Commander

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

1922 Wins

4770 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,694 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1922–4770) at an Elo of 1,637, ranking #266 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 165301 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 6694 recorded Playgroup games (1922 wins, 4770 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?

2,542 decks list Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,353 have played at least one recorded game.

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

266

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1637

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 165301

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 2542

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1353

No. games played with this commander 6694

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1718	Lei	106	54	51 %
2	1673	Wertos	202	72	36 %
3	1582	Vovaaa	10	5	50 %
4	1580	Chase East	18	6	35 %
5	1578	Nimbus	8	5	63 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver wins, 46.83% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

46.83%

Non Combat Damage

26.39%

Combo

19.12%

Alternative

4.41%

Mill

2.01%

Commander Damage

1.24%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 1971 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver decks that leave them out.

+1.6 pp

Top card: Reanimate

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Reanimate 221 games	+1.6 pp	221
2	Warren Soultrader 371 games	+0.3 pp	371
3	Dark Ritual 305 games	+0.3 pp	305
4	Sidisi, Undead Vizier 270 games	+0.3 pp	270

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver wins 34.06% of games from position 1 and 15.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.06% n=1938

Seat 2

29.23% n=1950

Seat 3

24.74% n=1520

Seat 4

22.78% n=948

Seat 5

20.65% n=155

Seat 6

15.0% n=20

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver wins 28.6% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.6% n=3154

1 mulligan

29.69% n=1044

2 mulligans

28.46% n=376

3 mulligans

20.69% n=87

4 mulligans

42.86% n=14

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

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 4545 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.5% of the time across 1980 tracked wins.

64.5 \%

Head to head

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.