Commander

Szarekh, the Silent King

Global commander stats

All Black commanders

547 Wins

1756 Losses

Overview

Summary

Szarekh, the Silent King is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,380 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (547–1756) at an Elo of 1,480, ranking #4120 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 358751 damage dealt and 0.44 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Szarekh, the Silent King's win rate?

Szarekh, the Silent King has a 22% win rate across 2380 recorded Playgroup games (547 wins, 1756 losses).

How long do winning games with Szarekh, the Silent King take?

Wins with Szarekh, the Silent King take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Szarekh, the Silent King?

1,247 decks list Szarekh, the Silent King as their commander on Playgroup, of which 786 have played at least one recorded game.

Szarekh, the Silent King Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4120

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1480

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 358751

Average commander damage per game 633480

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.44

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1247

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 786

No. games played with this commander 2380

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1588	Hobbes	63	27	43 %
2	1570	Caleb Gurney	12	6	50 %
3	1547	Nobreiner	1	1	100 %
4	1536	Chase P	1	1	100 %
5	1536	ArcaneShockTrooper	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Szarekh, the Silent King wins, 71.39% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

71.39%

Commander Damage

10.54%

Non Combat Damage

7.83%

Alternative

5.42%

Combo

3.31%

Mill

1.51%

Avg win turn 10.3 based on 565 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Szarekh, the Silent King wins 30.49% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.49% n=710

Seat 2

23.92% n=740

Seat 3

18.42% n=532

Seat 4

16.01% n=281

Seat 5

12.31% n=65

Seat 6

0.0% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Szarekh, the Silent King wins 23.88% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

23.88% n=1051

1 mulligan

26.34% n=355

2 mulligans

19.51% n=82

3 mulligans

37.5% n=16

4 mulligans

40.0% n=5

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Szarekh, the Silent King 3.59/5 on average, across 1560 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Szarekh, the Silent King wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.8% of the time across 565 tracked wins.

35.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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