Commander

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders Featured in Duskmourn: House of Horror

4280 Wins

10268 Losses

Overview

Summary

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 14,685 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (4280–10268) at an Elo of 1,590, ranking #627 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 19917 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Oct 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 14685 recorded Playgroup games (4280 wins, 10268 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?

3,619 decks list Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,466 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

627

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1590

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 19917

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 3619

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2466

No. games played with this commander 14685

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	1639	OPKekz	50	13	26 %
4	1628	WidestSet7	26	10	38 %
5	1620	Morbiss	12	8	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, 52.51% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

52.51%

Combat

34.21%

Commander Damage

8.79%

Alternative

2.55%

Combo

1.58%

Mill

0.26%

Poison

0.1%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 4429 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.

+4.7 pp

Top card: Red Elemental Blast

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Red Elemental Blast 151 games	+4.7 pp	151
2	Tainted Peak 1,936 games	+2.8 pp	1,936
3	Kardur, Doomscourge 1,898 games	+1.7 pp	1,898
4	Arcane Signet 2,309 games	+1.7 pp	2,309
5	Spinerock Knoll 1,367 games	+1.0 pp	1,367
6	Massacre Wurm 1,509 games	+0.9 pp	1,509
7	Gray Merchant of Asphodel 1,474 games	+0.9 pp	1,474
8	Feed the Swarm 1,858 games	+0.8 pp	1,858
9	Shadowblood Ridge 1,905 games	+0.8 pp	1,905
10	Blood Pact 1,156 games	+0.7 pp	1,156

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Fear of Burning Alive 631 games	+0.6 pp	631
12	Blackcleave Cliffs 1,729 games	+0.6 pp	1,729
13	Imp's Mischief 180 games	+0.5 pp	180
14	Rakdos, Lord of Riots 1,061 games	+0.4 pp	1,061
15	Fate Unraveler 1,990 games	+0.4 pp	1,990

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 35.03% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.03% n=4391

Seat 2

31.29% n=4272

Seat 3

25.7% n=3617

Seat 4

21.86% n=2411

Seat 5

19.0% n=400

Seat 6

12.5% n=48

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins 30.48% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.48% n=7268

1 mulligan

27.63% n=2135

2 mulligans

25.3% n=656

3 mulligans

25.32% n=158

4 mulligans

28.57% n=49

5 mulligans

28.57% n=7

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 10440 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.9% of the time across 4446 tracked wins.

70.9 \%

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.