Commander

Rootha, Mastering the Moment

Global commander stats

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881 Wins

1533 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Rootha, Mastering the Moment is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,426 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (881–1533) at an Elo of 1,587, ranking #662 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.79 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Rootha, Mastering the Moment has a 36% win rate across 2426 recorded Playgroup games (881 wins, 1533 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: 3 months.

How many decks use Rootha, Mastering the Moment?

917 decks list Rootha, Mastering the Moment as their commander on Playgroup, of which 699 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global rank

662

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1587

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 0.79

Average turn length 7 minutes

No. decks for this commander 917

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 699

No. games played with this commander 2426

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1589	Cammy_dagoat	13	6	46 %
2	1578	Bronc	8	4	50 %
3	1569	robertwolfgang	23	14	61 %
4	1565	Sarzul	7	6	86 %
5	1557	Ismoka93	4	3	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rootha, Mastering the Moment wins, 89.01% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

89.01%

Non Combat Damage

3.61%

Alternative

3.45%

Combo

2.35%

Commander Damage

1.26%

Mill

0.31%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 903 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.

+11.5 pp

Top card: Brass's Bounty

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Brass's Bounty 30 games	+11.5 pp	30
2	Archmage of Runes 32 games	+5.5 pp	32
3	Quantum Misalignment 55 games	+4.3 pp	55
4	Volcanic Vision 31 games	+3.1 pp	31
5	Goblin Electromancer 67 games	+3.0 pp	67
6	Magnus the Red 46 games	+0.9 pp	46
7	Full Throttle 112 games	+0.5 pp	112
8	Mizzix's Mastery 45 games	+0.0 pp	45

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 60.0% of games from position 6 and 25.82% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.59% n=730

Seat 2

40.89% n=763

Seat 3

29.42% n=469

Seat 4

25.82% n=306

Seat 5

29.17% n=48

Seat 6

60.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rootha, Mastering the Moment wins 40.83% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.83% n=769

1 mulligan

34.82% n=448

2 mulligans

30.5% n=141

3 mulligans

22.22% n=36

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 3.76/5 on average, across 1759 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Rootha, Mastering the Moment wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.2% of the time across 906 tracked wins.

72.2 \%

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.