord of Pain wins 44.44% of games from position 6 and 19.77% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.56% n=605
2
Seat 2
27.83% n=636
3
Seat 3
25.32% n=624
4
Seat 4
19.77% n=440
5
Seat 5
21.69% n=83
6
Seat 6
44.44% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Lord of Pain wins 24.61% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.61% n=1077
1
1 mulligan
28.37% n=363
2
2 mulligans
21.36% n=103
3
3 mulligans
29.17% n=24
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 1622 self-reports.

3.85 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Lord of Pain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.9% of the time across 645 tracked wins.

65.9 \%

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 12 games
66.67%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
54.55%
Niv-Mizzet, Parun commander art
54.55%
Ezuri, Claw of Progress commander art
50.0%
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Jetmir, Nexus of Revels commander art
0.0%
Marchesa, the Black Rose commander art
0.0%
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole commander art
0.0%
Ygra, Eater of All commander art
5.0%
Prosper, Tome-Bound commander art
7.69%