Commander

Yarok, the Desecrated

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders

1053 Wins

2134 Losses

Overview

Summary

Yarok, the Desecrated is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,207 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (1053–2134) at an Elo of 1,617, ranking #412 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 154893 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yarok, the Desecrated's win rate?

Yarok, the Desecrated has a 32% win rate across 3207 recorded Playgroup games (1053 wins, 2134 losses).

How long do winning games with Yarok, the Desecrated take?

Wins with Yarok, the Desecrated take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Yarok, the Desecrated?

1,112 decks list Yarok, the Desecrated as their commander on Playgroup, of which 609 have played at least one recorded game.

Yarok, the Desecrated Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

412

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1617

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 154893

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.63

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1112

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 609

No. games played with this commander 3207

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1621	GUST	48	21	44 %
2	1619	Bridge112	22	17	77 %
3	1592	CheezeVViz	10	6	60 %
4	1588	JackDöner	36	16	44 %
5	1576	Kris	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yarok, the Desecrated wins, 53.72% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

53.72%

Non Combat Damage

18.54%

Combo

14.61%

Alternative

6.77%

Commander Damage

2.98%

Mill

2.3%

Poison

1.08%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 1077 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Yarok, the Desecrated

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Yarok, the Desecrated decks that leave them out.

+3.6 pp

Top card: Polluted Delta

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Polluted Delta 235 games	+3.6 pp	235
2	Watery Grave 247 games	+1.3 pp	247
3	Farseek 242 games	+1.1 pp	242
4	Breeding Pool 289 games	+0.9 pp	289
5	Verdant Catacombs 238 games	+0.8 pp	238
6	Eternal Witness 393 games	+0.4 pp	393
7	Rejuvenating Springs 277 games	+0.0 pp	277

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?

Yarok, the Desecrated wins 44.74% of games from position 5 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.36% n=940

Seat 2

34.02% n=989

Seat 3

27.86% n=718

Seat 4

22.25% n=427

Seat 5

44.74% n=76

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yarok, the Desecrated wins 32.09% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.09% n=1304

1 mulligan

35.01% n=497

2 mulligans

31.49% n=181

3 mulligans

35.59% n=59

4 mulligans

31.58% n=19

5 mulligans

0.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Yarok, the Desecrated 3.64/5 on average, across 2103 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yarok, the Desecrated wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.8% of the time across 1081 tracked wins.

37.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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