Commander

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Global commander stats {U} {R} All Izzet commanders
Win Rate 27%
461 Wins
1209 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,673 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (4611209) at an Elo of 1,524, ranking #1512 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.73 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 27% win rate across 1673 recorded Playgroup games (461 wins, 1209 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: 24 days.
How many decks use Captain Howler, Sea Scourge?
480 decks list Captain Howler, Sea Scourge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 351 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1512
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1524
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Averages

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 480
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 351
No. games played with this commander 1673
Total hours played 24 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1571 Justin 19 9
2 1555 Crownguard 9 4
3 1548 Numoth 9 4
4 1537 JP 10 4
5 1537 PirateKronk 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, 45.75% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
45.75%
Commander Damage
32.84%
Non Combat Damage
15.54%
Combo
2.05%
Alternative
1.76%
Poison
1.17%
Mill
0.88%
Avg win turn 8.1 based on 471 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Captain Howler, Sea Scourge decks that leave them out.

+3.3 pp
Top card: Fellwar Stone

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?

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins 33.26% of games from position 1 and 16.13% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
33.26% n=472
2
Seat 2
31.85% n=471
3
Seat 3
22.76% n=413
4
Seat 4
18.69% n=289
5
Seat 5
16.13% n=31
6
Seat 6
28.57% n=7
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins 29.19% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
29.19% n=675
1
1 mulligan
23.94% n=284
2
2 mulligans
25.0% n=88
3
3 mulligans
19.05% n=21
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
6 mulligans
100.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Captain Howler, Sea Scourge 3.89/5 on average, across 1244 self-reports.

3.89 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.2% of the time across 471 tracked wins.

73.2 \%
Head to head

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

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
53.85%
Alela, Artful Provocateur commander art
50.0%
Zhulodok, Void Gorger commander art
50.0%
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist commander art
46.15%

Top 5 worst matchups

Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
6.67%
Vivi Ornitier commander art
Vivi Ornitier 15 games
6.67%
Zada, Hedron Grinder commander art
7.14%
Gev, Scaled Scorch commander art
7.14%