Commander

Vial Smasher the Fierce

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

596 Wins

1548 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Vial Smasher the Fierce is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,144 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (596–1548) at an Elo of 1,596, ranking #558 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Vial Smasher the Fierce's win rate?

Vial Smasher the Fierce has a 27% win rate across 2144 recorded Playgroup games (596 wins, 1548 losses).

How long do winning games with Vial Smasher the Fierce take?

Wins with Vial Smasher the Fierce take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 21 days.

How many decks use Vial Smasher the Fierce?

568 decks list Vial Smasher the Fierce as their commander on Playgroup, of which 331 have played at least one recorded game.

Vial Smasher the Fierce Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

558

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1596

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.68

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 568

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 331

No. games played with this commander 2144

Total hours played 21 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1738	AnaVamp	18	14	78 %
2	1606	Gleeful Simulacrum	11	6	55 %
3	1557	Incraut	4	3	75 %
4	1545	creepyfridge	7	2	29 %
5	1535	Huckleberry	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Vial Smasher the Fierce wins, 56.48% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

56.48%

Combat

29.3%

Alternative

4.46%

Combo

4.25%

Commander Damage

3.61%

Mill

1.49%

Poison

0.42%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 606 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Vial Smasher the Fierce

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

+12.0 pp

Top card: Reliquary Tower

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Reliquary Tower Signature build 53 games · Signature build	+12.0 pp		53
2	Blasphemous Act 110 games	+7.2 pp		110

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?

Vial Smasher the Fierce wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 15.15% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.6% n=604

Seat 2

29.89% n=619

Seat 3

25.0% n=500

Seat 4

17.33% n=352

Seat 5

15.15% n=33

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Vial Smasher the Fierce wins 29.19% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.19% n=812

1 mulligan

24.32% n=292

2 mulligans

30.23% n=129

3 mulligans

25.42% n=59

4 mulligans

18.18% n=11

5 mulligans

40.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Vial Smasher the Fierce 3.84/5 on average, across 1265 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Vial Smasher the Fierce wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.4% of the time across 609 tracked wins.

60.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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