Commander

The Swarmlord

Global commander stats

All Temur commanders

482 Wins

1435 Losses

Overview

Summary

The Swarmlord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,987 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (482–1435) at an Elo of 1,475, ranking #4097 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 2171928 damage dealt and 0.48 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Swarmlord's win rate?

The Swarmlord has a 24% win rate across 1987 recorded Playgroup games (482 wins, 1435 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?

1,021 decks list The Swarmlord as their commander on Playgroup, of which 594 have played at least one recorded game.

The Swarmlord Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4097

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1475

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 2171928

Average commander damage per game 9499287

Average poison counters given per game 112662746

Average kills per game 0.48

Average turn length 10 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1021

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 594

No. games played with this commander 1987

Total hours played 4 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1539	Aphelion	22	11	50 %
2	1539	CupricCow	7	3	43 %
3	1537	Natunell	16	6	38 %
4	1530	Tealmoon	7	4	57 %
5	1526	Mirelurk_lord	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Swarmlord wins, 72.64% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

72.64%

Commander Damage

12.77%

Non Combat Damage

7.9%

Alternative

3.95%

Combo

1.82%

Mill

0.61%

Poison

0.3%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 499 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

The Swarmlord wins 29.58% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

29.58% n=649

Seat 2

24.92% n=616

Seat 3

24.17% n=422

Seat 4

10.94% n=256

Seat 5

6.98% n=43

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Swarmlord wins 25.49% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.49% n=1028

1 mulligan

21.22% n=271

2 mulligans

23.58% n=106

3 mulligans

6.67% n=15

4 mulligans

66.67% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Swarmlord 3.71/5 on average, across 1376 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Swarmlord wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.6% of the time across 500 tracked wins.

32.6 \%

Head to head

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.