Commander

Captain N'ghathrod

Global commander stats

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

1678 Wins

5252 Losses

Overview

Summary

Captain N'ghathrod is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 7,016 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (1678–5252) at an Elo of 1,449, ranking #4539 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 61543 damage dealt and 0.47 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 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 7016 recorded Playgroup games (1678 wins, 5252 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: 11 days.

How many decks use Captain N'ghathrod?

2,399 decks list Captain N'ghathrod as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,378 have played at least one recorded game.

Captain N'ghathrod Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4539

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1449

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 61543

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 2399

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1378

No. games played with this commander 7016

Total hours played 11 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, 47.89% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.89%

Mill

31.17%

Non Combat Damage

10.64%

Alternative

4.73%

Commander Damage

2.79%

Combo

2.45%

Poison

0.34%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1700 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 466 games	+7.8 pp	466
2	Altar of the Brood 443 games	+7.6 pp	443
3	Watery Grave 452 games	+6.4 pp	452
4	Drowned Catacomb 462 games	+5.5 pp	462
5	Ruin Crab 640 games	+5.0 pp	640
6	Deadly Rollick 90 games	+3.9 pp	90
7	Toxrill, the Corrosive 434 games	+3.8 pp	434
8	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 92 games	+3.0 pp	92
9	Wrexial, the Risen Deep 73 games	+2.8 pp	73
10	Aboleth Spawn 830 games	+2.8 pp	830

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Court of Cunning 406 games	+2.5 pp	406
12	Maddening Cacophony 821 games	+2.0 pp	821
13	Counterspell 559 games	+2.0 pp	559
14	Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree 109 games	+1.7 pp	109
15	Bojuka Bog 384 games	+1.5 pp	384

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 30.8% of games from position 1 and 11.64% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.8% n=2042

Seat 2

25.28% n=2037

Seat 3

20.41% n=1585

Seat 4

16.58% n=962

Seat 5

11.64% n=146

Seat 6

17.65% n=17

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Captain N'ghathrod wins 24.61% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.61% n=3143

1 mulligan

24.92% n=951

2 mulligans

21.06% n=311

3 mulligans

22.73% n=88

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 3.53/5 on average, across 4744 self-reports.

3.53 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Captain N'ghathrod wins, opponents flag the game as salty 42.4% of the time across 1707 tracked wins.

42.4 \%

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.