Commander

Cayth, Famed Mechanist

Global commander stats

All Jeskai commanders

222 Wins

561 Losses

Overview

Summary

Cayth, Famed Mechanist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 786 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (222–561) at an Elo of 1,633, ranking #326 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 28 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Cayth, Famed Mechanist's win rate?

Cayth, Famed Mechanist has a 28% win rate across 786 recorded Playgroup games (222 wins, 561 losses).

How long do winning games with Cayth, Famed Mechanist take?

Wins with Cayth, Famed Mechanist take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 9 days.

How many decks use Cayth, Famed Mechanist?

268 decks list Cayth, Famed Mechanist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 184 have played at least one recorded game.

Cayth, Famed Mechanist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

326

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1633

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 28

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 268

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 184

No. games played with this commander 786

Total hours played 9 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1582	Qtip	4	3	75 %
2	1568	Feraxia	2	2	100 %
3	1547	Automaton	13	5	38 %
4	1547	TinCan	4	2	50 %
5	1536	Srry4DaWait	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Cayth, Famed Mechanist wins, 58.33% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.33%

Non Combat Damage

23.81%

Combo

6.55%

Commander Damage

2.98%

Poison

2.98%

Alternative

2.98%

Mill

2.38%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 226 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Cayth, Famed Mechanist

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

+3.1 pp

Top card: Hallowed Fountain

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Hallowed Fountain 74 games	+3.1 pp	74
2	Deserted Beach Signature build 50 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	50
3	Steam Vents 73 games	+0.4 pp	73
4	Swords to Plowshares 53 games	+0.3 pp	53

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?

Cayth, Famed Mechanist wins 38.68% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.68% n=234

Seat 2

29.61% n=228

Seat 3

20.0% n=180

Seat 4

22.39% n=134

Seat 5

11.11% n=18

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Cayth, Famed Mechanist wins 28.95% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.95% n=361

1 mulligan

25.22% n=115

2 mulligans

26.67% n=45

3 mulligans

19.44% n=18

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Cayth, Famed Mechanist 3.73/5 on average, across 537 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Cayth, Famed Mechanist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 31.9% of the time across 226 tracked wins.

31.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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