Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Global Commander Stats

All Orzhov commanders

673 Wins

1038 Losses

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Summary

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,711 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (673–1038) at an Elo of 1,618, ranking #387 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Jul 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 1711 recorded Playgroup games (673 wins, 1038 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?

565 decks list Shilgengar, Sire of Famine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 347 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

387

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1618

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 0.73

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 565

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 347

No. games played with this commander 1711

Total hours played 19 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1709	ducktective	22	14	64 %
2	1655	Kara✨	26	14	54 %
3	1650	carcidi36	38	31	82 %
4	1617	Wilcore	8	5	63 %
5	1600	todoquisque	6	4	67 %

How does this commander win?

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, 51.84% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.84%

Non Combat Damage

27.57%

Combo

7.72%

Commander Damage

6.62%

Alternative

5.15%

Mill

0.92%

Poison

0.18%

Avg win turn 10.1 based on 686 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 46.34% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.34% n=533

Seat 2

39.4% n=599

Seat 3

34.11% n=387

Seat 4

28.19% n=227

Seat 5

11.54% n=26

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins 38.33% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.33% n=887

1 mulligan

42.57% n=249

2 mulligans

46.32% n=95

3 mulligans

29.63% n=27

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 3.77/5 on average, across 1222 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.9% of the time across 685 tracked wins.

68.9 \%

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.