Commander

Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Global commander stats

All Red commanders

549 Wins

1189 Losses

Overview

Summary

Karlach, Fury of Avernus is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,743 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (549–1189) at an Elo of 1,592, ranking #615 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 28 damage dealt and 0.76 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Karlach, Fury of Avernus has a 31% win rate across 1743 recorded Playgroup games (549 wins, 1189 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: 18 days.

How many decks use Karlach, Fury of Avernus?

582 decks list Karlach, Fury of Avernus as their commander on Playgroup, of which 350 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

615

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1592

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 28

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.76

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 582

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 350

No. games played with this commander 1743

Total hours played 18 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	1553	LaPetiteFleur	4	3	75 %
5	1539	Mike	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins, 62.57% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

62.57%

Commander Damage

30.45%

Non Combat Damage

3.91%

Combo

1.68%

Mill

0.56%

Alternative

0.56%

Poison

0.28%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 560 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins 60.0% of games from position 6 and 12.9% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.19% n=489

Seat 2

31.9% n=522

Seat 3

21.1% n=417

Seat 4

18.99% n=258

Seat 5

12.9% n=31

Seat 6

60.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins 32.16% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.16% n=883

1 mulligan

29.25% n=265

2 mulligans

31.52% n=92

3 mulligans

10.0% n=20

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 1242 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.2% of the time across 561 tracked wins.

67.2 \%

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.