Commander

Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Global commander stats

All Red commanders

486 Wins

1085 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Karlach, Fury of Avernus is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,575 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (486–1085) at an Elo of 1,647, ranking #221 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 30 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Karlach, Fury of Avernus's win rate?

Karlach, Fury of Avernus has a 30% win rate across 1575 recorded Playgroup games (486 wins, 1085 losses).

How long do winning games with Karlach, Fury of Avernus take?

Wins with Karlach, Fury of Avernus take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 16 days.

How many decks use Karlach, Fury of Avernus?

539 decks list Karlach, Fury of Avernus as their commander on Playgroup, of which 324 have played at least one recorded game.

Karlach, Fury of Avernus Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

221

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1647

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 30

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.78

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 539

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 324

No. games played with this commander 1575

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1567	Jay Marsden-Bullen	2	2	100 %
2	1562	DMJome	6	3	50 %
3	1558	Wallydahwalrus	8	4	50 %
4	1556	LaPetiteFleur	6	5	83 %
5	1539	Mike	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins, 61.78% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

61.78%

Commander Damage

30.89%

Non Combat Damage

4.14%

Combo

1.91%

Alternative

0.64%

Poison

0.32%

Mill

0.32%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 497 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins 66.67% of games from position 6 and 14.29% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.5% n=418

Seat 2

29.85% n=469

Seat 3

21.0% n=381

Seat 4

19.66% n=234

Seat 5

14.29% n=28

Seat 6

66.67% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins 31.35% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.35% n=839

1 mulligan

29.3% n=244

2 mulligans

29.27% n=82

3 mulligans

10.53% n=19

4 mulligans

50.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Karlach, Fury of Avernus 3.69/5 on average, across 1152 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.3% of the time across 498 tracked wins.

68.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Karlach, Fury of Avernus. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.