Commander

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Global commander stats {W} {B} All Orzhov commanders
Win Rate 38%
781 Wins
1217 Losses
Overview

Summary

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,018 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (781–1217) at an Elo of 1,534, ranking #1403 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 72 damage dealt and 0.7 player kills per game on average.

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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 2018 recorded Playgroup games (781 wins, 1217 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?
667 decks list Shilgengar, Sire of Famine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 410 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1403
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1534
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 72
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.7
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 667
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 410
No. games played with this commander 2018
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1709 ducktective 22 14
2 1661 Kara✨ 28 15
3 1650 carcidi36 38 31
4 1617 Wilcore 8 5
5 1600 todoquisque 6 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, 51.97% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
51.97%
Non Combat Damage
27.14%
Combo
7.73%
Commander Damage
6.74%
Alternative
5.26%
Mill
0.99%
Poison
0.16%
Avg win turn 10.0 based on 788 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.

+1.8 pp
Top card: Eerie Interlude
# Card Lift
1
Eerie Interlude
Eerie Interlude 66 games
+1.8 pp
2
Damn
Damn 95 games
+1.2 pp

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 45.55% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
45.55% n=641
2
Seat 2
39.11% n=707
3
Seat 3
33.22% n=426
4
Seat 4
26.52% n=264
5
Seat 5
16.67% n=30
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 38.23% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
38.23% n=964
1
1 mulligan
39.94% n=308
2
2 mulligans
44.4% n=116
3
3 mulligans
29.41% n=34
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=8
5
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 1409 self-reports.

3.77 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.7% of the time across 792 tracked wins.

33.7 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Stella Lee, Wild Card commander art
68.75%
Inniaz, the Gale Force commander art
63.16%
Be'lakor, the Dark Master commander art
60.0%
Bess, Soul Nourisher commander art
58.06%

Top 5 worst matchups

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born commander art
5.88%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
5.88%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
7.14%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
7.14%