Captain N'ghathrod

Global Commander Stats

1447 Wins

4498 Losses

Summary

Captain N'ghathrod is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,945 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (1447–4498) at an Elo of 1,433, ranking #3920 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.49 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 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 5945 recorded Playgroup games (1447 wins, 4498 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: 1 day.

How many decks use Captain N'ghathrod?

1,959 decks list Captain N'ghathrod as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,111 have played at least one recorded game.

Captain N'ghathrod Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

3920

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1433

Global Elo Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.49

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 1959

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1111

No. games played with this commander 5945

Total hours played 1 day

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1658	Hobbes	41	19	46 %
2	1637	David VF	25	14	58 %
3	1627	CodeEnd	102	35	34 %
4	1593	DungeonDaddy	37	18	49 %
5	1587	Laingoo	9	5	56 %

How does this commander win?

When Captain N'ghathrod wins, 47.85% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.85%

Mill

31.21%

Non Combat Damage

10.37%

Alternative

4.6%

Commander Damage

2.84%

Combo

2.74%

Poison

0.39%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1477 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Captain N'ghathrod wins 32.2% of games from position 1 and 11.48% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.2% n=1711

Seat 2

25.52% n=1716

Seat 3

20.28% n=1356

Seat 4

16.61% n=825

Seat 5

11.48% n=122

Seat 6

13.33% n=15

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Captain N'ghathrod wins 24.82% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.82% n=2820

1 mulligan

25.13% n=768

2 mulligans

21.19% n=236

3 mulligans

20.83% n=72

4 mulligans

0.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Captain N'ghathrod 3.52/5 on average, across 4154 self-reports.

3.52 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Captain N'ghathrod wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.4% of the time across 1475 tracked wins.

70.4 \%

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.