Commander

The Scarab God

Global commander stats {U} {B} All Dimir commanders
Win Rate 27%
1026 Wins
2597 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Scarab God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,667 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1026–2597) at an Elo of 1,590, ranking #665 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 71487 damage dealt and 0.55 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Scarab God's win rate?
The Scarab God has a 27% win rate across 3667 recorded Playgroup games (1026 wins, 2597 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: 22 days.
How many decks use The Scarab God?
1,441 decks list The Scarab God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 753 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
665
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1590
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 71487
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 1441
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 753
No. games played with this commander 3667
Total hours played 22 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1606 josofm 7 4
2 1580 Spinynorman 9 5
3 1575 Darno 5 4
4 1559 musicalemergenc 5 2
5 1558 luiseg95 10 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Scarab God wins, 48.26% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
48.26%
Non Combat Damage
30.18%
Combo
8.62%
Alternative
6.95%
Mill
4.03%
Commander Damage
1.81%
Poison
0.14%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1040 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.

+5.2 pp
Top card: Geralf, the Fleshwright
# Card Lift
1
Geralf, the Fleshwright
Geralf, the Fleshwright 43 games
+5.2 pp
2
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Gray Merchant of Asphodel 414 games
+3.4 pp
3
Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower 173 games
+3.0 pp
4
Windfall
Windfall 100 games
+2.2 pp
5
Entomb
Entomb 127 games
+1.9 pp
6
Frantic Search
Frantic Search 132 games
+1.8 pp
7
Toxic Deluge
Toxic Deluge 260 games
+0.8 pp

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 35.15% of games from position 1 and 17.16% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.15% n=1084
2
Seat 2
28.4% n=1109
3
Seat 3
23.38% n=804
4
Seat 4
17.16% n=472
5
Seat 5
20.73% n=82
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=10
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Scarab God wins 27.94% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.94% n=1650
1
1 mulligan
27.87% n=549
2
2 mulligans
23.13% n=160
3
3 mulligans
27.08% n=48
4
4 mulligans
27.27% n=11
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=3
6
6 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 2470 self-reports.

3.61 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Scarab God wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.5% of the time across 1055 tracked wins.

37.5 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Yuna, Grand Summoner commander art
70.0%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth commander art
63.64%
Saheeli, Radiant Creator commander art
56.25%
Ellivere of the Wild Court commander art
53.85%

Top 5 worst matchups

Wick, the Whorled Mind commander art
0.0%
Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact commander art
0.0%
Krark, the Thumbless commander art
0.0%