Commander

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Global commander stats {G} All Green commanders
Win Rate 28%
487 Wins
1223 Losses
Overview

Summary

Gargos, Vicious Watcher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,721 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (487–1223) at an Elo of 1,494, ranking #3665 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 487554 damage dealt and 0.62 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 1721 recorded Playgroup games (487 wins, 1223 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: 19 days.
How many decks use Gargos, Vicious Watcher?
674 decks list Gargos, Vicious Watcher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 357 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3665
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1494
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 487554
Average commander damage per game 11
Average poison counters given per game 8
Average kills per game 0.62
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 674
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 357
No. games played with this commander 1721
Total hours played 19 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1567 timbolimbo 15 6
2 1551 Kalvin 22 7
3 1545 A BoxofCheezits 13 5
4 1535 Bmagic 1 1
5 1534 Goblin Child 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, 80.8% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
80.8%
Commander Damage
10.6%
Alternative
3.15%
Non Combat Damage
2.29%
Poison
1.72%
Combo
1.15%
Mill
0.29%
Avg win turn 9.0 based on 498 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.

+4.7 pp
Top card: Inspiring Call
# Card Lift
1
Inspiring Call
Inspiring Call 196 games
+4.7 pp
2
Heroes' Bane
Heroes' Bane 137 games
+3.6 pp
3
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds 110 games
+0.7 pp
4
Llanowar Elves
Llanowar Elves 137 games
+0.5 pp
5
Karametra's Acolyte
Karametra's Acolyte 154 games
+0.3 pp
6
Ironscale Hydra
Ironscale Hydra 221 games
+0.1 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?

Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 36.18% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
36.18% n=521
2
Seat 2
29.03% n=565
3
Seat 3
21.58% n=366
4
Seat 4
21.34% n=253
5
Seat 5
15.22% n=46
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=1
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 27.92% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.92% n=795
1
1 mulligan
31.97% n=269
2
2 mulligans
29.35% n=92
3
3 mulligans
22.22% n=18
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=6
5
5 mulligans
50.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gargos, Vicious Watcher 3.58/5 on average, across 1303 self-reports.

3.58 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 41.5% of the time across 499 tracked wins.

41.5 \%
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

Massacre Girl commander art
Massacre Girl 33 games
57.58%
Omnath, Locus of Creation commander art
57.14%
Marrow-Gnawer commander art
Marrow-Gnawer 10 games
50.0%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
47.37%
Davros, Dalek Creator commander art
45.45%

Top 5 worst matchups