Commander

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Global commander stats {W} {B} All Orzhov commanders
Win Rate 39%
700 Wins
1072 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,775 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (7001072) at an Elo of 1,595, ranking #592 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.73 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 39% win rate across 1775 recorded Playgroup games (700 wins, 1072 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: 20 days.
How many decks use Shilgengar, Sire of Famine?
597 decks list Shilgengar, Sire of Famine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 357 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
592
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1595
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.73
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 597
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 357
No. games played with this commander 1775
Total hours played 20 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1709 ducktective 22 14
2 1679 Kara✨ 27 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, 52.13% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
52.13%
Non Combat Damage
27.13%
Combo
7.8%
Commander Damage
6.56%
Alternative
5.14%
Mill
1.06%
Poison
0.18%
Avg win turn 10.1 based on 712 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.

+5.1 pp
Top card: Eerie Interlude
# Card Lift
1
Eerie Interlude
Eerie Interlude 46 games
+5.1 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 46.0% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
46.0% n=550
2
Seat 2
39.77% n=616
3
Seat 3
34.09% n=396
4
Seat 4
27.9% n=233
5
Seat 5
14.29% n=28
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 38.78% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
38.78% n=900
1
1 mulligan
41.13% n=265
2
2 mulligans
47.47% n=99
3
3 mulligans
28.57% n=28
4
4 mulligans
20.0% n=5
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
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 1270 self-reports.

3.77 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.4% of the time across 713 tracked wins.

69.4 \%
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
78.57%
Inniaz, the Gale Force commander art
63.16%
Be'lakor, the Dark Master commander art
60.0%
Zinnia, Valley's Voice commander art
60.0%
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph commander art
60.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

The Necrobloom commander art
The Necrobloom 14 games
0.0%
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born commander art
5.88%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
6.67%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
7.14%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
7.14%