Commander

The Scarab God

Global commander stats {U} {B} All Dimir commanders
Win Rate 28%
894 Wins
2282 Losses
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Overview

Summary

The Scarab God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,179 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (8942282) at an Elo of 1,542, ranking #1204 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 458 damage dealt and 0.56 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 3179 recorded Playgroup games (894 wins, 2282 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: 27 days.
How many decks use The Scarab God?
1,257 decks list The Scarab God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 639 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1204
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1542
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Commander popularity trend

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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 458
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.56
Average turn length 1 minute
No. decks for this commander 1257
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 639
No. games played with this commander 3179
Total hours played 27 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1606 josofm 7 4
2 1595 Spinynorman 8 5
3 1569 Goddis 18 9
4 1564 Drajul 50 27
5 1559 musicalemergenc 5 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Scarab God wins, 46.7% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
46.7%
Non Combat Damage
31.13%
Combo
8.81%
Alternative
7.55%
Mill
4.09%
Commander Damage
1.57%
Poison
0.16%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 924 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.

+7.6 pp
Top card: Reliquary Tower
# Card Lift
1
Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower 93 games
+7.6 pp
2
Entomb
Entomb 64 games
+6.3 pp
3
Kindred Discovery
Kindred Discovery 52 games · Signature build
+0.0 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 35.53% of games from position 1 and 18.42% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.53% n=926
2
Seat 2
29.18% n=939
3
Seat 3
23.35% n=698
4
Seat 4
18.42% n=418
5
Seat 5
23.29% n=73
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=10
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Scarab God wins 28.22% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.22% n=1524
1
1 mulligan
28.02% n=439
2
2 mulligans
23.53% n=136
3
3 mulligans
23.81% n=42
4
4 mulligans
22.22% n=9
5
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 3.62/5 on average, across 2186 self-reports.

3.62 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Scarab God wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.7% of the time across 921 tracked wins.

68.7 \%
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

Ellivere of the Wild Court commander art
54.55%
Saskia the Unyielding commander art
53.33%
Leonardo, the Balance commander art
53.33%
Saheeli, Radiant Creator commander art
53.33%
Bria, Riptide Rogue commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Wick, the Whorled Mind commander art
0.0%
Flubs, the Fool commander art
Flubs, the Fool 24 games
4.17%
Zinnia, Valley's Voice commander art
5.26%