Tahngarth, First Mate

Global Commander Stats

40 Wins

165 Losses

Summary

Tahngarth, First Mate is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 205 recorded Playgroup games, winning 19% of them (40–165) at an Elo of 1,429, ranking #3959 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Tahngarth, First Mate's win rate?

Tahngarth, First Mate has a 19% win rate across 205 recorded Playgroup games (40 wins, 165 losses).

How long do winning games with Tahngarth, First Mate take?

Wins with Tahngarth, First Mate take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 days.

How many decks use Tahngarth, First Mate?

65 decks list Tahngarth, First Mate as their commander on Playgroup, of which 37 have played at least one recorded game.

Tahngarth, First Mate Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

3959

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1429

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.69

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 65

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 37

No. games played with this commander 205

Total hours played 2 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1513	Josh	3	1	33 %
2	1498	Gybis	6	2	33 %

How does this commander win?

When Tahngarth, First Mate wins, 62.5% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

62.5%

Combat

33.33%

Combo

4.17%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 40 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Tahngarth, First Mate wins 21.43% of games from position 1 and 14.63% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

21.43% n=56

Seat 2

21.43% n=56

Seat 3

17.39% n=46

Seat 4

14.63% n=41

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Tahngarth, First Mate wins 25.64% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.64% n=78

1 mulligan

26.92% n=26

2 mulligans

0.0% n=8

3 mulligans

0.0% n=1

4 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Tahngarth, First Mate 3.74/5 on average, across 130 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Tahngarth, First Mate wins, opponents flag the game as salty 75.0% of the time across 40 tracked wins.

75.0 \%

Best and worst matchups

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