Commander

The Locust God

Global commander stats {U} {R} All Izzet commanders
Win Rate 36%
708 Wins
1212 Losses
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Overview

Summary

The Locust God is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,921 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (7081212) at an Elo of 1,603, ranking #507 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 363686 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 1921 recorded Playgroup games (708 wins, 1212 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: 10 days.
How many decks use The Locust God?
646 decks list The Locust God as their commander on Playgroup, of which 338 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
507
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1603
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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 363686
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 646
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 338
No. games played with this commander 1921
Total hours played 10 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, 46.94% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
46.94%
Non Combat Damage
29.98%
Combo
13.21%
Alternative
6.9%
Commander Damage
1.97%
Mill
0.99%
Avg win turn 8.1 based on 724 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.

+8.6 pp
Top card: Bident of Thassa
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Arcane Denial
Arcane Denial 180 games
+1.2 pp
12
Tolarian Winds
Tolarian Winds 173 games
+0.6 pp
13
Impact Tremors
Impact Tremors 227 games
+0.5 pp
14
Psychosis Crawler
Psychosis Crawler 251 games
+0.4 pp
15
Teferi's Puzzle Box
Teferi's Puzzle Box 157 games
+0.2 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 40.94% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.7% n=529
2
Seat 2
40.94% n=530
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 34.94% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.94% n=893
1
1 mulligan
33.1% n=290
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 1292 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 724 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.

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%
Aminatou, Veil Piercer commander art
62.5%
Rakdos, Lord of Riots commander art
61.54%

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%