Commander

The Lord of Pain

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

745 Wins

1890 Losses

Overview

Summary

The Lord of Pain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,661 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (745–1890) at an Elo of 1,491, ranking #3586 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Lord of Pain's win rate?

The Lord of Pain has a 27% win rate across 2661 recorded Playgroup games (745 wins, 1890 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: 27 days.

How many decks use The Lord of Pain?

615 decks list The Lord of Pain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 424 have played at least one recorded game.

The Lord of Pain Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3586

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1491

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

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 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 615

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 424

No. games played with this commander 2661

Total hours played 27 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1894	WhereamIHelp!	53	38	73 %
2	1633	Giovanni1337	23	10	43 %
3	1607	Derek Van Buren	21	9	43 %
4	1598	karizmatik	7	4	57 %
5	1572	WhereamIHelp!	5	3	70 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Lord of Pain wins, 66.25% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

66.25%

Combat

24.46%

Commander Damage

3.04%

Alternative

2.86%

Combo

1.96%

Poison

1.07%

Mill

0.36%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 764 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.

+4.2 pp

Top card: Kaervek the Merciless

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Kaervek the Merciless 383 games	+4.2 pp	383
2	Graven Cairns 385 games	+2.8 pp	385
3	Blasphemous Act 423 games	+2.5 pp	423
4	Rakdos Charm 416 games	+2.0 pp	416
5	Tainted Peak 415 games	+1.1 pp	415
6	Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 170 games	+0.9 pp	170

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 20.56% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.46% n=698

Seat 2

30.23% n=731

Seat 3

25.53% n=705

Seat 4

20.56% n=496

Seat 5

21.11% n=90

Seat 6

44.44% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Lord of Pain wins 25.53% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.53% n=1177

1 mulligan

30.81% n=430

2 mulligans

25.37% n=134

3 mulligans

32.86% n=35

4 mulligans

20.0% n=5

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Lord of Pain 3.89/5 on average, across 1813 self-reports.

3.89 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Lord of Pain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.5% of the time across 764 tracked wins.

69.5 \%

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.