Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 39%
653 Wins
1009 Losses

Summary

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,662 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (6531009) at an Elo of 1,720, ranking #29 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.72 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 1662 recorded Playgroup games (653 wins, 1009 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: 19 days.

How many decks use Shilgengar, Sire of Famine?

543 decks list Shilgengar, Sire of Famine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 332 have played at least one recorded game.

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
29
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
10
Elo rating
1720

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.72
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 543
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 332
No. games played with this commander 1662
Total hours played 19 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1709 ducktective 22 14
2 1650 carcidi36 38 31
3 1633 Kara✨ 25 13
4 1617 Wilcore 8 5
5 1600 todoquisque 6 4

How does this commander win?

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, 52.37% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
52.37%
Non Combat Damage
27.13%
Combo
7.59%
Commander Damage
6.45%
Alternative
5.31%
Mill
0.95%
Poison
0.19%
Avg win turn 10.1 based on 666 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 46.42% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
46.42% n=517
2
Seat 2
39.26% n=591
3
Seat 3
33.6% n=375
4
Seat 4
28.37% n=215
5
Seat 5
11.54% n=26
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=3

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 38.56% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
38.56% n=874
1
1 mulligan
43.22% n=236
2
2 mulligans
44.44% n=90
3
3 mulligans
29.63% n=27
4
4 mulligans
20.0% n=5
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shilgengar, Sire of Famine 3.78/5 on average, across 1190 self-reports.

3.78 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.4% of the time across 665 tracked wins.

68.4 \%

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%
Zinnia, Valley's Voice commander art
60.0%
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph commander art
60.0%
Bess, Soul Nourisher commander art
58.06%

Top 5 worst matchups

The Necrobloom commander art
The Necrobloom 13 games
0.0%
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born commander art
5.88%
Animar, Soul of Elements commander art
7.14%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
7.14%
Abaddon the Despoiler commander art
7.69%