Commander

The Lord of Pain

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

672 Wins

1801 Losses

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Overview

Summary

The Lord of Pain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,488 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (672–1801) at an Elo of 1,639, ranking #260 globally.

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

Last full refresh 22 Aug 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 2488 recorded Playgroup games (672 wins, 1801 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: 12 days.

How many decks use The Lord of Pain?

599 decks list The Lord of Pain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 400 have played at least one recorded game.

The Lord of Pain Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

260

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1639

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 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 599

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 400

No. games played with this commander 2488

Total hours played 12 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1633	Giovanni1337	23	10	43 %
2	1607	Derek Van Buren	21	9	43 %
3	1598	karizmatik	7	4	57 %
4	1560	Thegeardude	5	3	60 %
5	1554	IrateBorzoi	9	5	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Lord of Pain wins, 66.4% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

66.4%

Combat

24.8%

Commander Damage

2.8%

Alternative

2.6%

Combo

2.0%

Poison

1.0%

Mill

0.4%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 689 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.

+5.3 pp

Top card: Feed the Swarm

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Feed the Swarm 172 games	+5.3 pp	172
2	Bedevil 243 games	+2.3 pp	243
3	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Signature build 146 games · Signature build	+2.0 pp	146
4	Spinerock Knoll 262 games	+1.2 pp	262
5	Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 281 games	+1.1 pp	281
6	Descent into Avernus Signature build 138 games · Signature build	+0.9 pp	138
7	Witch's Clinic 288 games	+0.4 pp	288
8	Talisman of Indulgence 265 games	+0.2 pp	265
9	Blood Crypt 174 games	+0.2 pp	174

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 19.6% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.42% n=623

Seat 2

28.12% n=658

Seat 3

25.12% n=641

Seat 4

19.6% n=454

Seat 5

21.59% n=88

Seat 6

44.44% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Lord of Pain wins 24.98% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.98% n=1129

1 mulligan

28.1% n=395

2 mulligans

21.9% n=121

3 mulligans

33.33% n=30

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Lord of Pain 3.87/5 on average, across 1711 self-reports.

3.87 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Lord of Pain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.9% of the time across 691 tracked wins.

66.9 \%

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.