Commander

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

471 Wins

1184 Losses

Overview

Summary

Gargos, Vicious Watcher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,663 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (471–1184) at an Elo of 1,349, ranking #4976 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 510743 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 6 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gargos, Vicious Watcher's win rate?

Gargos, Vicious Watcher has a 28% win rate across 1663 recorded Playgroup games (471 wins, 1184 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: 18 days.

How many decks use Gargos, Vicious Watcher?

645 decks list Gargos, Vicious Watcher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 341 have played at least one recorded game.

Gargos, Vicious Watcher Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4976

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1349

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 510743

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 645

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 341

No. games played with this commander 1663

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1567	timbolimbo	15	6	40 %
2	1551	Kalvin	22	7	32 %
3	1545	A BoxofCheezits	13	5	38 %
4	1534	Goblin Child	1	1	100 %
5	1531	CptSeabear	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, 80.88% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

80.88%

Commander Damage

10.29%

Alternative

3.24%

Non Combat Damage

2.35%

Poison

1.76%

Combo

1.18%

Mill

0.29%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 483 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.

+4.9 pp

Top card: Inspiring Call

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Inspiring Call 168 games	+4.9 pp	168
2	Swiftfoot Boots 119 games	+3.3 pp	119
3	Heroes' Bane 109 games	+2.8 pp	109

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 35.79% of games from position 1 and 15.22% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.79% n=503

Seat 2

28.94% n=546

Seat 3

21.97% n=355

Seat 4

21.46% n=247

Seat 5

15.22% n=46

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 27.98% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.98% n=779

1 mulligan

31.91% n=257

2 mulligans

30.0% n=90

3 mulligans

22.22% n=18

4 mulligans

33.33% n=6

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 3.59/5 on average, across 1273 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 77.6% of the time across 482 tracked wins.

77.6 \%

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.