Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Global Commander Stats

612 Wins

948 Losses

Summary

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,560 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (612–948) at an Elo of 1,506, ranking #1700 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Apr 2026

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 1560 recorded Playgroup games (612 wins, 948 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: 17 days.

How many decks use Shilgengar, Sire of Famine? ▾

521 decks list Shilgengar, Sire of Famine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 312 have played at least one recorded game.

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

Global Rank

1700

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1506

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 521

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 312

No. games played with this commander 1560

Total hours played 17 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1709	ducktective	22	14	64 %
2	1650	carcidi36	38	31	82 %
3	1617	Wilcore	8	5	63 %
4	1600	todoquisque	6	4	67 %
5	1578	Kara✨	23	11	48 %

How does this commander win?

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, 52.24% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

52.24%

Non Combat Damage

27.24%

Combo

7.32%

Commander Damage

6.71%

Alternative

5.28%

Mill

1.02%

Poison

0.2%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 624 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 46.06% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.06% n=482

Seat 2

39.13% n=552

Seat 3

33.7% n=359

Seat 4

28.92% n=204

Seat 5

12.0% n=25

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 38.32% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.32% n=843

1 mulligan

42.92% n=212

2 mulligans

45.88% n=85

3 mulligans

29.17% n=24

4 mulligans

20.0% n=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 1105 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.6% of the time across 624 tracked wins.

67.6 \%

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.