Commander

Captain N'ghathrod

Global commander stats

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

1744 Wins

5387 Losses

Overview

Summary

Captain N'ghathrod is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 7,192 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (1744–5387) at an Elo of 1,510, ranking #1929 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 60125 damage dealt and 0.46 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 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 7192 recorded Playgroup games (1744 wins, 5387 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: 13 days.

How many decks use Captain N'ghathrod?

2,508 decks list Captain N'ghathrod as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,432 have played at least one recorded game.

Captain N'ghathrod Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1929

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1510

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 60125

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.46

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 2508

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1432

No. games played with this commander 7192

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1720	CodeEnd	111	42	38 %
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, 48.15% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

48.15%

Mill

31.26%

Non Combat Damage

10.34%

Alternative

4.68%

Commander Damage

2.79%

Combo

2.46%

Poison

0.33%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1766 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.

+7.8 pp

Top card: Shipwreck Marsh

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Shipwreck Marsh 500 games	+7.8 pp	500
2	Altar of the Brood 458 games	+6.9 pp	458
3	Watery Grave 499 games	+6.5 pp	499
4	Drowned Catacomb 495 games	+6.5 pp	495
5	Ruin Crab 683 games	+6.0 pp	683
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 97 games	+4.2 pp	97
7	Aboleth Spawn 877 games	+3.7 pp	877
8	Toxrill, the Corrosive 461 games	+3.3 pp	461
9	Wrexial, the Risen Deep 86 games	+2.5 pp	86
10	Court of Cunning 436 games	+2.2 pp	436

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Maddening Cacophony 869 games	+2.2 pp	869
12	Deadly Rollick 99 games	+2.0 pp	99
13	Bojuka Bog 403 games	+1.9 pp	403
14	Drown in the Loch 970 games	+1.8 pp	970
15	Counterspell 589 games	+1.4 pp	589

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 31.3% of games from position 1 and 12.08% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.3% n=2096

Seat 2

25.88% n=2102

Seat 3

20.25% n=1622

Seat 4

16.51% n=984

Seat 5

12.08% n=149

Seat 6

17.65% n=17

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Captain N'ghathrod wins 24.89% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.89% n=3176

1 mulligan

24.72% n=975

2 mulligans

21.27% n=322

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 4835 self-reports.

3.54 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Captain N'ghathrod wins, opponents flag the game as salty 41.3% of the time across 1774 tracked wins.

41.3 \%

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.