Commander

Yarok, the Desecrated

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders

959 Wins

1933 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yarok, the Desecrated is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,892 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (959–1933) at an Elo of 1,571, ranking #833 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 171813 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yarok, the Desecrated's win rate?

Yarok, the Desecrated has a 33% win rate across 2892 recorded Playgroup games (959 wins, 1933 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 1 month.

How many decks use Yarok, the Desecrated?

1,015 decks list Yarok, the Desecrated as their commander on Playgroup, of which 544 have played at least one recorded game.

Yarok, the Desecrated Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

833

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1571

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 171813

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.63

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1015

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 544

No. games played with this commander 2892

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1638	GUST	47	21	45 %
2	1619	Bridge112	22	17	77 %
3	1592	CheezeVViz	10	6	60 %
4	1576	Kris	2	2	100 %
5	1569	Cannyx \| Jannis	5	3	60 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yarok, the Desecrated wins, 52.79% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

52.79%

Non Combat Damage

18.4%

Combo

15.54%

Alternative

7.09%

Commander Damage

2.71%

Mill

2.41%

Poison

1.06%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 982 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.

+4.2 pp

Top card: Crop Rotation

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Crop Rotation 146 games	+4.2 pp	146
2	Dryad of the Ilysian Grove 93 games	+3.3 pp	93
3	Polluted Delta 207 games	+2.9 pp	207
4	Eternal Witness 324 games	+2.7 pp	324
5	Tireless Provisioner 284 games	+1.0 pp	284

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 42.25% of games from position 5 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.19% n=842

Seat 2

34.32% n=880

Seat 3

27.99% n=643

Seat 4

22.98% n=383

Seat 5

42.25% n=71

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yarok, the Desecrated wins 32.21% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.21% n=1220

1 mulligan

35.53% n=425

2 mulligans

31.68% n=161

3 mulligans

33.96% n=53

4 mulligans

35.29% n=17

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 1900 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yarok, the Desecrated wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.0% of the time across 984 tracked wins.

64.0 \%

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.