Commander

Samut, the Driving Force

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders

233 Wins

539 Losses

Overview

Summary

Samut, the Driving Force is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 775 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (233–539) at an Elo of 1,444, ranking #4604 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 10 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 20 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Samut, the Driving Force's win rate?

Samut, the Driving Force has a 30% win rate across 775 recorded Playgroup games (233 wins, 539 losses).

How long do winning games with Samut, the Driving Force take?

Wins with Samut, the Driving Force take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 9 days.

How many decks use Samut, the Driving Force?

218 decks list Samut, the Driving Force as their commander on Playgroup, of which 162 have played at least one recorded game.

Samut, the Driving Force Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4604

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1444

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 10

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 13

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 218

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 162

No. games played with this commander 775

Total hours played 9 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1584	Arak	9	4	44 %
2	1532	Oren Knoper	11	6	60 %
3	1524	winterquick22	1	1	100 %
4	1511	Beerded_Viking	2	1	50 %
5	1493	Maxperez	4	1	25 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Samut, the Driving Force wins, 81.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

81.92%

Non Combat Damage

8.47%

Combo

4.52%

Alternative

3.39%

Commander Damage

1.69%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 233 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Samut, the Driving Force

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Samut, the Driving Force decks that leave them out.

+11.1 pp

Top card: Clifftop Retreat

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Clifftop Retreat Signature build 41 games · Signature build	+11.1 pp	41
2	Rootbound Crag Signature build 58 games · Signature build	+6.2 pp	58
3	Exotic Orchard 57 games	+1.9 pp	57

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?

Samut, the Driving Force wins 39.57% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.57% n=230

Seat 2

30.47% n=233

Seat 3

23.2% n=194

Seat 4

23.96% n=96

Seat 5

10.0% n=30

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Samut, the Driving Force wins 31.5% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.5% n=273

1 mulligan

34.58% n=107

2 mulligans

26.42% n=53

3 mulligans

16.67% n=12

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Samut, the Driving Force 3.68/5 on average, across 471 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Samut, the Driving Force wins, opponents flag the game as salty 30.8% of the time across 234 tracked wins.

30.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Samut, the Driving Force. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.