Commander

Ardyn, the Usurper

Global commander stats

All Black commanders

114 Wins

233 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ardyn, the Usurper is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 360 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (114–233) at an Elo of 1,677, ranking #106 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ardyn, the Usurper's win rate?

Ardyn, the Usurper has a 31% win rate across 360 recorded Playgroup games (114 wins, 233 losses).

How long do winning games with Ardyn, the Usurper take?

Wins with Ardyn, the Usurper take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 days.

How many decks use Ardyn, the Usurper?

184 decks list Ardyn, the Usurper as their commander on Playgroup, of which 112 have played at least one recorded game.

Ardyn, the Usurper Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

106

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1677

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 184

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 112

No. games played with this commander 360

Total hours played 4 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1601	Light211	8	6	75 %
2	1562	BluezamX	14	5	36 %
3	1536	PhoenixBWB	2	1	50 %
4	1535	Itharian90@gmail.com	4	3	75 %
5	1531	MTGDeckDreamer	27	8	30 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ardyn, the Usurper wins, 56.84% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.84%

Non Combat Damage

27.37%

Alternative

10.53%

Combo

2.11%

Commander Damage

2.11%

Poison

1.05%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 117 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ardyn, the Usurper

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

+7.6 pp

Top card: Animate Dead

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Animate Dead Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+7.6 pp	38
2	Reanimate 47 games	+6.2 pp	47
3	Archfiend of Despair 49 games	+5.6 pp	49
4	Valgavoth, Terror Eater 48 games	+5.4 pp	48
5	Shadowgrange Archfiend Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+3.0 pp	36
6	Liliana's Contract 42 games	+0.7 pp	42

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?

Ardyn, the Usurper wins 33.91% of games from position 1 and 23.21% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.91% n=115

Seat 2

30.91% n=110

Seat 3

33.8% n=71

Seat 4

23.21% n=56

Seat 5

33.33% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ardyn, the Usurper wins 30.91% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.91% n=110

1 mulligan

27.69% n=65

2 mulligans

42.86% n=21

3 mulligans

33.33% n=6

4 mulligans

100.0% n=1

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ardyn, the Usurper 3.84/5 on average, across 264 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ardyn, the Usurper wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.1% of the time across 119 tracked wins.

36.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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