Win Rate 40%
26 Wins
36 Losses

Summary

The Thing is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 64 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (2636) at an Elo of 1,560, ranking #973 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.8 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh
Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Thing's win rate?
The Thing has a 40% win rate across 64 recorded Playgroup games (26 wins, 36 losses).
How long do winning games with The Thing take?
Wins with The Thing take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 17 hours.
How many decks use The Thing?
27 decks list The Thing as their commander on Playgroup, of which 26 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
973
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1560

Global Elo Trend

Loading...

Commander Popularity Trend

Loading...

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7
Average commander damage per game 24
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.8
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 27
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 26
No. games played with this commander 64
Total hours played about 17 hours

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1553 SlateStone 4 3
2 1512 DaRoomba 2 1
3 1511 DaRoomba 3 2
4 1477 newbietech 3 0

How does this commander win?

When The Thing wins, 50.0% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage
50.0%
Combat
33.33%
Combo
5.56%
Poison
5.56%
Non Combat Damage
5.56%
Avg win turn 8.8 based on 26 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Thing wins 100.0% of games from position 5 and 16.67% from position 3 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
50.0% n=16
2
Seat 2
41.18% n=17
3
Seat 3
16.67% n=12
4
Seat 4
40.0% n=5
5
Seat 5
100.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Thing wins 56.52% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
56.52% n=23
1
1 mulligan
20.0% n=10
2
2 mulligans
25.0% n=4
3
3 mulligans
50.0% n=2
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Thing 3.52/5 on average, across 50 self-reports.

3.52 / 5
🧂

Opponent salt

When The Thing wins, opponents flag the game as salty 84.6% of the time across 26 tracked wins.

84.6 \%

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Top 5 worst matchups