Commander

Plagon, Lord of the Beach

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

266 Wins

538 Losses

Overview

Summary

Plagon, Lord of the Beach is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 808 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (266–538) at an Elo of 1,649, ranking #225 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 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 32% win rate across 808 recorded Playgroup games (266 wins, 538 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: 8 days.

How many decks use Plagon, Lord of the Beach?

182 decks list Plagon, Lord of the Beach as their commander on Playgroup, of which 128 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

225

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1649

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.51

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 182

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 128

No. games played with this commander 808

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1628	michaelpa	8	6	75 %
2	1585	Duke	16	7	44 %
3	1578	EEC42	7	4	57 %
4	1547	Señor Lobo-Tomie	4	2	50 %
5	1546	Guill05	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Plagon, Lord of the Beach wins, 45.33% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

45.33%

Alternative

21.78%

Combo

19.56%

Mill

5.33%

Non Combat Damage

5.33%

Commander Damage

2.67%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 267 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Plagon, Lord of the Beach

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Plagon, Lord of the Beach decks that leave them out.

+17.5 pp

Top card: Adarkar Wastes

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Adarkar Wastes 82 games	+17.5 pp	82
2	Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory Signature build 60 games · Signature build	+6.5 pp	60
3	Ghostly Flicker Signature build 63 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	63

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?

Plagon, Lord of the Beach wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.06% n=233

Seat 2

35.5% n=231

Seat 3

27.5% n=200

Seat 4

28.47% n=137

Seat 5

0.0% n=9

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Plagon, Lord of the Beach wins 32.21% after 0 mulligans and 12.5% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.21% n=385

1 mulligan

38.1% n=147

2 mulligans

37.5% n=64

3 mulligans

33.33% n=15

4 mulligans

12.5% n=8

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Plagon, Lord of the Beach 3.8/5 on average, across 582 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Plagon, Lord of the Beach wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.8% of the time across 269 tracked wins.

36.8 \%

Head to head

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.