Commander

Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

1751 Wins

3525 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Meren of Clan Nel Toth is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,287 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (1751–3525) at an Elo of 1,656, ranking #183 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 105157 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Meren of Clan Nel Toth's win rate?

Meren of Clan Nel Toth has a 33% win rate across 5287 recorded Playgroup games (1751 wins, 3525 losses).

How long do winning games with Meren of Clan Nel Toth take?

Wins with Meren of Clan Nel Toth take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Meren of Clan Nel Toth?

1,953 decks list Meren of Clan Nel Toth as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,008 have played at least one recorded game.

Meren of Clan Nel Toth Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

183

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1656

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 105157

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.63

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1953

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1008

No. games played with this commander 5287

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1762	Smoothcriminal	38	16	42 %
2	1700	odcae	31	27	87 %
3	1698	Hobbes	36	20	56 %
4	1651	Samuel S	23	13	57 %
5	1629	RofellosDeservedBetter	72	48	69 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Meren of Clan Nel Toth wins, 35.64% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

35.64%

Combat

31.72%

Combo

23.37%

Alternative

6.51%

Commander Damage

1.17%

Mill

1.09%

Poison

0.5%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 1802 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Meren of Clan Nel Toth decks that leave them out.

+9.2 pp

Top card: Eldritch Evolution

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Eldritch Evolution Signature build 53 games · Signature build	+9.2 pp	53
2	Woe Strider 90 games	+6.5 pp	90
3	Plaguecrafter 392 games	+5.9 pp	392
4	Spore Frog 484 games	+5.8 pp	484
5	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 111 games	+5.6 pp	111
6	Twilight Diviner 142 games	+4.3 pp	142
7	Fleshbag Marauder 271 games	+3.9 pp	271
8	Cankerbloom 331 games	+3.8 pp	331
9	Acidic Slime 158 games	+3.1 pp	158
10	Jarad's Orders 120 games	+2.8 pp	120

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Underground Mortuary 122 games	+2.6 pp	122
12	Diabolic Tutor 68 games	+2.3 pp	68
13	Butcher of Malakir 174 games	+2.1 pp	174
14	Satyr Wayfinder 222 games	+1.0 pp	222
15	Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord 229 games	+0.9 pp	229

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?

Meren of Clan Nel Toth wins 40.63% of games from position 1 and 20.88% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.63% n=1558

Seat 2

35.29% n=1550

Seat 3

28.64% n=1187

Seat 4

23.73% n=750

Seat 5

20.88% n=91

Seat 6

26.67% n=15

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Meren of Clan Nel Toth wins 33.03% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.03% n=2272

1 mulligan

36.91% n=806

2 mulligans

29.82% n=275

3 mulligans

30.99% n=71

4 mulligans

14.29% n=14

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

6 mulligans

50.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Meren of Clan Nel Toth 3.61/5 on average, across 3285 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Meren of Clan Nel Toth wins, opponents flag the game as salty 57.4% of the time across 1804 tracked wins.

57.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Meren of Clan Nel Toth. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.