Commander

Vihaan, Goldwaker

Global commander stats {R} {W} {B} All Mardu commanders
Win Rate 32%
821 Wins
1669 Losses
Overview

Summary

Vihaan, Goldwaker is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,518 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (821–1669) at an Elo of 1,506, ranking #1940 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.76 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 2518 recorded Playgroup games (821 wins, 1669 losses).
How long do winning games with Vihaan, Goldwaker take?
Wins with Vihaan, Goldwaker take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 30 days.
How many decks use Vihaan, Goldwaker?
742 decks list Vihaan, Goldwaker as their commander on Playgroup, of which 447 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1940
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1506
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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 0.76
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 742
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 447
No. games played with this commander 2518
Total hours played 30 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1717 Valik 9 8
2 1693 Valik 12 8
3 1616 Azraelys 16 8
4 1587 PlantThief 19 11
5 1586 Paskina 22 8
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Vihaan, Goldwaker wins, 66.17% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
66.17%
Non Combat Damage
24.47%
Alternative
6.4%
Combo
1.48%
Commander Damage
1.15%
Mill
0.33%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 823 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.

+10.7 pp
Top card: Skullclamp
# Card Lift
1
Skullclamp
Skullclamp 150 games
+10.7 pp
2
Marsh Flats
Marsh Flats 171 games
+9.4 pp
3
Blood Crypt
Blood Crypt 254 games
+9.1 pp
4
Sacred Foundry
Sacred Foundry 244 games
+8.9 pp
5
Arid Mesa
Arid Mesa 166 games
+8.0 pp
6
Godless Shrine
Godless Shrine 247 games
+6.8 pp
7
Toxic Deluge
Toxic Deluge 55 games
+6.0 pp
8
Luxury Suite
Luxury Suite 203 games
+5.8 pp
9
Bloodstained Mire
Bloodstained Mire 205 games
+4.6 pp
10
Crime Novelist
Crime Novelist 198 games
+4.4 pp
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Spectator Seating
Spectator Seating 237 games
+4.3 pp
12
Deflecting Swat
Deflecting Swat 114 games
+2.8 pp
13
Shared Animosity
Shared Animosity 184 games
+2.8 pp
14
Ruinous Ultimatum
Ruinous Ultimatum 216 games
+2.5 pp
15
Vault of Champions
Vault of Champions 230 games
+1.8 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 24.69% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.51% n=734
2
Seat 2
32.45% n=772
3
Seat 3
28.58% n=593
4
Seat 4
24.69% n=403
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 33.9% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
33.9% n=1211
1
1 mulligan
32.92% n=439
2
2 mulligans
27.01% n=137
3
3 mulligans
27.59% n=58
4
4 mulligans
55.0% n=10
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=3
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 3.77/5 on average, across 1779 self-reports.

3.77 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Vihaan, Goldwaker wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.1% of the time across 824 tracked wins.

34.1 \%
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

Omnath, Locus of Creation commander art
61.54%
Choco, Seeker of Paradise commander art
58.82%
Killian, Decisive Mentor commander art
56.25%
Leonardo, the Balance commander art
53.33%
Queen Marchesa commander art
Queen Marchesa 15 games
53.33%

Top 5 worst matchups

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist commander art
6.25%
Lord of the Nazgûl commander art
6.67%
Omo, Queen of Vesuva commander art
7.14%
Sythis, Harvest's Hand commander art
7.14%