Commander

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Global commander stats {B} {G} {U} All Sultai commanders
Win Rate 22%
234 Wins
786 Losses
Overview

Summary

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,030 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (234786) at an Elo of 1,497, ranking #3411 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 28 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Xavier Sal, Infested Captain's win rate?
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain has a 22% win rate across 1030 recorded Playgroup games (234 wins, 786 losses).
How long do winning games with Xavier Sal, Infested Captain take?
Wins with Xavier Sal, Infested Captain take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.
How many decks use Xavier Sal, Infested Captain?
409 decks list Xavier Sal, Infested Captain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 216 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3411
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1497
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 28
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.5
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 409
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 216
No. games played with this commander 1030
Total hours played 12 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1640 JH_Goblin 11 8
2 1598 NerdHerder 12 6
3 1591 LemurKronicles 4 3
4 1523 KrustyKrabPizza 2 1
5 1522 MadHatter 6 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Xavier Sal, Infested Captain wins, 58.56% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
58.56%
Poison
17.13%
Non Combat Damage
9.94%
Alternative
6.63%
Combo
4.97%
Commander Damage
2.76%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 237 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Xavier Sal, Infested Captain decks that leave them out.

+2.9 pp
Top card: Overgrown Tomb
# Card Lift
1
Overgrown Tomb
Overgrown Tomb 64 games
+2.9 pp
2
Breeding Pool
Breeding Pool 56 games · Signature build
+0.7 pp

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?

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain wins 30.03% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
30.03% n=313
2
Seat 2
21.19% n=335
3
Seat 3
19.67% n=239
4
Seat 4
16.67% n=132
5
Seat 5
6.25% n=16
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=1
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xavier Sal, Infested Captain wins 22.22% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
22.22% n=522
1
1 mulligan
20.34% n=177
2
2 mulligans
28.17% n=71
3
3 mulligans
12.5% n=16
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Xavier Sal, Infested Captain 3.61/5 on average, across 756 self-reports.

3.61 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Xavier Sal, Infested Captain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.4% of the time across 237 tracked wins.

68.4 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Ranar the Ever-Watchful commander art
72.73%
Rin and Seri, Inseparable commander art
54.55%
Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 17 games
47.06%
Kaalia of the Vast commander art
45.45%
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin commander art
45.45%

Top 5 worst matchups