Commander

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

671 Wins

1871 Losses

Archetype profile

How Rendmaw, Creaking Nest plays

Top 2% for enchantress, top 4% for politics, and top 5% for group hug.

171 decks from 166 players. Mostly Construct creatures.

How you deal with the table

Politics Top 4% +0.7

Group hug Top 5% +0.8

Stax and control Top 25% +1.1

Group slug Top 33% +0.2

How your creatures win

Big creatures Top 15% +0.7

Fight for the board Below average -0.5

Tokens Top 39% -2.9

Tribal Below average Construct, 5.6

Voltron Top 42% -0.5

+1/+1 counters Below average -2.9

Aristocrats Below average -3.2

Blink Top 26% +0.0

What your deck runs on

Spellslinger Below average -4.5

Graveyard and reanimator Below average -1.1

Landfall Below average -0.3

Artifacts Top 5% +14.1

Enchantress Top 2% +10.0

Mill Below average -0.3

Lifegain Below average -1.6

Bars show where this commander sits among every profiled commander, the tick is the middle. The number is extra cards of that archetype per deck against the average deck in the same colors; tribal shows the main creature type and its count per deck.

Measured in tracked games

Spells cast per opponent's turn 0.04 Average 0.07, from 67 games.

Tokens created per game 8.7 Average 10.5, from 67 games.

Commander damage dealt per game 2.1 Average 4.0, from 644 games.

Commanders that play like Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

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Scriv, the Obligator Blink top 4% and Voltron top 4%

Belbe, Corrupted Observer Group slug top 1% and Group hug top 4%

The Sentry, Golden Guardian Blink top 2% and Group hug top 3%

Aphelia, Viper Whisperer Tribal top 13% and Group hug top 15%

Measured weekly from full decklists and tracked games. How we measure

Overview

Summary

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,558 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (671–1871) at an Elo of 1,445, ranking #4586 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 165851 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Rendmaw, Creaking Nest's win rate?

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest has a 26% win rate across 2558 recorded Playgroup games (671 wins, 1871 losses).

How long do winning games with Rendmaw, Creaking Nest take?

Wins with Rendmaw, Creaking Nest take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 26 days.

How many decks use Rendmaw, Creaking Nest?

798 decks list Rendmaw, Creaking Nest as their commander on Playgroup, of which 572 have played at least one recorded game.

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4586

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1445

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 166576

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.56

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 798

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 572

No. games played with this commander 2558

Total hours played 26 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1584	Arak	17	8	47 %
2	1562	Pipokloon	8	4	50 %
3	1557	Michél	2	2	100 %
4	1548	JAEBIN	4	2	50 %
5	1545	vikirosen	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rendmaw, Creaking Nest wins, 67.71% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

67.71%

Non Combat Damage

23.48%

Commander Damage

3.33%

Alternative

2.35%

Combo

1.57%

Poison

0.78%

Mill

0.78%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 689 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Rendmaw, Creaking Nest decks that leave them out.

+4.8 pp

Top card: Solemn Simulacrum

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Solemn Simulacrum 261 games	+4.8 pp	261
2	Temple of the False God 46 games	+4.8 pp	46
3	Burnished Hart 141 games	+1.4 pp	141
4	Patchwork Banner Signature build 42 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp	42

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?

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest wins 33.16% of games from position 1 and 15.38% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.16% n=659

Seat 2

27.59% n=694

Seat 3

24.05% n=659

Seat 4

20.69% n=493

Seat 5

19.05% n=84

Seat 6

15.38% n=13

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rendmaw, Creaking Nest wins 29.12% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.12% n=1152

1 mulligan

23.91% n=437

2 mulligans

22.58% n=155

3 mulligans

14.81% n=27

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Rendmaw, Creaking Nest 3.83/5 on average, across 1762 self-reports.

3.83 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Rendmaw, Creaking Nest wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.4% of the time across 698 tracked wins.

35.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Rendmaw, Creaking Nest. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.