Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Global Commander Stats

429 Wins

1052 Losses

Summary

Gargos, Vicious Watcher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,482 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (429–1052) at an Elo of 1,564, ranking #914 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 574072 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 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 1482 recorded Playgroup games (429 wins, 1052 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: 16 days.

How many decks use Gargos, Vicious Watcher?

549 decks list Gargos, Vicious Watcher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 287 have played at least one recorded game.

Gargos, Vicious Watcher Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

914

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1564

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 574072

Average commander damage per game 11

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 549

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 287

No. games played with this commander 1482

Total hours played 16 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1567	timbolimbo	15	6	40 %
2	1551	Kalvin	23	7	32 %
3	1545	A BoxofCheezits	13	5	38 %
4	1534	Goblin Child	1	1	100 %
5	1531	CptSeabear	4	2	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, 79.23% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.23%

Commander Damage

11.5%

Alternative

3.51%

Non Combat Damage

2.56%

Poison

1.92%

Combo

0.96%

Mill

0.32%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 440 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 36.14% of games from position 1 and 14.63% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.14% n=440

Seat 2

28.83% n=496

Seat 3

23.87% n=310

Seat 4

21.59% n=227

Seat 5

14.63% n=41

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 27.89% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.89% n=735

1 mulligan

32.74% n=226

2 mulligans

31.65% n=79

3 mulligans

28.57% n=14

4 mulligans

33.33% n=6

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 1147 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 75.9% of the time across 440 tracked wins.

75.9 \%

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.