Commander

Rivaz of the Claw

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

335 Wins

846 Losses

Overview

Summary

Rivaz of the Claw is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,208 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (335–846) at an Elo of 1,492, ranking #3988 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Rivaz of the Claw's win rate?

Rivaz of the Claw has a 27% win rate across 1208 recorded Playgroup games (335 wins, 846 losses).

How long do winning games with Rivaz of the Claw take?

Wins with Rivaz of the Claw take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.

How many decks use Rivaz of the Claw?

371 decks list Rivaz of the Claw as their commander on Playgroup, of which 230 have played at least one recorded game.

Rivaz of the Claw Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3988

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1492

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 371

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 230

No. games played with this commander 1208

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1590	Uodemsi	20	14	76 %
2	1566	TrueConvictionMTG	11	5	45 %
3	1563	Landyn	17	6	35 %
4	1556	DirtyMike	4	3	75 %
5	1553	Pedrocchio	12	8	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rivaz of the Claw wins, 73.81% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.81%

Non Combat Damage

18.57%

Alternative

3.33%

Commander Damage

2.38%

Combo

1.43%

Mill

0.48%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 340 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Rivaz of the Claw

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

+4.7 pp

Top card: Utvara Hellkite

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Utvara Hellkite 197 games	+4.7 pp	197
2	Foreboding Ruins 181 games	+3.1 pp	181
3	Terror of the Peaks 218 games	+1.7 pp	218
4	Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon 181 games	+1.4 pp	181
5	Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin 84 games	+0.6 pp	84
6	Parapet Thrasher 88 games	+0.4 pp	88
7	Goldspan Dragon 195 games	+0.4 pp	195

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?

Rivaz of the Claw wins 37.5% of games from position 5 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.46% n=336

Seat 2

29.06% n=363

Seat 3

21.28% n=296

Seat 4

16.02% n=181

Seat 5

37.5% n=16

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rivaz of the Claw wins 29.1% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.1% n=512

1 mulligan

27.27% n=154

2 mulligans

29.82% n=57

3 mulligans

18.75% n=16

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Rivaz of the Claw 3.69/5 on average, across 750 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Rivaz of the Claw wins, opponents flag the game as salty 28.8% of the time across 340 tracked wins.

28.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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