Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 28%
397 Wins
1011 Losses

Summary

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,408 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (3971011) at an Elo of 1,535, ranking #1263 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Captain Howler, Sea Scourge's win rate?

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge has a 28% win rate across 1408 recorded Playgroup games (397 wins, 1011 losses).

How long do winning games with Captain Howler, Sea Scourge take?

Wins with Captain Howler, Sea Scourge take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 21 days.

How many decks use Captain Howler, Sea Scourge?

413 decks list Captain Howler, Sea Scourge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 305 have played at least one recorded game.

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1263
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1535

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4
Average commander damage per game 11
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.74
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 413
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 305
No. games played with this commander 1408
Total hours played 21 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1571 Justin 19 9
2 1559 DXSciz 6 4
3 1556 Crownguard 9 4
4 1537 PirateKronk 1 1
5 1532 JP 7 3

How does this commander win?

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, 45.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
45.92%
Commander Damage
31.29%
Non Combat Damage
16.67%
Combo
2.38%
Alternative
2.04%
Poison
1.02%
Mill
0.68%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 404 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins 33.92% of games from position 1 and 16.13% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
33.92% n=401
2
Seat 2
32.84% n=405
3
Seat 3
23.48% n=345
4
Seat 4
18.33% n=240
5
Seat 5
16.13% n=31
6
Seat 6
28.57% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins 29.4% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
29.4% n=585
1
1 mulligan
25.89% n=224
2
2 mulligans
25.0% n=68
3
3 mulligans
14.29% n=14
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
6 mulligans
100.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Captain Howler, Sea Scourge 3.88/5 on average, across 1036 self-reports.

3.88 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.8% of the time across 404 tracked wins.

73.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Captain Howler, Sea Scourge. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist commander art
54.55%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
50.0%
Niv-Mizzet, Parun commander art
50.0%
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Helga, Skittish Seer commander art
0.0%
Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
7.14%
Gev, Scaled Scorch commander art
7.14%
Saheeli, Radiant Creator commander art
8.33%