Jenova, Ancient Calamity

Global Commander Stats

All Golgari commanders

176 Wins

395 Losses

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Summary

Jenova, Ancient Calamity is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 571 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (176–395) at an Elo of 1,449, ranking #3806 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9599 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Jenova, Ancient Calamity's win rate?

Jenova, Ancient Calamity has a 30% win rate across 571 recorded Playgroup games (176 wins, 395 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?

193 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

3806

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1449

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 9599

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 193

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

No. games played with this commander 571

Total hours played 7 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1508	RuneKirt	3	1	33 %
2	1453	Joebaby	13	2	15 %

How does this commander win?

When Jenova, Ancient Calamity wins, 66.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

66.92%

Non Combat Damage

21.8%

Combo

6.77%

Alternative

2.26%

Commander Damage

1.5%

Mill

0.75%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 183 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Jenova, Ancient Calamity wins 38.65% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.65% n=163

Seat 2

36.32% n=190

Seat 3

24.6% n=126

Seat 4

16.33% n=98

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

28.89% n=90

2 mulligans

39.39% n=33

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 3.89/5 on average, across 397 self-reports.

3.89 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Jenova, Ancient Calamity wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.9% of the time across 183 tracked wins.

68.9 \%

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.