Commander

Blech, Loafing Pest

Global commander stats {B} {G} All Golgari commanders
Win Rate 26%
326 Wins
880 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Blech, Loafing Pest is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,238 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (326880) at an Elo of 1,508, ranking #1851 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 26 damage dealt and 0.49 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Blech, Loafing Pest's win rate?
Blech, Loafing Pest has a 26% win rate across 1238 recorded Playgroup games (326 wins, 880 losses).
How long do winning games with Blech, Loafing Pest take?
Wins with Blech, Loafing Pest take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.
How many decks use Blech, Loafing Pest?
465 decks list Blech, Loafing Pest as their commander on Playgroup, of which 331 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1851
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1508
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 26
Average commander damage per game 7
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.49
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 465
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 331
No. games played with this commander 1238
Total hours played 18 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1567 lordfred88 2 2
2 1549 Nyx 16 5
3 1536 forkedxtongue 1 1
4 1524 sobo73 2 1
5 1524 Dylan 2 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Blech, Loafing Pest wins, 67.86% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
67.86%
Non Combat Damage
11.16%
Commander Damage
10.27%
Alternative
5.8%
Combo
2.68%
Poison
1.34%
Mill
0.89%
Avg win turn 9.0 based on 329 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Blech, Loafing Pest

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Blech, Loafing Pest decks that leave them out.

+5.9 pp
Top card: Twitching Doll
Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)
# Card Lift
11
Iridescent Hornbeetle
Iridescent Hornbeetle 151 games
+0.8 pp
12
Hardened Scales
Hardened Scales 143 games
+0.5 pp

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?

Blech, Loafing Pest wins 35.94% of games from position 1 and 15.79% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.94% n=345
2
Seat 2
24.78% n=347
3
Seat 3
18.85% n=244
4
Seat 4
18.18% n=132
5
Seat 5
15.79% n=19
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=4
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Blech, Loafing Pest wins 26.12% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
26.12% n=423
1
1 mulligan
30.17% n=232
2
2 mulligans
27.85% n=79
3
3 mulligans
40.0% n=15
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=4
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Blech, Loafing Pest 3.68/5 on average, across 827 self-reports.

3.68 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Blech, Loafing Pest wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.2% of the time across 330 tracked wins.

74.2 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

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