Commander

The Infamous Cruelclaw

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

350 Wins

867 Losses

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Overview

Summary

The Infamous Cruelclaw is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,224 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (350–867) at an Elo of 1,628, ranking #328 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 19 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Infamous Cruelclaw's win rate?

The Infamous Cruelclaw has a 28% win rate across 1224 recorded Playgroup games (350 wins, 867 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: 13 days.

How many decks use The Infamous Cruelclaw?

447 decks list The Infamous Cruelclaw as their commander on Playgroup, of which 262 have played at least one recorded game.

The Infamous Cruelclaw Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

328

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1628

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

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 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 447

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 262

No. games played with this commander 1224

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1610	Josoul	20	10	50 %
2	1598	BasedxDog	47	19	40 %
3	1571	Federico	10	5	50 %
4	1524	omni	6	4	67 %
5	1523	Glorious Mane	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Infamous Cruelclaw wins, 58.95% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.95%

Non Combat Damage

18.25%

Commander Damage

8.07%

Combo

6.67%

Alternative

5.26%

Poison

2.46%

Mill

0.35%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 369 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

The Infamous Cruelclaw wins 38.21% of games from position 1 and 14.83% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.21% n=369

Seat 2

31.44% n=334

Seat 3

22.44% n=303

Seat 4

14.83% n=209

Seat 5

22.58% n=31

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 mulligans

27.2% n=706

1 mulligan

32.26% n=186

2 mulligans

21.69% n=83

3 mulligans

25.0% n=28

4 mulligans

33.33% n=9

5 mulligans

0.0% n=4

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 3.78/5 on average, across 873 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Infamous Cruelclaw wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.8% of the time across 369 tracked wins.

68.8 \%

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.