Commander

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Global commander stats

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4008 Wins

9649 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,688 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (4008–9649) at an Elo of 1,667, ranking #146 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 12166 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Aug 2026

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 13688 recorded Playgroup games (4008 wins, 9649 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?

3,337 decks list Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,243 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

146

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1667

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 12166

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.74

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 3337

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2243

No. games played with this commander 13688

Total hours played 5 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1683	NoBody	22	15	68 %
2	1651	Tearnan	16	8	50 %
3	1620	Morbiss	12	8	67 %
4	1619	Walker	10	6	60 %
5	1605	KeetZ	35	16	46 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, 52.57% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

52.57%

Combat

34.08%

Commander Damage

8.92%

Alternative

2.55%

Combo

1.5%

Mill

0.27%

Poison

0.1%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 4151 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.

+3.2 pp

Top card: Fate Unraveler

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Fate Unraveler 1,504 games	+3.2 pp	1,504
2	Red Elemental Blast Signature build 101 games · Signature build	+2.4 pp	101
3	Tainted Peak 1,484 games	+2.4 pp	1,484
4	Fear of Burning Alive 464 games	+1.5 pp	464
5	Kardur, Doomscourge 1,419 games	+1.2 pp	1,419
6	Arcane Signet 1,736 games	+1.1 pp	1,736
7	Gleeful Arsonist 1,432 games	+0.8 pp	1,432
8	Gray Merchant of Asphodel 1,132 games	+0.7 pp	1,132
9	Bedevil 1,243 games	+0.7 pp	1,243
10	Shadowblood Ridge 1,497 games	+0.7 pp	1,497

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Nightshade Harvester 1,309 games	+0.6 pp	1,309
12	Massacre Wurm 1,174 games	+0.6 pp	1,174
13	Spinerock Knoll 1,041 games	+0.5 pp	1,041
14	Rakdos, Lord of Riots 767 games	+0.4 pp	767
15	Feed the Swarm 1,376 games	+0.1 pp	1,376

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 35.34% of games from position 1 and 13.04% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.34% n=3998

Seat 2

31.43% n=3917

Seat 3

25.87% n=3355

Seat 4

21.92% n=2249

Seat 5

18.44% n=385

Seat 6

13.04% n=46

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins 30.57% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.57% n=7034

1 mulligan

27.52% n=1982

2 mulligans

25.25% n=598

3 mulligans

24.11% n=141

4 mulligans

31.71% n=41

5 mulligans

33.33% n=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 9925 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.9% of the time across 4155 tracked wins.

69.9 \%

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.