Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 30%
3528 Wins
7955 Losses

Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 11,483 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (35287955) at an Elo of 1,606, ranking #465 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 220 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 11483 recorded Playgroup games (3528 wins, 7955 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?

3,425 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,045 have played at least one recorded game.

Hakbal of the Surging Soul Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
465
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1606

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 220
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 3425
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2045
No. games played with this commander 11483
Total hours played 4 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1655 Benous 53 30
2 1622 Gennio89DaB34ST 19 14
3 1612 MagicoCaprone 7 4
4 1609 Data Priest 35 15
5 1600 Robert Shea 15 6

How does this commander win?

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, 79.35% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
79.35%
Commander Damage
10.97%
Alternative
7.64%
Non Combat Damage
0.87%
Combo
0.75%
Poison
0.37%
Mill
0.04%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 3633 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 39.85% of games from position 1 and 16.46% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.85% n=3511
2
Seat 2
31.23% n=3593
3
Seat 3
26.01% n=2699
4
Seat 4
17.68% n=1555
5
Seat 5
16.46% n=237
6
Seat 6
19.23% n=26

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.03% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.03% n=5391
1
1 mulligan
30.79% n=1510
2
2 mulligans
27.9% n=509
3
3 mulligans
25.32% n=158
4
4 mulligans
21.05% n=38
5
5 mulligans
25.0% n=8

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 7991 self-reports.

3.6 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.0% of the time across 3640 tracked wins.

67.0 \%

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%
Vishgraz, the Doomhive commander art
59.09%
Phenax, God of Deception commander art
56.52%
Ghalta and Mavren commander art
53.85%
Bess, Soul Nourisher commander art
52.94%

Top 5 worst matchups