Commander

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

437 Wins

1083 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Gargos, Vicious Watcher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,521 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (437–1083) at an Elo of 1,437, ranking #4096 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 560018 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 1521 recorded Playgroup games (437 wins, 1083 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?

571 decks list Gargos, Vicious Watcher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 296 have played at least one recorded game.

Gargos, Vicious Watcher Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4096

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1437

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 560018

Average commander damage per game 11

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 571

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 296

No. games played with this commander 1521

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	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 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, 79.25% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.25%

Commander Damage

11.32%

Alternative

3.46%

Non Combat Damage

2.52%

Poison

1.89%

Combo

1.26%

Mill

0.31%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 448 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.

+6.2 pp

Top card: Swiftfoot Boots

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Swiftfoot Boots 107 games	+6.2 pp		107
2	Inspiring Call 141 games	+3.4 pp		141

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 35.46% of games from position 1 and 16.28% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.46% n=454

Seat 2

28.77% n=504

Seat 3

23.68% n=321

Seat 4

21.4% n=229

Seat 5

16.28% n=43

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 27.96% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.96% n=744

1 mulligan

32.19% n=233

2 mulligans

31.25% n=80

3 mulligans

26.67% n=15

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 3.6/5 on average, across 1178 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 76.1% of the time across 448 tracked wins.

76.1 \%

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.