Commander

Captain N'ghathrod

Global commander stats

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

1529 Wins

4743 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Captain N'ghathrod is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,277 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (1529–4743) at an Elo of 1,526, ranking #1474 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.48 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Captain N'ghathrod's win rate?

Captain N'ghathrod has a 24% win rate across 6277 recorded Playgroup games (1529 wins, 4743 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: 2 days.

How many decks use Captain N'ghathrod?

2,067 decks list Captain N'ghathrod as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,175 have played at least one recorded game.

Captain N'ghathrod Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1474

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1526

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.48

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 2067

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1175

No. games played with this commander 6277

Total hours played 2 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1658	Hobbes	41	19	46 %
2	1658	CodeEnd	105	37	35 %
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, 47.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.92%

Mill

30.75%

Non Combat Damage

10.62%

Alternative

4.99%

Commander Damage

2.77%

Combo

2.59%

Poison

0.37%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1558 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.

+7.2 pp

Top card: Ruin Crab

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Ruin Crab 423 games	+7.2 pp	423
2	Mindcrank 729 games	+5.2 pp	729
3	Urza's Incubator 108 games	+4.9 pp	108
4	Court of Cunning 264 games	+3.9 pp	264
5	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Signature build 78 games · Signature build	+2.9 pp	78
6	Cyclonic Rift 83 games	+2.8 pp	83
7	Aboleth Spawn 561 games	+2.7 pp	561
8	Counterspell 389 games	+2.3 pp	389
9	Overlord of the Balemurk 65 games	+1.9 pp	65
10	Drown in the Loch 620 games	+0.7 pp	620

Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Breach the Multiverse 175 games	+0.4 pp		175
12	Lightning Greaves 642 games	+0.2 pp		642

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 32.02% of games from position 1 and 11.94% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.02% n=1796

Seat 2

25.57% n=1799

Seat 3

20.45% n=1428

Seat 4

16.84% n=861

Seat 5

11.94% n=134

Seat 6

18.75% n=16

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Captain N'ghathrod wins 24.89% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.89% n=2933

1 mulligan

25.15% n=819

2 mulligans

21.12% n=251

3 mulligans

21.05% n=76

4 mulligans

0.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Captain N'ghathrod 3.53/5 on average, across 4374 self-reports.

3.53 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Captain N'ghathrod wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.6% of the time across 1558 tracked wins.

70.6 \%

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.