Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Global Commander Stats

423 Wins

1041 Losses

Summary

Gargos, Vicious Watcher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,465 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (423–1041) at an Elo of 1,543, ranking #1178 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 581848 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 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 1465 recorded Playgroup games (423 wins, 1041 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?

555 decks list Gargos, Vicious Watcher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 292 have played at least one recorded game.

Gargos, Vicious Watcher Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Buy on TCGplayer

Global Rank

1178

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1543

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 581848

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 555

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 292

No. games played with this commander 1465

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, 78.76% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

78.76%

Commander Damage

11.76%

Alternative

3.59%

Non Combat Damage

2.61%

Poison

1.96%

Combo

0.98%

Mill

0.33%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 433 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 35.84% of games from position 1 and 14.63% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.84% n=438

Seat 2

28.83% n=489

Seat 3

23.78% n=307

Seat 4

21.43% n=224

Seat 5

14.63% n=41

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins 27.85% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.85% n=729

1 mulligan

32.74% n=226

2 mulligans

32.05% n=78

3 mulligans

28.57% n=14

4 mulligans

20.0% n=5

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 1133 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

🧂

Opponent salt

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 76.0% of the time across 433 tracked wins.

76.0 \%

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.