Commander

The Infamous Cruelclaw

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 28%
378 Wins
926 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Infamous Cruelclaw is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,327 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (378–926) at an Elo of 1,545, ranking #1212 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 19 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Infamous Cruelclaw's win rate?
The Infamous Cruelclaw has a 28% win rate across 1327 recorded Playgroup games (378 wins, 926 losses).
How long do winning games with The Infamous Cruelclaw take?
Wins with The Infamous Cruelclaw take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.
How many decks use The Infamous Cruelclaw?
478 decks list The Infamous Cruelclaw as their commander on Playgroup, of which 296 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1212
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1545
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 19
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 6
Average kills per game 0.6
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 478
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 296
No. games played with this commander 1327
Total hours played 14 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1623 BasedxDog 48 20
2 1610 Josoul 20 10
3 1600 Pasqui 3 3
4 1561 Federico 11 5
5 1536 SlyJim 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Infamous Cruelclaw wins, 57.48% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
57.48%
Non Combat Damage
19.27%
Commander Damage
8.31%
Combo
6.31%
Alternative
5.32%
Poison
2.99%
Mill
0.33%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 394 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for The Infamous Cruelclaw

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

+8.9 pp
Top card: Arena of Glory
# Card Lift
1
Arena of Glory
Arena of Glory 66 games
+8.9 pp
2
Bloodstained Mire
Bloodstained Mire 135 games
+3.4 pp
3
Call Forth the Tempest
Call Forth the Tempest 124 games
+3.1 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?

The Infamous Cruelclaw wins 37.76% of games from position 1 and 15.56% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
37.76% n=429
2
Seat 2
31.05% n=380
3
Seat 3
22.67% n=322
4
Seat 4
15.56% n=225
5
Seat 5
20.59% n=34
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=4
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Infamous Cruelclaw wins 27.2% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.2% n=728
1
1 mulligan
31.59% n=201
2
2 mulligans
22.73% n=88
3
3 mulligans
25.81% n=31
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=12
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=4
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 The Infamous Cruelclaw 3.79/5 on average, across 909 self-reports.

3.79 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Infamous Cruelclaw wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.4% of the time across 396 tracked wins.

69.4 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Top 5 worst matchups

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7.14%
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8.33%
The Lord of Pain commander art
The Lord of Pain 11 games
9.09%