Commander

Grist, the Hunger Tide

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

395 Wins

950 Losses

Overview

Summary

Grist, the Hunger Tide is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,365 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (395–950) at an Elo of 1,513, ranking #1855 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1231078 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Nov 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 1365 recorded Playgroup games (395 wins, 950 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: 17 days.

How many decks use Grist, the Hunger Tide?

579 decks list Grist, the Hunger Tide as their commander on Playgroup, of which 322 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1855

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1513

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1231078

Average commander damage per game 130150530

Average poison counters given per game 27356482

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 579

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 322

No. games played with this commander 1365

Total hours played 17 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1638	dylan jewett	15	8	53 %
2	1579	Quenthel	14	6	43 %
3	1563	DefaultBasicName	9	5	56 %
4	1558	GirlOfNihility	16	8	53 %
5	1555	Shiydoh	5	3	60 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Grist, the Hunger Tide wins, 51.9% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.9%

Non Combat Damage

34.26%

Alternative

7.27%

Combo

3.11%

Commander Damage

1.38%

Mill

1.38%

Poison

0.69%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 404 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.

+7.7 pp

Top card: Overgrown Tomb

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Overgrown Tomb 84 games	+7.7 pp	84
2	Hornet Queen 141 games	+3.5 pp	141
3	Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm 117 games	+3.0 pp	117
4	Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest 135 games	+3.0 pp	135
5	Devouring Swarm 66 games	+2.8 pp	66
6	Cauldron of Essence 55 games	+1.2 pp	55
7	Underground Mortuary Signature build 44 games · Signature build	+0.7 pp	44
8	Chitin Gravestalker 38 games	+0.3 pp	38
9	Circuit Mender 97 games	+0.2 pp	97

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 12.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.63% n=407

Seat 2

30.02% n=448

Seat 3

24.76% n=307

Seat 4

21.82% n=165

Seat 5

12.0% n=25

Seat 6

100.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Grist, the Hunger Tide wins 29.5% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.5% n=600

1 mulligan

29.36% n=218

2 mulligans

18.48% n=92

3 mulligans

13.33% n=30

4 mulligans

40.0% n=5

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 963 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Grist, the Hunger Tide wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.0% of the time across 408 tracked wins.

36.0 \%

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.