Commander

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders Featured in Duskmourn: House of Horror

4537 Wins

10937 Losses

Overview

Summary

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 15,589 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (4537–10937) at an Elo of 1,519, ranking #1729 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 18897 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 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 15589 recorded Playgroup games (4537 wins, 10937 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?

3,991 decks list Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,674 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1729

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1519

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 18897

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 3991

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2674

No. games played with this commander 15589

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	1620	Morbiss	12	8	67 %
4	1619	Walker	10	6	60 %
5	1604	kkorey2053	55	20	36 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, 52.59% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

52.59%

Combat

33.99%

Commander Damage

8.85%

Alternative

2.53%

Combo

1.7%

Mill

0.25%

Poison

0.09%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 4684 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.

+3.7 pp

Top card: Feign Death

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Feign Death Signature build 185 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	185
2	Red Elemental Blast 174 games	+3.3 pp	174
3	Imp's Mischief 217 games	+2.8 pp	217
4	Tainted Peak 2,287 games	+2.6 pp	2,287
5	Kardur, Doomscourge 2,273 games	+1.6 pp	2,273
6	Blackcleave Cliffs 2,019 games	+1.1 pp	2,019
7	Feed the Swarm 2,194 games	+1.0 pp	2,194
8	Decanter of Endless Water 119 games	+1.0 pp	119
9	Spinerock Knoll 1,589 games	+1.0 pp	1,589
10	Talisman of Indulgence 2,560 games	+0.9 pp	2,560

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Blood Pact 1,376 games	+0.9 pp	1,376
12	Massacre Wurm 1,758 games	+0.8 pp	1,758
13	Terramorphic Expanse 1,344 games	+0.7 pp	1,344
14	Infernal Grasp 1,889 games	+0.7 pp	1,889
15	Shadowblood Ridge 2,216 games	+0.4 pp	2,216

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 35.25% of games from position 1 and 14.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.25% n=4672

Seat 2

31.24% n=4539

Seat 3

25.56% n=3818

Seat 4

21.64% n=2525

Seat 5

18.71% n=417

Seat 6

14.0% n=50

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins 30.63% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.63% n=7443

1 mulligan

27.46% n=2283

2 mulligans

25.4% n=693

3 mulligans

26.63% n=169

4 mulligans

28.3% n=53

5 mulligans

33.33% n=9

6 mulligans

100.0% 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 10881 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wins, opponents flag the game as salty 38.8% of the time across 4709 tracked wins.

38.8 \%

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.