Commander

Golbez, Crystal Collector

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

376 Wins

822 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Golbez, Crystal Collector is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,198 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (376–822) at an Elo of 1,687, ranking #82 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Golbez, Crystal Collector's win rate?

Golbez, Crystal Collector has a 31% win rate across 1198 recorded Playgroup games (376 wins, 822 losses).

How long do winning games with Golbez, Crystal Collector take?

Wins with Golbez, Crystal Collector take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.

How many decks use Golbez, Crystal Collector?

404 decks list Golbez, Crystal Collector as their commander on Playgroup, of which 274 have played at least one recorded game.

Golbez, Crystal Collector Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1687

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.78

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 404

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 274

No. games played with this commander 1198

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1610	Justin	22	12	55 %
2	1531	DMJome	1	1	100 %
3	1520	RaiSantoryu	7	2	29 %
4	1510	skwisgaarr	12	4	33 %
5	1496	ElixirOfTime	9	2	25 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Golbez, Crystal Collector wins, 66.09% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

66.09%

Combat

21.45%

Combo

5.54%

Alternative

4.84%

Commander Damage

1.04%

Mill

1.04%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 381 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Golbez, Crystal Collector

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Golbez, Crystal Collector decks that leave them out.

+19.8 pp

Top card: Darkwater Catacombs

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Darkwater Catacombs 69 games	+19.8 pp	69
2	Stridehangar Automaton 69 games	+17.2 pp	69
3	Forensic Gadgeteer 91 games	+14.4 pp	91
4	Mirrodin Besieged 83 games	+14.1 pp	83
5	Thought Monitor 93 games	+13.1 pp	93
6	Master of Etherium 111 games	+7.7 pp	111
7	Filigree Attendant 89 games	+6.4 pp	89
8	An Offer You Can't Refuse 70 games	+6.0 pp	70
9	Fellwar Stone 76 games	+5.8 pp	76
10	Morphic Pool 70 games	+5.2 pp	70

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Collector's Vault 79 games	+3.8 pp	79
12	Sai, Master Thopterist 99 games	+3.8 pp	99
13	Riddlesmith 72 games	+3.5 pp	72
14	Broodstar 76 games	+1.9 pp	76
15	Mistvault Bridge 111 games	+1.0 pp	111

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?

Golbez, Crystal Collector wins 36.75% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.75% n=302

Seat 2

33.73% n=332

Seat 3

26.78% n=295

Seat 4

29.33% n=225

Seat 5

23.53% n=34

Seat 6

0.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Golbez, Crystal Collector wins 34.63% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.63% n=335

1 mulligan

29.33% n=225

2 mulligans

25.32% n=79

3 mulligans

31.82% n=22

4 mulligans

50.0% n=8

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Golbez, Crystal Collector 3.78/5 on average, across 836 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Golbez, Crystal Collector wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.3% of the time across 380 tracked wins.

65.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Golbez, Crystal Collector. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.