The Infamous Cruelclaw

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 29%
329 Wins
797 Losses

Summary

The Infamous Cruelclaw is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,126 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (329797) at an Elo of 1,590, ranking #607 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.62 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 29% win rate across 1126 recorded Playgroup games (329 wins, 797 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: 12 days.

How many decks use The Infamous Cruelclaw?

376 decks list The Infamous Cruelclaw as their commander on Playgroup, of which 217 have played at least one recorded game.

The Infamous Cruelclaw Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
607
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1590

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.62
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 376
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 217
No. games played with this commander 1126
Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1610 Josoul 20 10
2 1598 BasedxDog 47 19
3 1580 Federico 10 5
4 1523 Glorious Mane 2 1
5 1445 WyattWolf 5 0

How does this commander win?

When The Infamous Cruelclaw wins, 59.77% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
59.77%
Non Combat Damage
17.29%
Commander Damage
9.02%
Combo
7.14%
Alternative
3.76%
Poison
2.63%
Mill
0.38%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 343 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Infamous Cruelclaw wins 38.68% of games from position 1 and 14.93% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
38.68% n=349
2
Seat 2
32.5% n=320
3
Seat 3
23.02% n=291
4
Seat 4
14.93% n=201
5
Seat 5
21.43% n=28
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Infamous Cruelclaw wins 27.25% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.25% n=657
1
1 mulligan
34.07% n=182
2
2 mulligans
22.37% n=76
3
3 mulligans
22.22% n=27
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=9
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=4
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Infamous Cruelclaw 3.81/5 on average, across 824 self-reports.

3.81 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Infamous Cruelclaw wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.9% of the time across 343 tracked wins.

67.9 \%

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

Hearthhull, the Worldseed commander art
60.0%
Saheeli, Radiant Creator commander art
50.0%
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commander art
50.0%
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin commander art
47.06%
Jodah, the Unifier commander art
47.06%

Top 5 worst matchups

Aminatou, Veil Piercer commander art
7.14%
Helga, Skittish Seer commander art
8.33%
Xenagos, God of Revels commander art
8.33%