Commander

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders Featured in Duskmourn: House of Horror
Win Rate 29%
3919 Wins
9377 Losses
Overview

Summary

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,306 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (39199377) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #974 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 12469 damage dealt and 0.75 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls's win rate?
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls has a 29% win rate across 13306 recorded Playgroup games (3919 wins, 9377 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: 5 months.
How many decks use Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls?
3,136 decks list Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,153 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
974
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1559
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 12469
Average commander damage per game 7
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.75
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 3136
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2153
No. games played with this commander 13306
Total hours played 5 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1683 NoBody 22 15
2 1651 Tearnan 16 8
3 1620 Morbiss 12 8
4 1619 Walker 10 6
5 1604 kkorey2053 55 20
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, 52.76% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
52.76%
Combat
33.99%
Commander Damage
8.88%
Alternative
2.53%
Combo
1.46%
Mill
0.28%
Poison
0.1%
Avg win turn 9.3 based on 4072 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.

+3.0 pp
Top card: Tainted Peak
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Kardur, Doomscourge
Kardur, Doomscourge 1,312 games
+1.1 pp
12
Massacre Wurm
Massacre Wurm 1,088 games
+1.0 pp
13
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots 671 games
+0.8 pp
14
Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm 1,240 games
+0.8 pp
15
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Braids, Arisen Nightmare 441 games
+0.8 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?

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins 35.59% of games from position 1 and 13.04% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.59% n=3923
2
Seat 2
31.44% n=3845
3
Seat 3
26.02% n=3301
4
Seat 4
21.95% n=2214
5
Seat 5
18.62% n=376
6
Seat 6
13.04% n=46
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins 30.74% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.74% n=6917
1
1 mulligan
27.59% n=1910
2
2 mulligans
26.08% n=579
3
3 mulligans
24.64% n=138
4
4 mulligans
31.58% n=38
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=6
6
6 mulligans
100.0% n=1
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 9673 self-reports.

3.74 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.7% of the time across 4072 tracked wins.

69.7 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Karumonix, the Rat King commander art
63.64%
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher commander art
60.0%
Tasha, the Witch Queen commander art
56.25%
Grolnok, the Omnivore commander art
55.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Urza, Lord Protector commander art
0.0%
Celes, Rune Knight commander art
0.0%