Commander

Baru, Wurmspeaker

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

265 Wins

702 Losses

Overview

Summary

Baru, Wurmspeaker is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 977 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (265–702) at an Elo of 1,507, ranking #1949 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 12 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 24 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Baru, Wurmspeaker's win rate?

Baru, Wurmspeaker has a 27% win rate across 977 recorded Playgroup games (265 wins, 702 losses).

How long do winning games with Baru, Wurmspeaker take?

Wins with Baru, Wurmspeaker take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 10 days.

How many decks use Baru, Wurmspeaker?

318 decks list Baru, Wurmspeaker as their commander on Playgroup, of which 188 have played at least one recorded game.

Baru, Wurmspeaker Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1949

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1507

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 12

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 318

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 188

No. games played with this commander 977

Total hours played 10 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1544	Anlize	4	2	50 %
2	1539	jonespaulr	9	3	33 %
3	1536	golgariguy	5	2	40 %
4	1533	Snikrah	7	2	36 %
5	1522	dusk	6	3	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Baru, Wurmspeaker wins, 89.19% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

89.19%

Alternative

6.49%

Commander Damage

2.16%

Non Combat Damage

1.62%

Mill

0.54%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 268 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Baru, Wurmspeaker

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

+5.4 pp

Top card: Wild Growth

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Wild Growth Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+5.4 pp	46
2	Bonders' Enclave Signature build 34 games · Signature build	+4.4 pp	34
3	Ouroboroid Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+3.0 pp	39
4	Traverse the Outlands Signature build 43 games · Signature build	+1.3 pp	43
5	Mosswort Bridge 76 games	+0.5 pp	76

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?

Baru, Wurmspeaker wins 31.13% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.13% n=310

Seat 2

28.67% n=286

Seat 3

24.12% n=199

Seat 4

18.8% n=133

Seat 5

4.55% n=22

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Baru, Wurmspeaker wins 27.24% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.24% n=503

1 mulligan

26.83% n=123

2 mulligans

19.23% n=52

3 mulligans

22.22% n=9

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Baru, Wurmspeaker 3.31/5 on average, across 726 self-reports.

3.31 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Baru, Wurmspeaker wins, opponents flag the game as salty 41.3% of the time across 269 tracked wins.

41.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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