Commander

Grist, the Hunger Tide

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

383 Wins

914 Losses

Overview

Summary

Grist, the Hunger Tide is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,315 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (383–914) at an Elo of 1,537, ranking #1372 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 20 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Grist, the Hunger Tide has a 29% win rate across 1315 recorded Playgroup games (383 wins, 914 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?

548 decks list Grist, the Hunger Tide as their commander on Playgroup, of which 304 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1372

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1537

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 548

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 304

No. games played with this commander 1315

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	1558	GirlOfNihility	16	8	53 %
4	1557	Gage	8	6	75 %
5	1555	Shiydoh	5	3	60 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Grist, the Hunger Tide wins, 51.94% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.94%

Non Combat Damage

33.92%

Alternative

7.42%

Combo

3.18%

Commander Damage

1.41%

Mill

1.41%

Poison

0.71%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 394 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.

+9.0 pp

Top card: Overgrown Tomb

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Overgrown Tomb 73 games	+9.0 pp	73
2	Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest 116 games	+4.6 pp	116
3	Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm 101 games	+4.3 pp	101
4	Hornet Queen 126 games	+2.0 pp	126
5	Devouring Swarm 62 games	+1.7 pp	62
6	Haywire Mite 125 games	+1.6 pp	125
7	Cauldron of Essence Signature build 47 games · Signature build	+1.3 pp	47
8	Aatchik, Emerald Radian 120 games	+0.9 pp	120

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 12.5% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.73% n=389

Seat 2

29.98% n=432

Seat 3

25.58% n=301

Seat 4

22.5% n=160

Seat 5

12.5% n=24

Seat 6

100.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Grist, the Hunger Tide wins 29.56% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.56% n=592

1 mulligan

29.44% n=214

2 mulligans

18.89% n=90

3 mulligans

13.79% n=29

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 940 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Grist, the Hunger Tide wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.0% of the time across 397 tracked wins.

37.0 \%

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.