Commander

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Global commander stats {U} {R} All Izzet commanders
Win Rate 27%
465 Wins
1210 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,678 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (4651210) at an Elo of 1,568, ranking #875 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 1678 recorded Playgroup games (465 wins, 1210 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?
482 decks list Captain Howler, Sea Scourge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 352 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
875
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1568
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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 482
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 352
No. games played with this commander 1678
Total hours played 24 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1571 Justin 19 9
2 1564 DXSciz 9 5
3 1555 Crownguard 9 4
4 1548 Numoth 9 4
5 1537 JP 10 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, 45.22% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
45.22%
Commander Damage
33.62%
Non Combat Damage
15.36%
Combo
2.03%
Alternative
1.74%
Poison
1.16%
Mill
0.87%
Avg win turn 8.1 based on 475 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 33.4% of games from position 1 and 16.13% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
33.4% n=473
2
Seat 2
31.85% n=471
3
Seat 3
22.95% n=414
4
Seat 4
18.62% n=290
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 29.29% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
29.29% n=676
1
1 mulligan
24.39% n=287
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 1248 self-reports.

3.89 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.5% of the time across 475 tracked wins.

73.5 \%
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

Vivi Ornitier commander art
Vivi Ornitier 16 games
6.25%
Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
6.67%
Gev, Scaled Scorch commander art
7.14%
Zada, Hedron Grinder commander art
7.14%