Commander

Rootha, Mastering the Moment

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders Featured in Secrets of Strixhaven

1162 Wins

2059 Losses

Overview

Summary

Rootha, Mastering the Moment is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,316 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (1162–2059) at an Elo of 1,649, ranking #240 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Rootha, Mastering the Moment's win rate?

Rootha, Mastering the Moment has a 35% win rate across 3316 recorded Playgroup games (1162 wins, 2059 losses).

How long do winning games with Rootha, Mastering the Moment take?

Wins with Rootha, Mastering the Moment take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 months.

How many decks use Rootha, Mastering the Moment?

1,222 decks list Rootha, Mastering the Moment as their commander on Playgroup, of which 891 have played at least one recorded game.

Rootha, Mastering the Moment Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

240

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1649

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.74

Average turn length 6 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1222

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 891

No. games played with this commander 3316

Total hours played 4 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1664	Stefaniello	11	9	82 %
2	1598	Ghwestged	10	5	71 %
3	1595	Ayara	10	5	50 %
4	1569	Rootha	2	2	100 %
5	1568	misoausten	8	6	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rootha, Mastering the Moment wins, 88.7% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

88.7%

Non Combat Damage

3.6%

Alternative

3.48%

Combo

2.98%

Commander Damage

1.12%

Mill

0.12%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 1185 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Rootha, Mastering the Moment

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

+6.9 pp

Top card: Brass's Bounty

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Brass's Bounty 78 games	+6.9 pp	78
2	Molten-Core Maestro 68 games	+5.4 pp	68
3	Volcanic Vision 53 games	+3.9 pp	53
4	Unexpected Windfall Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+2.9 pp	37
5	Scalding Tarn 39 games	+1.9 pp	39
6	Ashling's Command 133 games	+1.5 pp	133
7	Frostcliff Siege 50 games	+1.4 pp	50
8	Savage Beating 36 games	+0.9 pp	36
9	Deflecting Swat Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+0.9 pp	35
10	Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound 110 games	+0.7 pp	110

Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Goblin Electromancer 101 games	+0.5 pp	101
12	Mizzix's Mastery 88 games	+0.3 pp	88
13	Training Center 49 games	+0.2 pp	49
14	Rhystic Study 38 games	+0.1 pp	38

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?

Rootha, Mastering the Moment wins 44.44% of games from position 6 and 24.39% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.77% n=1080

Seat 2

39.61% n=1097

Seat 3

28.7% n=683

Seat 4

24.39% n=410

Seat 5

26.19% n=63

Seat 6

44.44% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rootha, Mastering the Moment wins 37.94% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.94% n=995

1 mulligan

34.54% n=592

2 mulligans

30.87% n=196

3 mulligans

21.74% n=46

4 mulligans

0.0% n=4

5 mulligans

66.67% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Rootha, Mastering the Moment 3.78/5 on average, across 2253 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Rootha, Mastering the Moment wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.1% of the time across 1197 tracked wins.

32.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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