Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Global Commander Stats

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983 Wins

4060 Losses

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Summary

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,043 recorded Playgroup games, winning 19% of them (983–4060) at an Elo of 1,188, ranking #4363 globally.

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

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 5043 recorded Playgroup games (983 wins, 4060 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?

1,669 decks list Gonti, Canny Acquisitor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,054 have played at least one recorded game.

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

4363

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1188

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 1669

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1054

No. games played with this commander 5043

Total hours played 3 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1625	CodeEnd	150	50	33 %
2	1546	C B	4	2	50 %
3	1541	BamHamster	3	2	67 %
4	1536	ThunderDomeMTG	6	3	50 %
5	1535	Drakorex	1	1	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins, 67.57% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

67.57%

Non Combat Damage

13.37%

Alternative

9.96%

Commander Damage

3.41%

Mill

2.84%

Combo

2.13%

Poison

0.71%

Avg win turn 10.4 based on 1021 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins 25.48% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

25.48% n=1515

Seat 2

19.66% n=1470

Seat 3

15.73% n=1316

Seat 4

15.37% n=761

Seat 5

14.62% n=130

Seat 6

11.11% n=18

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins 18.99% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

18.99% n=2917

1 mulligan

19.86% n=740

2 mulligans

22.27% n=247

3 mulligans

20.75% n=53

4 mulligans

25.0% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

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 3841 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.2% of the time across 1019 tracked wins.

72.2 \%

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.