The Scarab God

Global Commander Stats

823 Wins

2152 Losses

Summary

The Scarab God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,975 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (823–2152) at an Elo of 1,490, ranking #3069 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 487 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Scarab God's win rate?

The Scarab God has a 27% win rate across 2975 recorded Playgroup games (823 wins, 2152 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: about 1 month.

How many decks use The Scarab God?

1,186 decks list The Scarab God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 600 have played at least one recorded game.

The Scarab God Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

3069

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1490

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 487

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1186

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 600

No. games played with this commander 2975

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1606	josofm	7	4	57 %
2	1595	Spinynorman	8	5	63 %
3	1568	Goddis	18	9	50 %
4	1564	Drajul	50	27	55 %
5	1545	IroncladGem	2	2	100 %

How does this commander win?

When The Scarab God wins, 46.66% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

46.66%

Non Combat Damage

30.19%

Combo

9.26%

Alternative

7.89%

Mill

4.12%

Commander Damage

1.72%

Poison

0.17%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 851 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Scarab God wins 34.03% of games from position 1 and 18.14% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.03% n=864

Seat 2

28.73% n=884

Seat 3

23.5% n=668

Seat 4

18.14% n=397

Seat 5

23.61% n=72

Seat 6

20.0% n=10

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Scarab God wins 27.88% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.88% n=1449

1 mulligan

27.04% n=392

2 mulligans

23.39% n=124

3 mulligans

22.22% n=36

4 mulligans

25.0% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Scarab God 3.6/5 on average, across 2050 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Scarab God wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.1% of the time across 844 tracked wins.

69.1 \%

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.