Commander

Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

1716 Wins

3455 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Meren of Clan Nel Toth is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,178 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (1716–3455) at an Elo of 1,485, ranking #3393 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 107672 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 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 5178 recorded Playgroup games (1716 wins, 3455 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?

1,871 decks list Meren of Clan Nel Toth as their commander on Playgroup, of which 978 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

3393

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1485

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 107672

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 1871

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 978

No. games played with this commander 5178

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1762	Smoothcriminal	38	16	42 %
2	1718	odcae	30	27	90 %
3	1698	Hobbes	36	20	56 %
4	1629	RofellosDeservedBetter	72	48	69 %
5	1626	Samuel S	22	12	55 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Meren of Clan Nel Toth wins, 35.84% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

35.84%

Combat

31.74%

Combo

23.35%

Alternative

6.33%

Commander Damage

1.11%

Mill

1.11%

Poison

0.51%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 1767 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.

+9.6 pp

Top card: Eldritch Evolution

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Eldritch Evolution Signature build 50 games · Signature build	+9.6 pp	50
2	Woe Strider 63 games	+5.7 pp	63
3	Cankerbloom 315 games	+5.1 pp	315
4	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Signature build 100 games · Signature build	+4.8 pp	100
5	Twilight Diviner 132 games	+4.4 pp	132
6	Woodland Cemetery 325 games	+3.7 pp	325
7	Underground Mortuary 118 games	+3.7 pp	118
8	Spore Frog 404 games	+3.3 pp	404
9	Plaguecrafter 366 games	+3.1 pp	366
10	Haywire Mite 309 games	+1.8 pp	309

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Braids, Arisen Nightmare 325 games	+1.8 pp	325
12	Fleshbag Marauder 247 games	+0.8 pp	247
13	Protean Hulk 324 games	+0.6 pp	324
14	Acidic Slime 138 games	+0.3 pp	138
15	Jarad's Orders 99 games	+0.3 pp	99

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 40.61% of games from position 1 and 21.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.61% n=1529

Seat 2

35.46% n=1523

Seat 3

28.4% n=1169

Seat 4

23.78% n=740

Seat 5

21.11% n=90

Seat 6

26.67% n=15

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Meren of Clan Nel Toth wins 33.0% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.0% n=2229

1 mulligan

37.2% n=781

2 mulligans

29.55% n=264

3 mulligans

31.88% n=69

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 3220 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Meren of Clan Nel Toth wins, opponents flag the game as salty 57.2% of the time across 1767 tracked wins.

57.2 \%

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.