Commander

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Global commander stats {B} {G} {U} All Sultai commanders Featured in Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Win Rate 19%
1000 Wins
4120 Losses
Overview

Summary

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,122 recorded Playgroup games, winning 19% of them (10004120) at an Elo of 1,460, ranking #3852 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.39 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gonti, Canny Acquisitor's win rate?
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor has a 19% win rate across 5122 recorded Playgroup games (1000 wins, 4120 losses).
How long do winning games with Gonti, Canny Acquisitor take?
Wins with Gonti, Canny Acquisitor take on average 11 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.
How many decks use Gonti, Canny Acquisitor?
1,678 decks list Gonti, Canny Acquisitor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,063 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3852
Wins by turn (avg.)
11
Elo rating
1460
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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 0.39
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1678
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1063
No. games played with this commander 5122
Total hours played 3 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1595 CodeEnd 152 50
2 1546 C B 4 2
3 1541 BamHamster 3 2
4 1536 Nordic Revenant 1 1
5 1535 Drakorex 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins, 67.41% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
67.41%
Non Combat Damage
13.71%
Alternative
9.79%
Commander Damage
3.5%
Mill
2.8%
Combo
2.1%
Poison
0.7%
Avg win turn 10.4 based on 1039 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.

+5.1 pp
Top card: Ohran Frostfang
# Card Lift
1
Ohran Frostfang
Ohran Frostfang 576 games
+5.1 pp

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 25.52% of games from position 1 and 10.53% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
25.52% n=1536
2
Seat 2
19.81% n=1489
3
Seat 3
15.64% n=1336
4
Seat 4
15.34% n=769
5
Seat 5
14.5% n=131
6
Seat 6
10.53% n=19
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins 19.06% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
19.06% n=2954
1
1 mulligan
20.03% n=749
2
2 mulligans
22.4% n=250
3
3 mulligans
20.37% n=54
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=8
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gonti, Canny Acquisitor 3.61/5 on average, across 3897 self-reports.

3.61 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.4% of the time across 1037 tracked wins.

72.4 \%
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.

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