Commander

The Lord of Pain

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 28%
777 Wins
1940 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Lord of Pain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,752 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (777–1940) at an Elo of 1,557, ranking #1058 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 28% win rate across 2752 recorded Playgroup games (777 wins, 1940 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: 28 days.
How many decks use The Lord of Pain?
642 decks list The Lord of Pain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 439 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1058
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1557
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Commander popularity trend

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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 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 642
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 439
No. games played with this commander 2752
Total hours played 28 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1870 WhereamIHelp! 69 49
2 1633 Giovanni1337 23 10
3 1627 WhereamIHelp! 7 5
4 1607 Derek Van Buren 21 9
5 1598 karizmatik 7 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Lord of Pain wins, 66.67% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
66.67%
Combat
24.27%
Commander Damage
2.91%
Alternative
2.91%
Combo
1.88%
Poison
1.03%
Mill
0.34%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 796 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.

+3.6 pp
Top card: Blasphemous Act
# Card Lift
1
Blasphemous Act
Blasphemous Act 463 games
+3.6 pp
2
Rakdos Charm
Rakdos Charm 453 games
+1.3 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 36.36% of games from position 6 and 20.37% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.84% n=719
2
Seat 2
30.37% n=764
3
Seat 3
26.07% n=721
4
Seat 4
20.37% n=513
5
Seat 5
20.88% n=91
6
Seat 6
36.36% n=11
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Lord of Pain wins 25.85% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
25.85% n=1201
1
1 mulligan
31.66% n=447
2
2 mulligans
26.62% n=139
3
3 mulligans
34.72% n=36
4
4 mulligans
20.0% n=5
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 3.9/5 on average, across 1860 self-reports.

3.9 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Lord of Pain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 39.7% of the time across 796 tracked wins.

39.7 \%
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

The Infamous Cruelclaw commander art
66.67%
Edward Kenway commander art
Edward Kenway 13 games
61.54%
Niv-Mizzet, Parun commander art
54.55%
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos commander art
53.85%
Omnath, Locus of All commander art
53.85%

Top 5 worst matchups

Orvar, the All-Form commander art
0.0%
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole commander art
0.0%
Kros, Defense Contractor commander art
0.0%
Marchesa, the Black Rose commander art
4.55%