Commander

Absorbing Man

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders

25 Wins

63 Losses

Overview

Summary

Absorbing Man is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 98 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (25–63) at an Elo of 1,549, ranking #1136 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 19 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 16 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Absorbing Man's win rate?

Absorbing Man has a 25% win rate across 98 recorded Playgroup games (25 wins, 63 losses).

How long do winning games with Absorbing Man take?

Wins with Absorbing Man take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 22 hours.

How many decks use Absorbing Man?

9 decks list Absorbing Man as their commander on Playgroup, of which 6 have played at least one recorded game.

Absorbing Man Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1136

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1549

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 19

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 9

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 6

No. games played with this commander 98

Total hours played about 22 hours

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1530	Adoom	18	5	28 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Absorbing Man wins, 76.19% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

76.19%

Commander Damage

19.05%

Alternative

4.76%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 25 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Absorbing Man wins 32.26% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.26% n=31

Seat 2

26.47% n=34

Seat 3

20.0% n=10

Seat 4

14.29% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Absorbing Man wins 32.0% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 3 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.0% n=50

1 mulligan

6.06% n=33

2 mulligans

45.45% n=11

3 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Absorbing Man 4.2/5 on average, across 5 self-reports.

4.2 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Absorbing Man wins, opponents flag the game as salty 28.0% of the time across 25 tracked wins.

28.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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