Lightning, Army of One

Global Commander Stats

455 Wins

1224 Losses

Summary

Lightning, Army of One is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,679 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (455–1224) at an Elo of 1,491, ranking #3063 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Lightning, Army of One's win rate?

Lightning, Army of One has a 27% win rate across 1679 recorded Playgroup games (455 wins, 1224 losses).

How long do winning games with Lightning, Army of One take?

Wins with Lightning, Army of One take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 days.

How many decks use Lightning, Army of One?

545 decks list Lightning, Army of One as their commander on Playgroup, of which 359 have played at least one recorded game.

Lightning, Army of One Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

3063

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1491

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 8

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 545

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 359

No. games played with this commander 1679

Total hours played 2 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1670	Thoril Visalla	6	6	100 %
2	1526	rjmachine3	16	6	40 %
3	1518	awkseaturtle	8	5	63 %
4	1499	Vilse	7	2	29 %
5	1490	seiryu	7	1	20 %

How does this commander win?

When Lightning, Army of One wins, 46.88% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

46.88%

Combat

39.17%

Non Combat Damage

7.72%

Alternative

4.15%

Combo

0.89%

Poison

0.89%

Mill

0.3%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 471 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Lightning, Army of One wins 33.05% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.05% n=478

Seat 2

30.11% n=528

Seat 3

24.0% n=375

Seat 4

15.93% n=270

Seat 5

25.49% n=51

Seat 6

0.0% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Lightning, Army of One wins 28.35% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.35% n=508

1 mulligan

25.61% n=289

2 mulligans

20.27% n=74

3 mulligans

38.1% n=21

4 mulligans

25.0% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Lightning, Army of One 3.75/5 on average, across 1157 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Lightning, Army of One wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.2% of the time across 474 tracked wins.

65.2 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Lightning, Army of One. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.