Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Global Commander Stats

451 Wins

1175 Losses

Summary

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,627 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (451–1175) at an Elo of 1,397, ranking #4185 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge has a 27% win rate across 1627 recorded Playgroup games (451 wins, 1175 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: 23 days.

How many decks use Captain Howler, Sea Scourge?

458 decks list Captain Howler, Sea Scourge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 342 have played at least one recorded game.

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

4185

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1397

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 11

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 458

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 342

No. games played with this commander 1627

Total hours played 23 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1571	Justin	19	9	47 %
2	1565	JP	8	4	50 %
3	1556	Crownguard	9	4	44 %
4	1548	Numoth	9	4	44 %
5	1545	DXSciz	7	4	57 %

How does this commander win?

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, 45.35% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

45.35%

Commander Damage

32.73%

Non Combat Damage

15.92%

Combo

2.1%

Alternative

1.8%

Poison

1.2%

Mill

0.9%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 460 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins 33.77% of games from position 1 and 16.13% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.77% n=459

Seat 2

32.05% n=468

Seat 3

22.42% n=397

Seat 4

18.53% n=286

Seat 5

16.13% n=31

Seat 6

28.57% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins 29.18% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.18% n=658

1 mulligan

23.74% n=278

2 mulligans

25.3% n=83

3 mulligans

20.0% n=20

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 1211 self-reports.

3.88 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.0% of the time across 460 tracked wins.

73.0 \%

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.