Commander

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders

1493 Wins

3420 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,923 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (1493–3420) at an Elo of 1,511, ranking #1812 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 31986 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph's win rate?

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph has a 30% win rate across 4923 recorded Playgroup games (1493 wins, 3420 losses).

How long do winning games with Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph take?

Wins with Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph?

1,654 decks list Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph as their commander on Playgroup, of which 873 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1812

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1511

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 31986

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1654

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 873

No. games played with this commander 4923

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1678	Drakorex	15	10	67 %
2	1638	Tough24get	40	17	43 %
3	1621	7sigma	15	8	53 %
4	1591	Hapeksi	5	3	60 %
5	1585	Sejhamiik	5	4	80 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph wins, 71.88% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

71.88%

Combat

13.96%

Combo

8.2%

Alternative

2.83%

Commander Damage

2.54%

Poison

0.39%

Mill

0.2%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 1528 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

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

+3.6 pp

Top card: An Offer You Can't Refuse

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	An Offer You Can't Refuse 252 games	+3.6 pp	252
2	Blasphemous Act 92 games	+2.1 pp	92
3	Counterspell 456 games	+1.3 pp	456
4	Deflecting Swat 185 games	+0.9 pp	185
5	Scalding Tarn 221 games	+0.9 pp	221
6	Reliquary Tower 341 games	+0.6 pp	341
7	Kindlespark Duo Signature build 77 games · Signature build	+0.0 pp	77

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?

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph wins 38.82% of games from position 1 and 19.89% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.82% n=1404

Seat 2

32.63% n=1367

Seat 3

24.8% n=1141

Seat 4

19.89% n=699

Seat 5

23.39% n=124

Seat 6

38.1% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph wins 31.39% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.39% n=2077

1 mulligan

27.05% n=706

2 mulligans

27.21% n=204

3 mulligans

15.52% n=58

4 mulligans

21.43% n=14

5 mulligans

66.67% n=3

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph 3.72/5 on average, across 3135 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.4% of the time across 1533 tracked wins.

62.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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