Marneus Calgar

Global Commander Stats

All Esper commanders

1417 Wins

3316 Losses

Summary

Marneus Calgar is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,733 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1417–3316) at an Elo of 1,544, ranking #1148 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Marneus Calgar's win rate?

Marneus Calgar has a 29% win rate across 4733 recorded Playgroup games (1417 wins, 3316 losses).

How long do winning games with Marneus Calgar take?

Wins with Marneus Calgar take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 17 days.

How many decks use Marneus Calgar?

1,490 decks list Marneus Calgar as their commander on Playgroup, of which 882 have played at least one recorded game.

Marneus Calgar Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1148

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1544

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1490

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 882

No. games played with this commander 4733

Total hours played 17 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1701	Laingoo	18	12	67 %
2	1658	Bisty	37	16	47 %
3	1631	DrDelta_	14	11	79 %
4	1625	Loremaster	22	12	55 %
5	1598	Lyra_14	9	4	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Marneus Calgar wins, 52.14% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

52.14%

Combo

18.06%

Non Combat Damage

14.8%

Alternative

8.98%

Commander Damage

5.31%

Poison

0.41%

Mill

0.31%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 1465 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Marneus Calgar wins 70.0% of games from position 6 and 20.69% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.9% n=1301

Seat 2

31.56% n=1350

Seat 3

24.91% n=1176

Seat 4

25.1% n=777

Seat 5

20.69% n=87

Seat 6

70.0% n=10

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Marneus Calgar wins 30.37% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.37% n=2249

1 mulligan

30.19% n=775

2 mulligans

29.93% n=294

3 mulligans

18.42% n=114

4 mulligans

17.86% n=28

5 mulligans

42.86% n=7

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Marneus Calgar 3.62/5 on average, across 3164 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Marneus Calgar wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.6% of the time across 1469 tracked wins.

62.6 \%

Best and worst matchups

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