Commander

Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders

1004 Wins

1525 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Ovika, Enigma Goliath is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,541 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (1004–1525) at an Elo of 1,562, ranking #952 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 3037 damage dealt and 0.9 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ovika, Enigma Goliath's win rate?

Ovika, Enigma Goliath has a 39% win rate across 2541 recorded Playgroup games (1004 wins, 1525 losses).

How long do winning games with Ovika, Enigma Goliath take?

Wins with Ovika, Enigma Goliath take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Ovika, Enigma Goliath?

833 decks list Ovika, Enigma Goliath as their commander on Playgroup, of which 507 have played at least one recorded game.

Ovika, Enigma Goliath Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

952

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1562

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3037

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.9

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 833

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 507

No. games played with this commander 2541

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1637	nightflier	11	7	64 %
2	1618	Matthijs Puister	12	7	58 %
3	1617	ElvisPickle	24	12	50 %
4	1602	Stuart Nielsen	18	7	39 %
5	1590	J44	61	26	43 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ovika, Enigma Goliath wins, 59.94% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

59.94%

Non Combat Damage

27.0%

Combo

5.95%

Commander Damage

3.63%

Alternative

3.19%

Mill

0.29%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 1024 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Ovika, Enigma Goliath decks that leave them out.

+0.7 pp

Top card: Gilded Lotus

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Gilded Lotus 69 games	+0.7 pp		69
2	All-Fates Scroll 32 games	+0.2 pp		32

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?

Ovika, Enigma Goliath wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 31.15% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.43% n=711

Seat 2

42.47% n=697

Seat 3

34.52% n=588

Seat 4

31.92% n=354

Seat 5

31.15% n=61

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ovika, Enigma Goliath wins 39.36% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

39.36% n=1024

1 mulligan

38.41% n=453

2 mulligans

44.91% n=167

3 mulligans

24.07% n=54

4 mulligans

16.67% n=12

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ovika, Enigma Goliath 3.79/5 on average, across 1730 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ovika, Enigma Goliath wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 1025 tracked wins.

67.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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