Commander

The Locust God

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders

788 Wins

1321 Losses

Overview

Summary

The Locust God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,123 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (788–1321) at an Elo of 1,567, ranking #922 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 328550 damage dealt and 0.79 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Locust God's win rate?

The Locust God has a 37% win rate across 2123 recorded Playgroup games (788 wins, 1321 losses).

How long do winning games with The Locust God take?

Wins with The Locust God take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use The Locust God?

681 decks list The Locust God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 372 have played at least one recorded game.

The Locust God Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

922

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1567

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 328550

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.79

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 681

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 372

No. games played with this commander 2123

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1692	Miggi3	11	8	77 %
2	1604	Arak	21	11	52 %
3	1599	Kalvin	18	10	56 %
4	1583	Matthijs Puister	16	7	44 %
5	1575	Jacob Hesse	25	7	30 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Locust God wins, 46.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

46.92%

Non Combat Damage

30.23%

Combo

13.36%

Alternative

6.5%

Commander Damage

1.76%

Mill

1.23%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 802 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for The Locust God

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

+4.6 pp

Top card: Tolarian Winds

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Tolarian Winds 279 games	+4.6 pp	279
2	Laboratory Maniac 255 games	+3.9 pp	255
3	Whirlpool Warrior 290 games	+3.6 pp	290
4	Magus of the Wheel 270 games	+2.7 pp	270
5	Teferi's Puzzle Box 227 games	+2.1 pp	227
6	Psychosis Crawler 350 games	+1.2 pp	350
7	Impact Tremors 421 games	+1.1 pp	421
8	Bident of Thassa 219 games	+1.0 pp	219
9	Decanter of Endless Water Signature build 171 games · Signature build	+1.0 pp	171
10	Sulfur Falls 371 games	+0.9 pp	371

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?

The Locust God wins 40.73% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.48% n=604

Seat 2

40.73% n=599

Seat 3

33.84% n=526

Seat 4

29.7% n=303

Seat 5

23.64% n=55

Seat 6

0.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Locust God wins 34.73% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.73% n=933

1 mulligan

33.33% n=339

2 mulligans

35.84% n=113

3 mulligans

54.17% n=24

4 mulligans

57.14% n=7

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Locust God 3.68/5 on average, across 1408 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Locust God wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.1% of the time across 804 tracked wins.

37.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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