The Swarmlord

Global Commander Stats

All Temur commanders

365 Wins

1138 Losses

Summary

The Swarmlord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,503 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (365–1138) at an Elo of 1,413, ranking #4045 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Swarmlord's win rate?

The Swarmlord has a 24% win rate across 1503 recorded Playgroup games (365 wins, 1138 losses).

How long do winning games with The Swarmlord take?

Wins with The Swarmlord take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 months.

How many decks use The Swarmlord?

731 decks list The Swarmlord as their commander on Playgroup, of which 417 have played at least one recorded game.

The Swarmlord Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

4045

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1413

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.5

Average turn length 14 minutes

No. decks for this commander 731

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 417

No. games played with this commander 1503

Total hours played 4 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1539	CupricCow	7	3	43 %
2	1539	Aphelion	22	11	50 %
3	1537	Natunell	18	6	38 %
4	1524	Cosinetan	1	1	100 %
5	1519	El Admin	12	5	50 %

How does this commander win?

When The Swarmlord wins, 73.64% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.64%

Commander Damage

13.57%

Non Combat Damage

6.2%

Alternative

4.65%

Combo

1.55%

Poison

0.39%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 382 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Swarmlord wins 31.58% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.58% n=475

Seat 2

23.29% n=468

Seat 3

25.16% n=318

Seat 4

8.7% n=207

Seat 5

8.82% n=34

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Swarmlord wins 25.71% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.71% n=848

1 mulligan

20.0% n=175

2 mulligans

21.43% n=70

3 mulligans

10.0% n=10

4 mulligans

66.67% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Swarmlord 3.65/5 on average, across 1135 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Swarmlord wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.7% of the time across 384 tracked wins.

74.7 \%

Best and worst matchups

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