Commander

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

Global commander stats

All Jund commanders

168 Wins

521 Losses

Overview

Summary

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 706 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (168–521) at an Elo of 1,509, ranking #1889 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 580502 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Maarika, Brutal Gladiator's win rate?

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator has a 23% win rate across 706 recorded Playgroup games (168 wins, 521 losses).

How long do winning games with Maarika, Brutal Gladiator take?

Wins with Maarika, Brutal Gladiator take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Maarika, Brutal Gladiator?

317 decks list Maarika, Brutal Gladiator as their commander on Playgroup, of which 168 have played at least one recorded game.

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1889

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1509

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 580502

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.5

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 317

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 168

No. games played with this commander 706

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1536	Marco Polo	6	4	67 %
2	1536	Teh_CampGoose	1	1	100 %
3	1526	DoomSpudz	2	1	50 %
4	1526	Tomas Madariaga	4	2	50 %
5	1518	Morgan	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Maarika, Brutal Gladiator wins, 46.61% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

46.61%

Commander Damage

37.29%

Non Combat Damage

9.32%

Alternative

4.24%

Combo

2.54%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 173 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator wins 34.72% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.72% n=193

Seat 2

23.08% n=234

Seat 3

21.56% n=167

Seat 4

14.71% n=102

Seat 5

8.33% n=12

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Maarika, Brutal Gladiator wins 23.92% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

23.92% n=347

1 mulligan

23.76% n=101

2 mulligans

20.51% n=39

3 mulligans

18.18% n=11

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Maarika, Brutal Gladiator 3.74/5 on average, across 495 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Maarika, Brutal Gladiator wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.0% of the time across 173 tracked wins.

37.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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