Commander

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders Featured in Duskmourn: House of Horror

4379 Wins

10552 Losses

Overview

Summary

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 15,109 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (4379–10552) at an Elo of 1,432, ranking #4712 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 19439 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls's win rate?

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls has a 28% win rate across 15109 recorded Playgroup games (4379 wins, 10552 losses).

How long do winning games with Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls take?

Wins with Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 months.

How many decks use Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls?

3,774 decks list Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,562 have played at least one recorded game.

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4712

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1432

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 19439

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 3774

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2562

No. games played with this commander 15109

Total hours played 7 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1683	NoBody	22	15	68 %
2	1680	Tearnan	17	8	47 %
3	1628	WidestSet7	26	10	38 %
4	1620	Morbiss	12	8	67 %
5	1619	Walker	10	6	60 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, 52.61% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

52.61%

Combat

34.15%

Commander Damage

8.74%

Alternative

2.53%

Combo

1.62%

Mill

0.25%

Poison

0.1%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 4530 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls decks that leave them out.

+4.4 pp

Top card: Feign Death

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Feign Death Signature build 177 games · Signature build	+4.4 pp	177
2	Red Elemental Blast 165 games	+2.7 pp	165
3	Imp's Mischief 203 games	+2.5 pp	203
4	Tainted Peak 2,080 games	+1.8 pp	2,080
5	Kardur, Doomscourge 2,055 games	+1.4 pp	2,055
6	Massacre Wurm 1,601 games	+1.1 pp	1,601
7	Decanter of Endless Water 117 games	+0.9 pp	117
8	Blood Pact 1,252 games	+0.9 pp	1,252
9	Feed the Swarm 2,011 games	+0.7 pp	2,011
10	Spinerock Knoll 1,469 games	+0.7 pp	1,469

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Gray Merchant of Asphodel 1,581 games	+0.5 pp	1,581
12	Infernal Grasp 1,752 games	+0.5 pp	1,752
13	Blackcleave Cliffs 1,862 games	+0.3 pp	1,862
14	Terramorphic Expanse 1,238 games	+0.3 pp	1,238
15	Talisman of Indulgence 2,319 games	+0.3 pp	2,319

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?

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins 35.07% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.07% n=4515

Seat 2

31.01% n=4403

Seat 3

25.46% n=3726

Seat 4

21.74% n=2463

Seat 5

19.02% n=410

Seat 6

12.5% n=48

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins 30.45% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.45% n=7365

1 mulligan

27.41% n=2216

2 mulligans

24.93% n=670

3 mulligans

25.61% n=164

4 mulligans

29.41% n=51

5 mulligans

37.5% n=8

6 mulligans

66.67% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 3.74/5 on average, across 10650 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, opponents flag the game as salty 39.7% of the time across 4551 tracked wins.

39.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.