The Swarmlord

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 24%
356 Wins
1091 Losses

Summary

The Swarmlord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,447 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (3561091) at an Elo of 1,467, ranking #3110 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is The Swarmlord's win rate?

The Swarmlord has a 24% win rate across 1447 recorded Playgroup games (356 wins, 1091 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?

709 decks list The Swarmlord as their commander on Playgroup, of which 401 have played at least one recorded game.

The Swarmlord Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
3110
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1467

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7
Average commander damage per game 9
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.51
Average turn length 15 minutes
No. decks for this commander 709
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 401
No. games played with this commander 1447
Total hours played 4 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1567 Aphelion 20 11
2 1539 CupricCow 7 3
3 1537 Natunell 18 6
4 1524 Cosinetan 1 1
5 1519 El Admin 12 5

How does this commander win?

When The Swarmlord wins, 73.12% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
73.12%
Commander Damage
13.83%
Non Combat Damage
6.32%
Alternative
4.74%
Combo
1.58%
Poison
0.4%
Avg win turn 9.5 based on 373 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

The Swarmlord wins 32.11% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.11% n=464
2
Seat 2
23.61% n=449
3
Seat 3
25.75% n=299
4
Seat 4
8.54% n=199
5
Seat 5
9.38% n=32
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Swarmlord wins 25.97% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
25.97% n=828
1
1 mulligan
20.48% n=166
2
2 mulligans
22.06% n=68
3
3 mulligans
10.0% n=10
4
4 mulligans
66.67% n=3
5
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 1091 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 375 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.

Top 5 best matchups