Commander

Yarok, the Desecrated

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders

1078 Wins

2196 Losses

Overview

Summary

Yarok, the Desecrated is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,299 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (1078–2196) at an Elo of 1,548, ranking #1184 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 301167 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 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 3299 recorded Playgroup games (1078 wins, 2196 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?

1,134 decks list Yarok, the Desecrated as their commander on Playgroup, of which 627 have played at least one recorded game.

Yarok, the Desecrated Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1184

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1548

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 301167

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 1134

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 627

No. games played with this commander 3299

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1619	Bridge112	22	17	77 %
2	1592	CheezeVViz	10	6	60 %
3	1590	GUST	52	22	42 %
4	1588	JackDöner	36	16	44 %
5	1576	Kris	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yarok, the Desecrated wins, 54.22% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

54.22%

Non Combat Damage

18.34%

Combo

14.51%

Alternative

6.73%

Commander Damage

2.9%

Mill

2.24%

Poison

1.06%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 1103 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.

+5.0 pp

Top card: Polluted Delta

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Polluted Delta 241 games	+5.0 pp	241
2	Verdant Catacombs 245 games	+2.8 pp	245
3	Watery Grave 253 games	+2.1 pp	253
4	Rejuvenating Springs 284 games	+1.9 pp	284
5	Farseek 248 games	+1.8 pp	248
6	Breeding Pool 298 games	+1.7 pp	298
7	Eternal Witness 412 games	+1.3 pp	412
8	Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath 309 games	+1.1 pp	309
9	Nissa, Resurgent Animist Signature build 163 games · Signature build	+0.8 pp	163
10	Misty Rainforest 250 games	+0.4 pp	250

Show 1 more (ranks 11-11)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Zagoth Triome 323 games	+0.4 pp		323

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 44.3% of games from position 5 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.85% n=973

Seat 2

33.77% n=1020

Seat 3

27.68% n=737

Seat 4

22.78% n=439

Seat 5

44.3% n=79

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yarok, the Desecrated wins 31.86% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.86% n=1320

1 mulligan

34.29% n=522

2 mulligans

31.02% n=187

3 mulligans

36.51% n=63

4 mulligans

35.0% n=20

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 3.65/5 on average, across 2163 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yarok, the Desecrated wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.5% of the time across 1107 tracked wins.

37.5 \%

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.