Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 30%
3458 Wins
7755 Losses

Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 11,213 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (34587755) at an Elo of 1,420, ranking #3576 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 225 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 30% win rate across 11213 recorded Playgroup games (3458 wins, 7755 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?

3,350 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,999 have played at least one recorded game.

Hakbal of the Surging Soul Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
3576
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1420

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 225
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 3350
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1999
No. games played with this commander 11213
Total hours played 4 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1652 darkdotty 39 20
2 1630 Benous 51 28
3 1622 Gennio89DaB34ST 19 14
4 1612 MagicoCaprone 7 4
5 1609 Data Priest 35 15

How does this commander win?

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, 79.42% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
79.42%
Commander Damage
10.9%
Alternative
7.64%
Non Combat Damage
0.85%
Combo
0.76%
Poison
0.38%
Mill
0.04%
Avg win turn 8.7 based on 3559 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 39.88% of games from position 1 and 16.88% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.88% n=3430
2
Seat 2
31.28% n=3507
3
Seat 3
26.14% n=2628
4
Seat 4
17.88% n=1521
5
Seat 5
16.88% n=231
6
Seat 6
19.23% n=26

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.13% after 0 mulligans and 28.57% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.13% n=5306
1
1 mulligan
30.93% n=1471
2
2 mulligans
27.57% n=497
3
3 mulligans
26.32% n=152
4
4 mulligans
21.62% n=37
5
5 mulligans
28.57% n=7

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 7789 self-reports.

3.6 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 3568 tracked wins.

67.1 \%

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

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66.67%
Ghalta and Mavren commander art
58.33%
Vishgraz, the Doomhive commander art
57.14%
Phenax, God of Deception commander art
56.52%
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede commander art
53.85%

Top 5 worst matchups