Commander

Gluntch, the Bestower

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

332 Wins

1020 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Gluntch, the Bestower is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,358 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (332–1020) at an Elo of 1,409, ranking #4431 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 647745 damage dealt and 0.47 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gluntch, the Bestower's win rate?

Gluntch, the Bestower has a 24% win rate across 1358 recorded Playgroup games (332 wins, 1020 losses).

How long do winning games with Gluntch, the Bestower take?

Wins with Gluntch, the Bestower take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 20 days.

How many decks use Gluntch, the Bestower?

600 decks list Gluntch, the Bestower as their commander on Playgroup, of which 354 have played at least one recorded game.

Gluntch, the Bestower Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4431

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1409

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 647745

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.47

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 600

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 354

No. games played with this commander 1358

Total hours played 20 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1653	Kobold	11	7	64 %
2	1546	RealF11	2	2	100 %
3	1536	Damselfly	1	1	100 %
4	1525	StoriTella	3	1	33 %
5	1524	ScubaSteve	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gluntch, the Bestower wins, 41.84% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

41.84%

Alternative

32.64%

Commander Damage

13.81%

Non Combat Damage

3.77%

Mill

3.35%

Poison

2.51%

Combo

2.09%

Avg win turn 9.5 based on 342 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Gluntch, the Bestower

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

+4.4 pp

Top card: Reliquary Tower

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Reliquary Tower 67 games	+4.4 pp	67
2	Heartwood Storyteller 72 games	+3.3 pp	72
3	Evolving Wilds Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+3.0 pp	39
4	Approach of the Second Sun 40 games	+2.6 pp	40

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?

Gluntch, the Bestower wins 31.65% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.65% n=357

Seat 2

26.25% n=320

Seat 3

20.27% n=301

Seat 4

19.37% n=222

Seat 5

27.27% n=44

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gluntch, the Bestower wins 27.64% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.64% n=615

1 mulligan

23.39% n=171

2 mulligans

22.58% n=62

3 mulligans

15.38% n=13

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gluntch, the Bestower 3.89/5 on average, across 918 self-reports.

3.89 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gluntch, the Bestower wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.2% of the time across 340 tracked wins.

66.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Gluntch, the Bestower. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.