Black Waltz No. 3

Global Commander Stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 27%
127 Wins
337 Losses
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Summary

Black Waltz No. 3 is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 464 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (127337) at an Elo of 1,464, ranking #3694 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Black Waltz No. 3's win rate?
Black Waltz No. 3 has a 27% win rate across 464 recorded Playgroup games (127 wins, 337 losses).
How long do winning games with Black Waltz No. 3 take?
Wins with Black Waltz No. 3 take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 days.
How many decks use Black Waltz No. 3?
165 decks list Black Waltz No. 3 as their commander on Playgroup, of which 121 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3694
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1464

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.74
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 165
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 121
No. games played with this commander 464
Total hours played 4 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1499 magicmcgathering 2 1
2 1489 Alphi 1 0
3 1467 Blemski 3 0
4 1432 Joebaby 6 0

How does this commander win?

When Black Waltz No. 3 wins, 56.7% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
56.7%
Combat
26.8%
Commander Damage
9.28%
Poison
3.09%
Combo
2.06%
Alternative
2.06%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 132 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Black Waltz No. 3 wins 30.58% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
29.81% n=161
2
Seat 2
30.58% n=121
3
Seat 3
30.19% n=106
4
Seat 4
16.95% n=59
5
Seat 5
11.11% n=18
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Black Waltz No. 3 wins 28.4% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.4% n=162
1
1 mulligan
33.77% n=77
2
2 mulligans
26.09% n=23
3
3 mulligans
50.0% n=2
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=1
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Black Waltz No. 3 3.95/5 on average, across 370 self-reports.

3.95 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Black Waltz No. 3 wins, opponents flag the game as salty 81.8% of the time across 132 tracked wins.

81.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Black Waltz No. 3. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commander art
40.0%
Goro-Goro and Satoru commander art
38.46%
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
36.36%
Baru, Wurmspeaker commander art
30.77%
Arabella, Abandoned Doll commander art
30.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Shadow the Hedgehog commander art
5.56%
Ureni of the Unwritten commander art
13.64%
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER commander art
22.73%