Commander

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Global commander stats

All Black commanders

529 Wins

855 Losses

Overview

Summary

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,396 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (529–855) at an Elo of 1,711, ranking #42 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yawgmoth, Thran Physician's win rate?

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician has a 37% win rate across 1396 recorded Playgroup games (529 wins, 855 losses).

How long do winning games with Yawgmoth, Thran Physician take?

Wins with Yawgmoth, Thran Physician take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.

How many decks use Yawgmoth, Thran Physician?

518 decks list Yawgmoth, Thran Physician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 273 have played at least one recorded game.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1711

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 39

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 518

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 273

No. games played with this commander 1396

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1603	maxxery	12	7	58 %
2	1601	jack	7	4	57 %
3	1567	CptSeabear	2	2	100 %
4	1561	Clone_Commando	6	3	50 %
5	1560	ArcadiaEternal	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yawgmoth, Thran Physician wins, 43.33% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

43.33%

Combo

39.17%

Combat

7.22%

Alternative

5.56%

Poison

3.89%

Commander Damage

0.83%

Avg win turn 7.3 based on 535 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Yawgmoth, Thran Physician decks that leave them out.

+5.2 pp

Top card: Culling the Weak

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Culling the Weak Signature build 71 games · Signature build	+5.2 pp		71
2	Vampiric Tutor Signature build 79 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp		79

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?

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician wins 45.34% of games from position 1 and 22.22% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.34% n=408

Seat 2

41.34% n=404

Seat 3

31.53% n=314

Seat 4

26.28% n=215

Seat 5

22.22% n=27

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician wins 39.05% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

39.05% n=539

1 mulligan

35.48% n=210

2 mulligans

32.78% n=90

3 mulligans

18.18% n=22

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 3.72/5 on average, across 875 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yawgmoth, Thran Physician wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.2% of the time across 536 tracked wins.

66.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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