Commander

Vihaan, Goldwaker

Global commander stats {R} {W} {B} All Mardu commanders
Win Rate 32%
715 Wins
1465 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Vihaan, Goldwaker is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,185 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (7151465) at an Elo of 1,513, ranking #1725 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Vihaan, Goldwaker's win rate?
Vihaan, Goldwaker has a 32% win rate across 2185 recorded Playgroup games (715 wins, 1465 losses).
How long do winning games with Vihaan, Goldwaker take?
Wins with Vihaan, Goldwaker take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 26 days.
How many decks use Vihaan, Goldwaker?
662 decks list Vihaan, Goldwaker as their commander on Playgroup, of which 387 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1725
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1513
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.77
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 662
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 387
No. games played with this commander 2185
Total hours played 26 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1616 Azraelys 16 8
2 1587 PlantThief 19 11
3 1574 Smackz 28 11
4 1572 Chrille 5 3
5 1564 Uncharasmaticbard 8 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Vihaan, Goldwaker wins, 66.11% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
66.11%
Non Combat Damage
24.86%
Alternative
6.26%
Commander Damage
1.29%
Combo
1.1%
Mill
0.37%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 718 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Vihaan, Goldwaker

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

+0.7 pp
Top card: Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
# Card Lift
1
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter 148 games
+0.7 pp
2
Mahadi, Emporium Master
Mahadi, Emporium Master 206 games
+0.6 pp
3
Big Score
Big Score 196 games
+0.3 pp
4
Plains
Plains 228 games
+0.1 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?

Vihaan, Goldwaker wins 40.0% of games from position 6 and 24.25% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
38.87% n=638
2
Seat 2
33.18% n=654
3
Seat 3
29.13% n=515
4
Seat 4
24.25% n=334
5
Seat 5
28.21% n=39
6
Seat 6
40.0% n=5
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Vihaan, Goldwaker wins 34.5% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.5% n=1113
1
1 mulligan
31.62% n=370
2
2 mulligans
24.77% n=109
3
3 mulligans
28.95% n=38
4
4 mulligans
57.14% n=7
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Vihaan, Goldwaker 3.74/5 on average, across 1579 self-reports.

3.74 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Vihaan, Goldwaker wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 721 tracked wins.

67.1 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Choco, Seeker of Paradise commander art
60.0%
Killian, Decisive Mentor commander art
60.0%
Be'lakor, the Dark Master commander art
53.85%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
53.13%
Felothar the Steadfast commander art
52.0%

Top 5 worst matchups