Commander

Marvo, Deep Operative

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

385 Wins

889 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Marvo, Deep Operative is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,278 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (385–889) at an Elo of 1,486, ranking #3463 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 346622 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 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 1278 recorded Playgroup games (385 wins, 889 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: 17 days.

How many decks use Marvo, Deep Operative?

453 decks list Marvo, Deep Operative as their commander on Playgroup, of which 268 have played at least one recorded game.

Marvo, Deep Operative Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3463

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1486

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Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 346622

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 453

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 268

No. games played with this commander 1278

Total hours played 17 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1603	Ducky	15	8	57 %
2	1580	Blank98	23	9	39 %
3	1543	Dado	15	6	40 %
4	1536	Halfest	1	1	100 %
5	1536	Chef Mutant	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Marvo, Deep Operative wins, 61.19% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

61.19%

Non Combat Damage

16.78%

Alternative

11.54%

Combo

7.69%

Mill

1.4%

Commander Damage

1.05%

Poison

0.35%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 390 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.

+18.2 pp

Top card: Talisman of Dominance

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Talisman of Dominance 140 games	+18.2 pp	140
2	Command Tower 168 games	+6.4 pp	168
3	Lightning Greaves 130 games	+5.3 pp	130
4	Halimar Depths 141 games	+3.5 pp	141
5	Doom Whisperer 110 games	+2.4 pp	110
6	Watery Grave 52 games	+1.6 pp	52
7	Aminatou's Augury 133 games	+0.5 pp	133
8	Tainted Isle 140 games	+0.5 pp	140

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 9.09% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.29% n=383

Seat 2

34.35% n=329

Seat 3

22.92% n=301

Seat 4

24.78% n=226

Seat 5

9.09% n=33

Seat 6

75.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Marvo, Deep Operative wins 30.78% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.78% n=562

1 mulligan

29.47% n=207

2 mulligans

27.59% n=87

3 mulligans

20.83% n=24

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 3.76/5 on average, across 815 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Marvo, Deep Operative wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.0% of the time across 391 tracked wins.

67.0 \%

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.