Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Global Commander Stats

1853 Wins

4602 Losses

Summary

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,455 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1853–4602) at an Elo of 1,615, ranking #396 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 42986 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver's win rate?

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver has a 28% win rate across 6455 recorded Playgroup games (1853 wins, 4602 losses).

How long do winning games with Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver take?

Wins with Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver?

2,449 decks list Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,289 have played at least one recorded game.

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

396

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1615

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 42986

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.62

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2449

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1289

No. games played with this commander 6455

Total hours played 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1735	Lei	105	54	51 %
2	1687	Wertos	201	72	36 %
3	1595	Nimbus	7	5	71 %
4	1590	Alex Gatewood	25	11	44 %
5	1582	Vovaaa	10	5	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver wins, 47.11% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.11%

Non Combat Damage

25.8%

Combo

19.29%

Alternative

4.5%

Mill

2.01%

Commander Damage

1.29%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 1898 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver wins 34.24% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.24% n=1881

Seat 2

29.0% n=1883

Seat 3

24.85% n=1465

Seat 4

22.61% n=911

Seat 5

21.71% n=152

Seat 6

16.67% n=18

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver wins 28.63% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.63% n=3070

1 mulligan

28.74% n=995

2 mulligans

28.25% n=361

3 mulligans

20.24% n=84

4 mulligans

42.86% n=14

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver 3.65/5 on average, across 4371 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.4% of the time across 1905 tracked wins.

64.4 \%

Best and worst matchups

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