Commander

The Scarab God

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

960 Wins

2446 Losses

Overview

Summary

The Scarab God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,427 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (960–2446) at an Elo of 1,482, ranking #3703 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 429 damage dealt and 0.55 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Scarab God's win rate?

The Scarab God has a 28% win rate across 3427 recorded Playgroup games (960 wins, 2446 losses).

How long do winning games with The Scarab God take?

Wins with The Scarab God take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 25 days.

How many decks use The Scarab God?

1,354 decks list The Scarab God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 686 have played at least one recorded game.

The Scarab God Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3703

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1482

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 429

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.55

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1354

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 686

No. games played with this commander 3427

Total hours played 25 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1606	josofm	7	4	57 %
2	1580	Spinynorman	9	5	56 %
3	1564	Drajul	50	27	55 %
4	1559	musicalemergenc	5	2	40 %
5	1559	luiseg95	6	3	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Scarab God wins, 47.95% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.95%

Non Combat Damage

30.12%

Combo

8.63%

Alternative

7.16%

Mill

4.09%

Commander Damage

1.9%

Poison

0.15%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 976 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for The Scarab God

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Scarab God decks that leave them out.

+4.8 pp

Top card: Gray Merchant of Asphodel

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Gray Merchant of Asphodel 316 games	+4.8 pp	316
2	Reliquary Tower 143 games	+4.1 pp	143
3	Windfall 84 games	+3.8 pp	84
4	Geralf, the Fleshwright Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+2.0 pp	35
5	Frantic Search 104 games	+1.8 pp	104
6	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 146 games	+1.5 pp	146
7	Toxic Deluge 192 games	+1.4 pp	192
8	Darkwater Catacombs 192 games	+1.4 pp	192
9	Buried Alive 135 games	+0.7 pp	135

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?

The Scarab God wins 35.57% of games from position 1 and 17.3% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.57% n=998

Seat 2

28.71% n=1031

Seat 3

22.97% n=753

Seat 4

17.3% n=445

Seat 5

20.99% n=81

Seat 6

20.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Scarab God wins 28.09% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.09% n=1584

1 mulligan

26.65% n=499

2 mulligans

23.13% n=147

3 mulligans

25.0% n=44

4 mulligans

27.27% n=11

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Scarab God 3.61/5 on average, across 2339 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Scarab God wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.8% of the time across 989 tracked wins.

68.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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