Commander

The Locust God

Global commander stats {U} {R} All Izzet commanders
Win Rate 36%
715 Wins
1218 Losses
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Overview

Summary

The Locust God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,934 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (7151218) at an Elo of 1,647, ranking #215 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 361482 damage dealt and 0.79 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Locust God's win rate?
The Locust God has a 36% win rate across 1934 recorded Playgroup games (715 wins, 1218 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?
651 decks list The Locust God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 342 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
215
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1647
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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 361482
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 9
Average kills per game 0.79
Average turn length 1 minute
No. decks for this commander 651
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 342
No. games played with this commander 1934
Total hours played 11 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1634 Arak 19 11
2 1599 Kalvin 18 10
3 1583 Matthijs Puister 16 7
4 1570 Jacob Hesse 16 5
5 1548 valve 6 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Locust God wins, 46.88% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
46.88%
Non Combat Damage
30.08%
Combo
13.28%
Alternative
6.84%
Commander Damage
1.95%
Mill
0.98%
Avg win turn 8.1 based on 731 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.

+9.7 pp
Top card: Psychosis Crawler
Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)
# Card Lift
11
Magus of the Wheel
Magus of the Wheel 184 games
+1.3 pp
12
Sulfur Falls
Sulfur Falls 261 games
+0.4 pp
13
Negate
Negate 175 games · Signature build
+0.3 pp

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 41.01% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.96% n=533
2
Seat 2
41.01% n=534
3
Seat 3
33.4% n=485
4
Seat 4
29.86% n=278
5
Seat 5
23.08% n=52
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Locust God wins 34.97% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.97% n=898
1
1 mulligan
33.33% n=294
2
2 mulligans
34.02% n=97
3
3 mulligans
63.16% n=19
4
4 mulligans
57.14% n=7
5
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 1298 self-reports.

3.67 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Locust God wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.4% of the time across 731 tracked wins.

68.4 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Zinnia, Valley's Voice commander art
73.33%
Ezuri, Claw of Progress commander art
70.0%
Captain N'ghathrod commander art
66.67%
Goro-Goro and Satoru commander art
64.29%
Aminatou, Veil Piercer commander art
62.5%

Top 5 worst matchups

Arcum Dagsson commander art
Arcum Dagsson 11 games
0.0%
Jodah, the Unifier commander art
5.88%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
7.14%
Jodah, Archmage Eternal commander art
9.09%