Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Global Commander Stats

440 Wins

1115 Losses

Summary

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,555 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (440–1115) at an Elo of 1,489, ranking #3098 globally.

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

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

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 1555 recorded Playgroup games (440 wins, 1115 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: 22 days.

How many decks use Captain Howler, Sea Scourge?

446 decks list Captain Howler, Sea Scourge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 327 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

3098

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1489

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 0.74

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 446

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 327

No. games played with this commander 1555

Total hours played 22 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	1559	DXSciz	6	4	67 %
4	1556	Crownguard	9	4	44 %
5	1548	Numoth	9	4	44 %

How does this commander win?

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, 46.01% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

46.01%

Commander Damage

31.9%

Non Combat Damage

16.26%

Combo

2.15%

Alternative

1.84%

Poison

0.92%

Mill

0.92%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 448 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins 34.55% of games from position 1 and 16.13% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.55% n=437

Seat 2

32.52% n=449

Seat 3

23.22% n=379

Seat 4

18.82% n=271

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 29.64% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.64% n=641

1 mulligan

24.8% n=254

2 mulligans

26.25% n=80

3 mulligans

17.65% n=17

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 1159 self-reports.

3.88 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.7% of the time across 448 tracked wins.

73.7 \%

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.