Commander

Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

170 Wins

308 Losses

Overview

Summary

Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 489 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (170–308) at an Elo of 1,576, ranking #814 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld's win rate?

Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld has a 34% win rate across 489 recorded Playgroup games (170 wins, 308 losses).

How long do winning games with Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld take?

Wins with Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 days.

How many decks use Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld?

171 decks list Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld as their commander on Playgroup, of which 109 have played at least one recorded game.

Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

814

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1576

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.56

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 171

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 109

No. games played with this commander 489

Total hours played 6 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1546	ezambro	3	2	67 %
2	1533	MrTousdroits	2	2	100 %
3	1531	INSOMNIAC	12	6	55 %
4	1524	iMogMarlon	1	1	100 %
5	1524	Abomy	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld wins, 30.77% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

30.77%

Alternative

20.77%

Non Combat Damage

20.77%

Combo

17.69%

Mill

7.69%

Commander Damage

2.31%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 170 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld decks that leave them out.

+9.5 pp

Top card: Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive Signature build 33 games · Signature build	+9.5 pp	33
2	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+7.7 pp	39
3	Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+5.3 pp	36
4	Consider 30 games	+3.7 pp	30
5	Underground River 81 games	+1.9 pp	81
6	Stitcher's Supplier 56 games	+1.3 pp	56
7	Frantic Search 83 games	+0.2 pp	83

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?

Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld wins 43.75% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.75% n=144

Seat 2

35.19% n=162

Seat 3

29.08% n=98

Seat 4

26.15% n=65

Seat 5

12.5% n=8

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld wins 40.0% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.0% n=130

1 mulligan

31.58% n=76

2 mulligans

22.22% n=36

3 mulligans

11.11% n=9

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld 3.66/5 on average, across 292 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld wins, opponents flag the game as salty 29.7% of the time across 172 tracked wins.

29.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.