Jenova, Ancient Calamity

Global Commander Stats

All Golgari commanders

179 Wins

396 Losses

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Summary

Jenova, Ancient Calamity is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 575 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (179–396) at an Elo of 1,560, ranking #972 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9358 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Jenova, Ancient Calamity's win rate?

Jenova, Ancient Calamity has a 31% win rate across 575 recorded Playgroup games (179 wins, 396 losses).

How long do winning games with Jenova, Ancient Calamity take?

Wins with Jenova, Ancient Calamity take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 days.

How many decks use Jenova, Ancient Calamity?

197 decks list Jenova, Ancient Calamity as their commander on Playgroup, of which 133 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

972

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1560

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 9358

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 197

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 133

No. games played with this commander 575

Total hours played 7 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1508	RuneKirt	3	1	33 %
2	1444	Joebaby	14	2	14 %

How does this commander win?

When Jenova, Ancient Calamity wins, 67.65% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

67.65%

Non Combat Damage

21.32%

Combo

6.62%

Alternative

2.21%

Commander Damage

1.47%

Mill

0.74%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 186 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Jenova, Ancient Calamity wins 38.79% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.79% n=165

Seat 2

36.98% n=192

Seat 3

23.81% n=126

Seat 4

16.16% n=99

Seat 5

0.0% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Jenova, Ancient Calamity wins 30.77% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.77% n=156

1 mulligan

29.03% n=93

2 mulligans

41.18% n=34

3 mulligans

0.0% n=4

4 mulligans

33.33% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Jenova, Ancient Calamity 3.88/5 on average, across 397 self-reports.

3.88 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Jenova, Ancient Calamity wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.7% of the time across 186 tracked wins.

67.7 \%

Best and worst matchups

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