Commander

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Global commander stats

All Orzhov commanders

748 Wins

1174 Losses

Overview

Summary

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,936 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (748–1174) at an Elo of 1,581, ranking #718 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 74 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shilgengar, Sire of Famine's win rate?

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine has a 38% win rate across 1936 recorded Playgroup games (748 wins, 1174 losses).

How long do winning games with Shilgengar, Sire of Famine take?

Wins with Shilgengar, Sire of Famine take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Shilgengar, Sire of Famine?

659 decks list Shilgengar, Sire of Famine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 392 have played at least one recorded game.

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

718

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1581

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 74

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 659

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 392

No. games played with this commander 1936

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1709	ducktective	22	14	64 %
2	1679	Kara✨	27	15	56 %
3	1650	carcidi36	38	31	82 %
4	1617	Wilcore	8	5	63 %
5	1600	todoquisque	6	4	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, 52.27% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

52.27%

Non Combat Damage

27.06%

Combo

7.73%

Commander Damage

6.55%

Alternative

5.21%

Mill

1.01%

Poison

0.17%

Avg win turn 10.1 based on 757 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Shilgengar, Sire of Famine decks that leave them out.

+3.6 pp

Top card: Eerie Interlude

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Eerie Interlude 59 games	+3.6 pp		59
2	Glass-Cast Heart 100 games	+1.2 pp		100

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?

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 45.81% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.81% n=609

Seat 2

38.95% n=679

Seat 3

33.05% n=416

Seat 4

26.46% n=257

Seat 5

16.67% n=30

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 38.14% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.14% n=940

1 mulligan

40.0% n=300

2 mulligans

45.41% n=109

3 mulligans

27.59% n=29

4 mulligans

28.57% n=7

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shilgengar, Sire of Famine 3.77/5 on average, across 1368 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.6% of the time across 761 tracked wins.

70.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Shilgengar, Sire of Famine. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.