Commander

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Global commander stats {G} All Green commanders
Win Rate 28%
455 Wins
1129 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Gargos, Vicious Watcher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,587 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (4551129) at an Elo of 1,492, ranking #3368 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 543989 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gargos, Vicious Watcher's win rate?
Gargos, Vicious Watcher has a 28% win rate across 1587 recorded Playgroup games (455 wins, 1129 losses).
How long do winning games with Gargos, Vicious Watcher take?
Wins with Gargos, Vicious Watcher take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 17 days.
How many decks use Gargos, Vicious Watcher?
613 decks list Gargos, Vicious Watcher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 320 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3368
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1492
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 543989
Average commander damage per game 11
Average poison counters given per game 8
Average kills per game 0.63
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 613
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 320
No. games played with this commander 1587
Total hours played 17 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
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2 1551 Kalvin 22 7
3 1545 A BoxofCheezits 13 5
4 1535 VidarsDagger 2 2
5 1534 Goblin Child 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, 80.0% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
80.0%
Commander Damage
10.91%
Alternative
3.33%
Non Combat Damage
2.42%
Poison
1.82%
Combo
1.21%
Mill
0.3%
Avg win turn 9.0 based on 467 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Gargos, Vicious Watcher decks that leave them out.

+5.8 pp
Top card: Swiftfoot Boots

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?

Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 34.92% of games from position 1 and 16.28% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.92% n=461
2
Seat 2
28.54% n=515
3
Seat 3
23.42% n=333
4
Seat 4
21.7% n=235
5
Seat 5
16.28% n=43
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 27.99% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.99% n=768
1
1 mulligan
32.52% n=246
2
2 mulligans
30.23% n=86
3
3 mulligans
25.0% n=16
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=6
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 Gargos, Vicious Watcher 3.6/5 on average, across 1226 self-reports.

3.6 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 76.9% of the time across 467 tracked wins.

76.9 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

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Massacre Girl 33 games
57.58%
Omnath, Locus of Creation commander art
53.85%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
50.0%
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Marrow-Gnawer 10 games
50.0%
Kaalia of the Vast commander art
48.15%

Top 5 worst matchups