Commander

Grist, the Hunger Tide

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

322 Wins

798 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Grist, the Hunger Tide is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,122 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (322–798) at an Elo of 1,565, ranking #915 globally.

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

Last full refresh 3 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 1122 recorded Playgroup games (322 wins, 798 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?

470 decks list Grist, the Hunger Tide as their commander on Playgroup, of which 254 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

915

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1565

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 470

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 254

No. games played with this commander 1122

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	1524	The-Pig	2	1	50 %
4	1524	Sejhamiik	1	1	100 %
5	1523	jimbonator	8	3	38 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Grist, the Hunger Tide wins, 51.43% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.43%

Non Combat Damage

33.06%

Alternative

7.76%

Combo

3.67%

Commander Damage

1.63%

Mill

1.63%

Poison

0.82%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 334 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: Haywire Mite

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Haywire Mite 69 games	+7.7 pp	69
2	Fumulus, the Infestation 53 games	+4.7 pp	53
3	Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest 74 games	+4.5 pp	74
4	Devouring Swarm Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+4.2 pp	46
5	Zask, Skittering Swarmlord 83 games	+3.7 pp	83
6	Hornet Queen 83 games	+2.5 pp	83
7	Altanak, the Thrice-Called Signature build 56 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	56
8	Masked Vandal 55 games	+0.3 pp	55

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 10.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.47% n=327

Seat 2

29.77% n=346

Seat 3

25.46% n=271

Seat 4

22.22% n=144

Seat 5

10.0% n=20

Seat 6

100.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Grist, the Hunger Tide wins 28.25% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.25% n=538

1 mulligan

29.76% n=168

2 mulligans

20.9% n=67

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 826 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Grist, the Hunger Tide wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.2% of the time across 335 tracked wins.

72.2 \%

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.