The Watcher in the Water

Global Commander Stats {U} All Blue commanders
Win Rate 35%
142 Wins
257 Losses
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Summary

The Watcher in the Water is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 399 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (142257) at an Elo of 1,635, ranking #278 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Watcher in the Water's win rate?
The Watcher in the Water has a 35% win rate across 399 recorded Playgroup games (142 wins, 257 losses).
How long do winning games with The Watcher in the Water take?
Wins with The Watcher in the Water take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 days.
How many decks use The Watcher in the Water?
173 decks list The Watcher in the Water as their commander on Playgroup, of which 107 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
278
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1635

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 9
Average commander damage per game 8
Average poison counters given per game 1
Average kills per game 0.61
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 173
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 107
No. games played with this commander 399
Total hours played 4 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1536 Lasse-Gøran Vagle Jensen 1 1
2 1488 AnaVamp 1 0
3 1476 Umutoria 2 0
4 1475 cozmikpsychonaut 7 1
5 1458 Louis774 7 2

How does this commander win?

When The Watcher in the Water wins, 54.9% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
54.9%
Alternative
23.53%
Non Combat Damage
9.8%
Combo
6.86%
Commander Damage
2.94%
Mill
1.96%
Avg win turn 9.9 based on 144 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Watcher in the Water wins 43.64% of games from position 1 and 31.25% from position 3 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
43.64% n=110
2
Seat 2
33.05% n=118
3
Seat 3
31.25% n=96
4
Seat 4
32.2% n=59
5
Seat 5
33.33% n=12

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Watcher in the Water wins 34.16% after 0 mulligans and 42.86% after 3 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.16% n=161
1
1 mulligan
40.0% n=60
2
2 mulligans
35.0% n=20
3
3 mulligans
42.86% n=7

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Watcher in the Water 3.82/5 on average, across 294 self-reports.

3.82 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Watcher in the Water wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.3% of the time across 144 tracked wins.

74.3 \%

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 11 games
45.45%
Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 12 games
41.67%

Top 5 worst matchups

Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 12 games
41.67%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 11 games
45.45%