Commander

The Locust God

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders

740 Wins

1247 Losses

Overview

Summary

The Locust God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,991 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (740–1247) at an Elo of 1,694, ranking #73 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 351743 damage dealt and 0.79 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 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 1991 recorded Playgroup games (740 wins, 1247 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: 11 days.

How many decks use The Locust God?

662 decks list The Locust God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 351 have played at least one recorded game.

The Locust God Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1694

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 351743

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 662

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 351

No. games played with this commander 1991

Total hours played 11 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1619	Arak	20	11	55 %
2	1599	Kalvin	18	10	56 %
3	1583	Matthijs Puister	16	7	44 %
4	1564	Miggi3	4	2	63 %
5	1563	Jacob Hesse	22	6	30 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Locust God wins, 46.69% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

46.69%

Non Combat Damage

29.87%

Combo

13.61%

Alternative

6.99%

Commander Damage

1.89%

Mill

0.95%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 754 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.

+7.0 pp

Top card: Laboratory Maniac

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Laboratory Maniac 221 games	+7.0 pp	221
2	Psychosis Crawler 312 games	+6.4 pp	312
3	Whirlpool Warrior 248 games	+4.6 pp	248
4	Tolarian Winds 232 games	+3.6 pp	232
5	Impact Tremors 307 games	+3.0 pp	307
6	Teferi's Puzzle Box 206 games	+2.9 pp	206
7	Bident of Thassa 192 games	+2.7 pp	192
8	Decanter of Endless Water Signature build 157 games · Signature build	+2.0 pp	157
9	Magus of the Wheel 192 games	+1.1 pp	192
10	Temple of Epiphany 114 games	+0.6 pp	114

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 40.81% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.81% n=555

Seat 2

40.67% n=563

Seat 3

33.73% n=501

Seat 4

29.47% n=285

Seat 5

24.07% n=54

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Locust God wins 35.14% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.14% n=905

1 mulligan

33.55% n=307

2 mulligans

33.5% n=103

3 mulligans

60.0% n=20

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 3.67/5 on average, across 1331 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Locust God wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.5% of the time across 753 tracked wins.

68.5 \%

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.