Commander

The Great Goblin

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 27%
93 Wins
220 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Great Goblin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 335 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (93220) at an Elo of 1,586, ranking #670 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.55 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Great Goblin's win rate?
The Great Goblin has a 27% win rate across 335 recorded Playgroup games (93 wins, 220 losses).
How long do winning games with The Great Goblin take?
Wins with The Great Goblin take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 days.
How many decks use The Great Goblin?
243 decks list The Great Goblin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 164 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
670
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1586
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 8
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 1
Average kills per game 0.55
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 243
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 164
No. games played with this commander 335
Total hours played 4 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1572 S3V3NZ 4 3
2 1569 JT 2 2
3 1558 Savitar 4 3
4 1528 TheSinsOfSorrow 6 3
5 1525 Marco Aurelio 2 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Great Goblin wins, 50.91% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
50.91%
Combat
34.55%
Combo
7.27%
Alternative
5.45%
Commander Damage
1.82%
Avg win turn 8.0 based on 93 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for The Great Goblin

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Great Goblin decks that leave them out.

+7.1 pp
Top card: Goblin Matron
# Card Lift
1
Goblin Matron
Goblin Matron 46 games
+7.1 pp
2
Skullclamp
Skullclamp 47 games
+5.7 pp
3
Howlsquad Heavy
Howlsquad Heavy 40 games
+4.9 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?

The Great Goblin wins 34.19% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.19% n=117
2
Seat 2
28.77% n=106
3
Seat 3
18.06% n=72
4
Seat 4
25.0% n=34
5
Seat 5
0.0% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Great Goblin wins 24.21% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.21% n=126
1
1 mulligan
30.36% n=56
2
2 mulligans
35.71% n=21
3
3 mulligans
50.0% n=4
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Great Goblin 3.96/5 on average, across 193 self-reports.

3.96 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Great Goblin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 80.6% of the time across 93 tracked wins.

80.6 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
20.0%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 11 games
18.18%

Top 5 worst matchups

The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 11 games
18.18%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
20.0%