Commander

The Great Goblin

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 26%
141 Wins
364 Losses
Overview

Summary

The Great Goblin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 538 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (141–364) at an Elo of 1,537, ranking #1367 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.52 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 26% win rate across 538 recorded Playgroup games (141 wins, 364 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: 6 days.
How many decks use The Great Goblin?
321 decks list The Great Goblin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 237 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1367
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1537
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 1
Average kills per game 0.52
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 321
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 237
No. games played with this commander 538
Total hours played 6 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1554 JT 3 2
2 1547 Marcio Constantino 4 2
3 1540 S3V3NZ 8 4
4 1539 Uomocondor 1 1
5 1537 SirPoker84 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Great Goblin wins, 47.13% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
47.13%
Combat
36.78%
Combo
9.2%
Alternative
4.6%
Commander Damage
2.3%
Avg win turn 8.1 based on 141 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.

+11.8 pp
Top card: Skirk Prospector
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Collective Inferno
Collective Inferno 51 games
+3.7 pp
12
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
Sling-Gang Lieutenant 84 games
+3.5 pp
13
First Day of Class
First Day of Class 48 games
+2.8 pp
14
Putrid Goblin
Putrid Goblin 52 games
+2.4 pp
15
Goblin Warchief
Goblin Warchief 78 games
+1.3 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 33.52% of games from position 1 and 16.22% from position 3 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
33.52% n=179
2
Seat 2
27.09% n=179
3
Seat 3
16.22% n=111
4
Seat 4
25.0% n=54
5
Seat 5
25.0% n=4
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Great Goblin wins 27.02% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.02% n=161
1
1 mulligan
25.84% n=89
2
2 mulligans
30.36% n=28
3
3 mulligans
44.44% n=9
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=2
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Great Goblin 3.89/5 on average, across 315 self-reports.

3.89 / 5
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Opponent salt

When The Great Goblin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 78.6% of the time across 140 tracked wins.

78.6 \%
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

Zimone, Infinite Analyst commander art
45.45%
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden commander art
45.45%
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit commander art
30.0%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
16.67%

Top 5 worst matchups

Ureni of the Unwritten commander art
0.0%
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commander art
14.29%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
16.67%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 12 games
16.67%