Commander

Cayth, Famed Mechanist

Global commander stats

All Jeskai commanders

211 Wins

551 Losses

Overview

Summary

Cayth, Famed Mechanist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 765 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (211–551) at an Elo of 1,543, ranking #1244 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 29 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Cayth, Famed Mechanist's win rate?

Cayth, Famed Mechanist has a 27% win rate across 765 recorded Playgroup games (211 wins, 551 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?

254 decks list Cayth, Famed Mechanist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 173 have played at least one recorded game.

Cayth, Famed Mechanist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1244

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1543

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 29

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 254

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 173

No. games played with this commander 765

Total hours played 9 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1568	Feraxia	2	2	100 %
2	1547	TinCan	4	2	50 %
3	1547	Automaton	13	5	38 %
4	1524	Abarb	1	1	100 %
5	1523	Tumulonembo	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Cayth, Famed Mechanist wins, 58.13% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.13%

Non Combat Damage

23.75%

Combo

6.88%

Commander Damage

3.13%

Poison

3.13%

Mill

2.5%

Alternative

2.5%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 213 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Cayth, Famed Mechanist wins 38.55% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.55% n=227

Seat 2

28.38% n=222

Seat 3

18.86% n=175

Seat 4

21.09% n=128

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 28.53% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.53% n=354

1 mulligan

23.15% n=108

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 3.72/5 on average, across 522 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Cayth, Famed Mechanist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.0% of the time across 213 tracked wins.

69.0 \%

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.