Commander

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Global commander stats

All Blue commanders

1030 Wins

1952 Losses

Overview

Summary

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,992 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (1030–1952) at an Elo of 1,643, ranking #269 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 42224 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator's win rate?

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator has a 34% win rate across 2992 recorded Playgroup games (1030 wins, 1952 losses).

How long do winning games with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator take?

Wins with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator?

915 decks list Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator as their commander on Playgroup, of which 534 have played at least one recorded game.

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

269

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1643

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 42224

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 915

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 534

No. games played with this commander 2992

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1776	Kieren	12	12	100 %
2	1671	Taylor Ellis	31	16	52 %
3	1662	papa_phunk	16	9	56 %
4	1626	Nec	10	6	60 %
5	1614	Jan Christian Svindland	7	5	71 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator wins, 34.53% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

34.53%

Combat

28.77%

Non Combat Damage

24.17%

Alternative

8.44%

Commander Damage

3.2%

Mill

0.51%

Poison

0.38%

Avg win turn 6.8 based on 1040 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator decks that leave them out.

+12.5 pp

Top card: Dark Ritual

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dark Ritual Signature build 119 games · Signature build	+12.5 pp	119
2	Arcane Signet 258 games	+9.8 pp	258
3	Dispel 164 games	+9.5 pp	164
4	Demonic Tutor Signature build 104 games · Signature build	+7.3 pp	104
5	Marsh Flats Signature build 104 games · Signature build	+7.3 pp	104
6	Watery Grave Signature build 105 games · Signature build	+6.8 pp	105
7	Intuition Signature build 104 games · Signature build	+6.2 pp	104
8	Mox Opal Signature build 107 games · Signature build	+5.7 pp	107
9	Into the Flood Maw Signature build 128 games · Signature build	+3.9 pp	128
10	Chain of Vapor 145 games	+2.0 pp	145

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Underworld Breach 153 games	+1.0 pp	153
12	An Offer You Can't Refuse 181 games	+1.0 pp	181
13	Brain Freeze Signature build 134 games · Signature build	+0.6 pp	134
14	Lion's Eye Diamond Signature build 130 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp	130
15	Red Elemental Blast 176 games	+0.2 pp	176

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?

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator wins 42.01% of games from position 1 and 23.17% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.01% n=770

Seat 2

35.63% n=797

Seat 3

31.93% n=725

Seat 4

23.17% n=518

Seat 5

30.0% n=40

Seat 6

28.57% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator wins 35.24% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.24% n=1216

1 mulligan

36.71% n=538

2 mulligans

27.3% n=293

3 mulligans

27.78% n=108

4 mulligans

24.24% n=33

5 mulligans

50.0% n=8

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator 3.74/5 on average, across 1787 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.2% of the time across 1052 tracked wins.

34.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.