Commander

Karn, Silver Golem

Global commander stats

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90 Wins

132 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Karn, Silver Golem is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 222 recorded Playgroup games, winning 40% of them (90–132) at an Elo of 1,577, ranking #778 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Karn, Silver Golem's win rate?

Karn, Silver Golem has a 40% win rate across 222 recorded Playgroup games (90 wins, 132 losses).

How long do winning games with Karn, Silver Golem take?

Wins with Karn, Silver Golem take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 days.

How many decks use Karn, Silver Golem?

99 decks list Karn, Silver Golem as their commander on Playgroup, of which 50 have played at least one recorded game.

Karn, Silver Golem Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

778

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1577

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 99

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 50

No. games played with this commander 222

Total hours played 3 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1547	Toey	2	2	100 %
2	1512	Kankberry	9	3	33 %
3	1511	Tirzapirza	2	1	50 %
4	1500	randompants	1	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Karn, Silver Golem wins, 62.86% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

62.86%

Poison

10.0%

Combo

8.57%

Non Combat Damage

7.14%

Commander Damage

5.71%

Alternative

5.71%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 90 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Karn, Silver Golem wins 60.0% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

60.0% n=80

Seat 2

32.05% n=78

Seat 3

22.22% n=36

Seat 4

18.18% n=22

Seat 5

0.0% n=3

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Karn, Silver Golem wins 29.58% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.58% n=71

1 mulligan

39.58% n=48

2 mulligans

25.0% n=20

3 mulligans

45.45% n=11

4 mulligans

50.0% n=6

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

6 mulligans

66.67% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Karn, Silver Golem 3.76/5 on average, across 179 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Karn, Silver Golem wins, opponents flag the game as salty 81.3% of the time across 91 tracked wins.

81.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Karn, Silver Golem. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.