Commander

Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Global commander stats

All Red commanders

521 Wins

1134 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Karlach, Fury of Avernus is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,660 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (521–1134) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #1009 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 29 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 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 1660 recorded Playgroup games (521 wins, 1134 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: 17 days.

How many decks use Karlach, Fury of Avernus?

570 decks list Karlach, Fury of Avernus as their commander on Playgroup, of which 335 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1009

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1559

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 29

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 570

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 335

No. games played with this commander 1660

Total hours played 17 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	1539	Mike	1	1	100 %
5	1537	StormTroopMaster	11	5	45 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins, 63.16% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

63.16%

Commander Damage

29.82%

Non Combat Damage

4.09%

Combo

1.75%

Alternative

0.58%

Poison

0.29%

Mill

0.29%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 532 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Karlach, Fury of Avernus decks that leave them out.

+1.5 pp

Top card: Fellwar Stone

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Fellwar Stone Signature build 79 games · Signature build	+1.5 pp		79

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins 66.67% of games from position 6 and 13.33% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.8% n=442

Seat 2

31.15% n=488

Seat 3

21.03% n=390

Seat 4

19.17% n=240

Seat 5

13.33% n=30

Seat 6

66.67% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins 31.91% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.91% n=865

1 mulligan

29.05% n=253

2 mulligans

29.89% n=87

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 1193 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Karlach, Fury of Avernus wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.0% of the time across 533 tracked wins.

67.0 \%

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.