Commander

Marvo, Deep Operative

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

425 Wins

973 Losses

Overview

Summary

Marvo, Deep Operative is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,407 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (425–973) at an Elo of 1,502, ranking #1982 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 312890 damage dealt and 0.59 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Marvo, Deep Operative's win rate?

Marvo, Deep Operative has a 30% win rate across 1407 recorded Playgroup games (425 wins, 973 losses).

How long do winning games with Marvo, Deep Operative take?

Wins with Marvo, Deep Operative take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 19 days.

How many decks use Marvo, Deep Operative?

515 decks list Marvo, Deep Operative as their commander on Playgroup, of which 308 have played at least one recorded game.

Marvo, Deep Operative Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1982

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1502

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 312890

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.59

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 515

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 308

No. games played with this commander 1407

Total hours played 19 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1618	Ducky	16	9	60 %
2	1580	Blank98	23	9	39 %
3	1570	M R	2	2	100 %
4	1561	PhoenixBWB	2	2	100 %
5	1543	Dado	15	6	40 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Marvo, Deep Operative wins, 61.29% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

61.29%

Non Combat Damage

16.45%

Alternative

11.61%

Combo

8.06%

Mill

1.29%

Commander Damage

0.97%

Poison

0.32%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 429 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Marvo, Deep Operative

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

+17.5 pp

Top card: Talisman of Dominance

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Talisman of Dominance 199 games	+17.5 pp	199
2	Command Tower 212 games	+7.8 pp	212
3	Lightning Greaves 159 games	+5.5 pp	159
4	Aminatou's Augury 173 games	+4.9 pp	173
5	Watery Grave 89 games	+2.9 pp	89
6	Hoarder's Greed 204 games	+1.5 pp	204
7	Captivating Glance 187 games	+0.7 pp	187
8	Polluted Delta 58 games	+0.1 pp	58
9	Undercity Sewers 45 games	+0.0 pp	45

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?

Marvo, Deep Operative wins 75.0% of games from position 6 and 11.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.34% n=432

Seat 2

33.69% n=374

Seat 3

23.08% n=325

Seat 4

24.8% n=246

Seat 5

11.11% n=36

Seat 6

75.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Marvo, Deep Operative wins 31.01% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.01% n=603

1 mulligan

28.7% n=230

2 mulligans

27.37% n=95

3 mulligans

22.22% n=27

4 mulligans

13.33% n=15

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Marvo, Deep Operative 3.75/5 on average, across 882 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Marvo, Deep Operative wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.6% of the time across 430 tracked wins.

68.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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