Commander

Szarekh, the Silent King

Global commander stats

All Black commanders

471 Wins

1584 Losses

Playtest a community deck

Overview

Summary

Szarekh, the Silent King is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,075 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (471–1584) at an Elo of 1,406, ranking #4488 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 413715 damage dealt and 0.44 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Aug 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 2075 recorded Playgroup games (471 wins, 1584 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: 29 days.

How many decks use Szarekh, the Silent King?

1,061 decks list Szarekh, the Silent King as their commander on Playgroup, of which 641 have played at least one recorded game.

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

Buy on TCGplayer

Global rank

4488

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1406

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 413715

Average commander damage per game 713928

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.44

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1061

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 641

No. games played with this commander 2075

Total hours played 29 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1568	Hobbes	62	26	42 %
2	1536	Chase P	1	1	100 %
3	1536	BeeJayJayn	1	1	100 %
4	1534	Gabriel	9	2	22 %
5	1525	Hykumi	3	1	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Szarekh, the Silent King wins, 71.48% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

71.48%

Commander Damage

10.65%

Non Combat Damage

7.9%

Alternative

5.5%

Combo

3.09%

Mill

1.37%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 489 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Szarekh, the Silent King wins 30.35% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.35% n=570

Seat 2

24.54% n=595

Seat 3

17.79% n=461

Seat 4

16.03% n=262

Seat 5

11.67% n=60

Seat 6

0.0% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Szarekh, the Silent King wins 23.5% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

23.5% n=968

1 mulligan

27.54% n=285

2 mulligans

20.0% n=65

3 mulligans

46.15% n=13

4 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Szarekh, the Silent King 3.58/5 on average, across 1421 self-reports.

3.58 / 5

🧂

Opponent salt

When Szarekh, the Silent King wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.0% of the time across 489 tracked wins.

64.0 \%

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.