Commander

The Scarab God

Global commander stats {U} {B} All Dimir commanders
Win Rate 28%
994 Wins
2523 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Scarab God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,549 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (994–2523) at an Elo of 1,499, ranking #3415 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 414 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 28% win rate across 3549 recorded Playgroup games (994 wins, 2523 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: 23 days.
How many decks use The Scarab God?
1,395 decks list The Scarab God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 715 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3415
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1499
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 414
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 1395
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 715
No. games played with this commander 3549
Total hours played 23 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1606 josofm 7 4
2 1580 Spinynorman 9 5
3 1559 musicalemergenc 5 2
4 1558 luiseg95 10 4
5 1556 Goddis 19 9
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Scarab God wins, 48.08% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
48.08%
Non Combat Damage
30.44%
Combo
8.39%
Alternative
7.11%
Mill
3.98%
Commander Damage
1.85%
Poison
0.14%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1010 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.

+4.6 pp
Top card: Geralf, the Fleshwright

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 35.26% of games from position 1 and 17.54% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.26% n=1038
2
Seat 2
28.6% n=1077
3
Seat 3
23.15% n=782
4
Seat 4
17.54% n=456
5
Seat 5
20.99% n=81
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=10
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Scarab God wins 28.1% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.1% n=1623
1
1 mulligan
27.17% n=519
2
2 mulligans
23.87% n=155
3
3 mulligans
26.09% n=46
4
4 mulligans
30.0% n=10
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=3
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 2409 self-reports.

3.61 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Scarab God wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.9% of the time across 1023 tracked wins.

68.9 \%
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
60.0%
Leonardo, the Balance commander art
56.25%
Ellivere of the Wild Court commander art
54.55%

Top 5 worst matchups