Plagon, Lord of the Beach

Global Commander Stats

205 Wins

455 Losses

Summary

Plagon, Lord of the Beach is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 660 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (205–455) at an Elo of 1,639, ranking #230 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Plagon, Lord of the Beach's win rate? ▾

Plagon, Lord of the Beach has a 31% win rate across 660 recorded Playgroup games (205 wins, 455 losses).

How long do winning games with Plagon, Lord of the Beach take? ▾

Wins with Plagon, Lord of the Beach take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 days.

How many decks use Plagon, Lord of the Beach? ▾

151 decks list Plagon, Lord of the Beach as their commander on Playgroup, of which 108 have played at least one recorded game.

Plagon, Lord of the Beach Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

230

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1639

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.5

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 151

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 108

No. games played with this commander 660

Total hours played 7 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1628	michaelpa	8	6	75 %
2	1556	Duke	15	6	40 %
3	1547	Señor Lobo-Tomie	4	2	50 %
4	1528	duffles	1	1	100 %
5	1525	Stinky Fingers	2	1	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Plagon, Lord of the Beach wins, 40.24% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

40.24%

Combo

23.08%

Alternative

22.49%

Non Combat Damage

7.1%

Mill

5.92%

Commander Damage

1.18%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 208 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Plagon, Lord of the Beach wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.13% n=184

Seat 2

32.57% n=175

Seat 3

25.7% n=179

Seat 4

26.45% n=121

Seat 5

0.0% n=9

Seat 6

100.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Plagon, Lord of the Beach wins 31.34% after 0 mulligans and 12.5% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.34% n=335

1 mulligan

33.86% n=127

2 mulligans

37.29% n=59

3 mulligans

35.71% n=14

4 mulligans

12.5% n=8

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Plagon, Lord of the Beach 3.84/5 on average, across 462 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Plagon, Lord of the Beach wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.0% of the time across 208 tracked wins.

74.0 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Plagon, Lord of the Beach. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.