Commander

Grist, the Hunger Tide

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

329 Wins

809 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Grist, the Hunger Tide is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,141 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (329–809) at an Elo of 1,578, ranking #773 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Grist, the Hunger Tide's win rate?

Grist, the Hunger Tide has a 28% win rate across 1141 recorded Playgroup games (329 wins, 809 losses).

How long do winning games with Grist, the Hunger Tide take?

Wins with Grist, the Hunger Tide take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.

How many decks use Grist, the Hunger Tide?

492 decks list Grist, the Hunger Tide as their commander on Playgroup, of which 263 have played at least one recorded game.

Grist, the Hunger Tide Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

773

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1578

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 492

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 263

No. games played with this commander 1141

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1625	dylan jewett	14	7	50 %
2	1592	Quenthel	13	6	46 %
3	1535	Shiydoh	3	2	67 %
4	1524	Sejhamiik	1	1	100 %
5	1524	The-Pig	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Grist, the Hunger Tide wins, 52.0% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

52.0%

Non Combat Damage

32.8%

Alternative

7.6%

Combo

3.6%

Commander Damage

1.6%

Mill

1.6%

Poison

0.8%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 341 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Grist, the Hunger Tide

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

+7.4 pp

Top card: Haywire Mite

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Haywire Mite 70 games	+7.4 pp	70
2	Devouring Swarm Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+4.8 pp	46
3	Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest 75 games	+4.2 pp	75
4	Fumulus, the Infestation 64 games	+4.1 pp	64
5	Zask, Skittering Swarmlord 84 games	+3.8 pp	84
6	Hornet Queen 84 games	+2.1 pp	84
7	Altanak, the Thrice-Called 67 games	+1.3 pp	67
8	Masked Vandal 55 games	+0.7 pp	55
9	Swarmyard 75 games	+0.5 pp	75

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?

Grist, the Hunger Tide wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 9.52% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.44% n=333

Seat 2

30.03% n=353

Seat 3

25.27% n=273

Seat 4

22.22% n=144

Seat 5

9.52% n=21

Seat 6

100.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Grist, the Hunger Tide wins 28.44% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.44% n=545

1 mulligan

29.82% n=171

2 mulligans

21.13% n=71

3 mulligans

16.67% n=24

4 mulligans

66.67% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Grist, the Hunger Tide 3.69/5 on average, across 844 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Grist, the Hunger Tide wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.8% of the time across 342 tracked wins.

72.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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