Commander

Ghave, Guru of Spores

Global commander stats {W} {B} {G} All Abzan commanders
Win Rate 29%
404 Wins
938 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Ghave, Guru of Spores is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,353 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (404938) at an Elo of 1,648, ranking #224 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 15774 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghave, Guru of Spores's win rate?
Ghave, Guru of Spores has a 29% win rate across 1353 recorded Playgroup games (404 wins, 938 losses).
How long do winning games with Ghave, Guru of Spores take?
Wins with Ghave, Guru of Spores take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.
How many decks use Ghave, Guru of Spores?
671 decks list Ghave, Guru of Spores as their commander on Playgroup, of which 319 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
224
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1648
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 15774
Average commander damage per game 37
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.56
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 671
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 319
No. games played with this commander 1353
Total hours played 14 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1579 BrianDamage 2 2
2 1536 Jonathan Winger 1 1
3 1536 bmichaph 2 1
4 1536 Leica64 1 1
5 1535 INTRIT3 3 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ghave, Guru of Spores wins, 42.57% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
42.57%
Non Combat Damage
22.97%
Combo
21.96%
Alternative
6.76%
Commander Damage
4.05%
Mill
1.69%
Avg win turn 8.7 based on 408 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Ghave, Guru of Spores

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Ghave, Guru of Spores decks that leave them out.

+1.6 pp
Top card: Swords to Plowshares
# Card Lift
1
Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares 127 games · Signature build
+1.6 pp
2
Nature's Lore
Nature's Lore 35 games
+0.7 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?

Ghave, Guru of Spores wins 36.39% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
36.39% n=415
2
Seat 2
28.81% n=354
3
Seat 3
26.64% n=289
4
Seat 4
18.29% n=164
5
Seat 5
28.57% n=35
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghave, Guru of Spores wins 33.15% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
33.15% n=626
1
1 mulligan
23.76% n=202
2
2 mulligans
20.73% n=82
3
3 mulligans
0.0% n=14
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ghave, Guru of Spores 3.67/5 on average, across 946 self-reports.

3.67 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Ghave, Guru of Spores wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.5% of the time across 409 tracked wins.

68.5 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Ghave, Guru of Spores. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Baba Lysaga, Night Witch commander art
53.85%
Hazel of the Rootbloom commander art
46.15%
Atraxa, Grand Unifier commander art
45.45%
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
45.45%

Top 5 worst matchups