The Watcher in the Water

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 34%
129 Wins
248 Losses

Summary

The Watcher in the Water is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 377 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (129248) at an Elo of 1,706, ranking #50 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.6 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 34% win rate across 377 recorded Playgroup games (129 wins, 248 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?

161 decks list The Watcher in the Water as their commander on Playgroup, of which 101 have played at least one recorded game.

The Watcher in the Water Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
50
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1706

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 8
Average commander damage per game 8
Average poison counters given per game 1
Average kills per game 0.6
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 161
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 101
No. games played with this commander 377
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 1467 Daniel 6 1

How does this commander win?

When The Watcher in the Water wins, 56.04% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
56.04%
Alternative
23.08%
Non Combat Damage
8.79%
Combo
7.69%
Commander Damage
2.2%
Mill
2.2%
Avg win turn 9.9 based on 131 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Watcher in the Water wins 41.35% of games from position 1 and 30.43% from position 3 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
41.35% n=104
2
Seat 2
31.78% n=107
3
Seat 3
30.43% n=92
4
Seat 4
31.58% n=57
5
Seat 5
33.33% n=12

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Watcher in the Water wins 32.91% after 0 mulligans and 42.86% after 3 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.91% n=158
1
1 mulligan
39.29% n=56
2
2 mulligans
33.33% n=18
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 273 self-reports.

3.82 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Watcher in the Water wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.8% of the time across 131 tracked wins.

71.8 \%

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 10 games
50.0%
Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 11 games
45.45%

Top 5 worst matchups

Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 11 games
45.45%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 10 games
50.0%