The Swarmlord

Global Commander Stats {G} {U} {R} All Temur commanders
Win Rate 24%
365 Wins
1138 Losses

Summary

The Swarmlord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,503 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (3651138) 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.

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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 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.
Global Rank
4045
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1413

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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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 0.5
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
1 1539 CupricCow 7 3
2 1539 Aphelion 22 11
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, 73.64% 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.

1
Seat 1
31.58% n=475
2
Seat 2
23.29% n=468
3
Seat 3
25.16% n=318
4
Seat 4
8.7% n=207
5
Seat 5
8.82% n=34
6
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
0 mulligans
25.71% n=848
1
1 mulligan
20.0% n=175
2
2 mulligans
21.43% n=70
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 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.

Top 5 best matchups