Commander

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders Featured in Outlaws of Thunder Junction

1079 Wins

4429 Losses

Overview

Summary

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,546 recorded Playgroup games, winning 19% of them (1079–4429) at an Elo of 1,466, ranking #4410 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.38 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gonti, Canny Acquisitor's win rate?

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor has a 19% win rate across 5546 recorded Playgroup games (1079 wins, 4429 losses).

How long do winning games with Gonti, Canny Acquisitor take?

Wins with Gonti, Canny Acquisitor take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.

How many decks use Gonti, Canny Acquisitor?

1,840 decks list Gonti, Canny Acquisitor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,174 have played at least one recorded game.

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4410

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1466

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.38

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1840

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1174

No. games played with this commander 5546

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1597	CodeEnd	157	52	33 %
2	1582	Aldrich	4	3	75 %
3	1546	C B	4	2	50 %
4	1541	BamHamster	3	2	67 %
5	1536	Nordic Revenant	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins, 67.36% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

67.36%

Non Combat Damage

13.32%

Alternative

9.92%

Commander Damage

3.79%

Mill

2.87%

Combo

2.09%

Poison

0.65%

Avg win turn 10.3 based on 1118 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Gonti, Canny Acquisitor decks that leave them out.

+1.0 pp

Top card: Felix Five-Boots

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Felix Five-Boots 704 games	+1.0 pp		704

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?

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins 25.18% of games from position 1 and 9.52% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

25.18% n=1686

Seat 2

19.86% n=1626

Seat 3

15.7% n=1420

Seat 4

15.23% n=821

Seat 5

14.49% n=138

Seat 6

9.52% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins 19.11% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

19.11% n=3092

1 mulligan

19.94% n=825

2 mulligans

21.3% n=277

3 mulligans

18.33% n=60

4 mulligans

30.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gonti, Canny Acquisitor 3.62/5 on average, across 4150 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 43.7% of the time across 1115 tracked wins.

43.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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