Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 31%
3399 Wins
7552 Losses

Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 10,951 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (33997552) at an Elo of 1,560, ranking #905 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 230 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Hakbal of the Surging Soul's win rate?

Hakbal of the Surging Soul has a 31% win rate across 10951 recorded Playgroup games (3399 wins, 7552 losses).

How long do winning games with Hakbal of the Surging Soul take?

Wins with Hakbal of the Surging Soul take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 months.

How many decks use Hakbal of the Surging Soul?

3,288 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,956 have played at least one recorded game.

Hakbal of the Surging Soul Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
905
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1560

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 230
Average commander damage per game 7
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.65
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 3288
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1956
No. games played with this commander 10951
Total hours played 4 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1669 darkdotty 37 20
2 1622 Gennio89DaB34ST 19 14
3 1614 Benous 50 27
4 1612 MagicoCaprone 7 4
5 1609 Data Priest 35 15

How does this commander win?

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, 79.53% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
79.53%
Commander Damage
10.69%
Alternative
7.7%
Non Combat Damage
0.87%
Combo
0.78%
Poison
0.39%
Mill
0.04%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 3496 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 40.01% of games from position 1 and 17.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.01% n=3352
2
Seat 2
31.46% n=3420
3
Seat 3
26.26% n=2567
4
Seat 4
18.16% n=1470
5
Seat 5
17.11% n=228
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=25

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.18% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.18% n=5237
1
1 mulligan
31.05% n=1433
2
2 mulligans
28.22% n=482
3
3 mulligans
25.85% n=147
4
4 mulligans
21.62% n=37
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=6

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Hakbal of the Surging Soul 3.6/5 on average, across 7581 self-reports.

3.6 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.2% of the time across 3498 tracked wins.

67.2 \%

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Slinza, the Spiked Stampede commander art
63.64%
Commissar Severina Raine commander art
61.54%
Ghalta and Mavren commander art
58.33%
Phenax, God of Deception commander art
56.52%
Vishgraz, the Doomhive commander art
55.0%

Top 5 worst matchups