Commander

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

Global commander stats

All Orzhov commanders

547 Wins

1031 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,580 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (547–1031) at an Elo of 1,544, ranking #1212 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 161849 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's win rate?

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher has a 34% win rate across 1580 recorded Playgroup games (547 wins, 1031 losses).

How long do winning games with Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher take?

Wins with Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 20 days.

How many decks use Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher?

463 decks list Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher as their commander on Playgroup, of which 280 have played at least one recorded game.

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1212

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1544

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 161849

Average commander damage per game 2030726

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 463

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 280

No. games played with this commander 1580

Total hours played 20 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1637	Magnus_the_Grixis	20	11	55 %
2	1607	jimbonator	7	5	71 %
3	1574	Franz	6	4	67 %
4	1565	Ethan Daughtry	21	7	33 %
5	1565	Klegbert	10	4	40 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher wins, 38.57% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

38.57%

Commander Damage

25.55%

Non Combat Damage

24.57%

Combo

7.86%

Alternative

2.46%

Mill

0.74%

Poison

0.25%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 560 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

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

+16.1 pp

Top card: Blood Artist

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Blood Artist 265 games	+16.1 pp	265
2	Path of Ancestry Signature build 217 games · Signature build	+7.4 pp	217
3	Elenda, the Dusk Rose Signature build 248 games · Signature build	+4.7 pp	248
4	Elenda's Hierophant Signature build 220 games · Signature build	+3.4 pp	220
5	Shineshadow Snarl Signature build 223 games · Signature build	+3.3 pp	223
6	Vault of the Archangel Signature build 223 games · Signature build	+3.3 pp	223

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?

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher wins 41.18% of games from position 1 and 20.59% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.18% n=476

Seat 2

36.55% n=435

Seat 3

26.49% n=370

Seat 4

27.69% n=242

Seat 5

20.59% n=34

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher wins 36.76% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.76% n=778

1 mulligan

33.46% n=257

2 mulligans

30.85% n=94

3 mulligans

30.77% n=26

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher 3.5/5 on average, across 992 self-reports.

3.5 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher wins, opponents flag the game as salty 59.3% of the time across 562 tracked wins.

59.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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