Commander

Captain N'ghathrod

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders Featured in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate

1700 Wins

5297 Losses

Overview

Summary

Captain N'ghathrod is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 7,088 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (1700–5297) at an Elo of 1,481, ranking #4100 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 60932 damage dealt and 0.47 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Captain N'ghathrod's win rate?

Captain N'ghathrod has a 23% win rate across 7088 recorded Playgroup games (1700 wins, 5297 losses).

How long do winning games with Captain N'ghathrod take?

Wins with Captain N'ghathrod take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Captain N'ghathrod?

2,434 decks list Captain N'ghathrod as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,400 have played at least one recorded game.

Captain N'ghathrod Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4100

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1481

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 60932

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.47

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 2434

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1400

No. games played with this commander 7088

Total hours played 12 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1706	CodeEnd	110	41	37 %
2	1648	Hobbes	47	22	47 %
3	1637	David VF	25	14	58 %
4	1593	DungeonDaddy	37	18	49 %
5	1574	Magnus_the_Grixis	7	4	57 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Captain N'ghathrod wins, 47.91% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.91%

Mill

31.24%

Non Combat Damage

10.55%

Alternative

4.69%

Commander Damage

2.85%

Combo

2.43%

Poison

0.34%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1720 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Captain N'ghathrod

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Captain N'ghathrod decks that leave them out.

+7.5 pp

Top card: Shipwreck Marsh

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Shipwreck Marsh 475 games	+7.5 pp	475
2	Altar of the Brood 447 games	+7.1 pp	447
3	Drowned Catacomb 474 games	+6.1 pp	474
4	Watery Grave 463 games	+6.0 pp	463
5	Ruin Crab 656 games	+5.5 pp	656
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 95 games	+3.8 pp	95
7	Toxrill, the Corrosive 447 games	+2.9 pp	447
8	Deadly Rollick 92 games	+2.8 pp	92
9	Aboleth Spawn 850 games	+2.8 pp	850
10	Wrexial, the Risen Deep 73 games	+2.5 pp	73

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Court of Cunning 415 games	+2.1 pp	415
12	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 61 games	+1.9 pp	61
13	Maddening Cacophony 835 games	+1.8 pp	835
14	Counterspell 565 games	+1.7 pp	565
15	Urza's Saga Signature build 50 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	50

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?

Captain N'ghathrod wins 30.77% of games from position 1 and 11.56% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.77% n=2064

Seat 2

25.4% n=2059

Seat 3

20.37% n=1603

Seat 4

16.63% n=971

Seat 5

11.56% n=147

Seat 6

17.65% n=17

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Captain N'ghathrod wins 24.6% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.6% n=3160

1 mulligan

24.92% n=959

2 mulligans

20.66% n=317

3 mulligans

22.47% n=89

4 mulligans

0.0% n=12

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Captain N'ghathrod 3.54/5 on average, across 4779 self-reports.

3.54 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Captain N'ghathrod wins, opponents flag the game as salty 42.3% of the time across 1727 tracked wins.

42.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Captain N'ghathrod. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.