Commander

Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Global commander stats

All Orzhov commanders

285 Wins

710 Losses

Overview

Summary

Squall, SeeD Mercenary is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,004 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (285–710) at an Elo of 1,488, ranking #3703 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Squall, SeeD Mercenary's win rate?

Squall, SeeD Mercenary has a 28% win rate across 1004 recorded Playgroup games (285 wins, 710 losses).

How long do winning games with Squall, SeeD Mercenary take?

Wins with Squall, SeeD Mercenary take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Squall, SeeD Mercenary?

329 decks list Squall, SeeD Mercenary as their commander on Playgroup, of which 207 have played at least one recorded game.

Squall, SeeD Mercenary Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3703

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1488

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 329

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 207

No. games played with this commander 1004

Total hours played 12 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1543	Haxcross	38	11	31 %
2	1536	SEEMS	1	1	100 %
3	1534	fir3fly	4	2	67 %
4	1527	Dyhendrix0626	1	1	100 %
5	1527	musicalemergenc	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Squall, SeeD Mercenary wins, 54.15% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

54.15%

Combat

33.19%

Non Combat Damage

6.11%

Combo

3.49%

Alternative

2.62%

Mill

0.44%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 292 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Squall, SeeD Mercenary decks that leave them out.

+9.9 pp

Top card: Demon's Disciple

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Demon's Disciple 49 games	+9.9 pp	49
2	Loran of the Third Path 43 games	+6.3 pp	43
3	Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff Signature build 31 games · Signature build	+5.0 pp	31
4	Shadowy Backstreet 38 games	+4.0 pp	38
5	Ripples of Undeath 62 games	+2.2 pp	62
6	Esper Sentinel 38 games	+1.5 pp	38

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?

Squall, SeeD Mercenary wins 35.05% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.79% n=313

Seat 2

35.05% n=311

Seat 3

20.6% n=233

Seat 4

23.31% n=133

Seat 5

25.0% n=16

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Squall, SeeD Mercenary wins 27.72% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.72% n=303

1 mulligan

30.22% n=182

2 mulligans

21.43% n=56

3 mulligans

9.09% n=11

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Squall, SeeD Mercenary 3.76/5 on average, across 701 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Squall, SeeD Mercenary wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.8% of the time across 293 tracked wins.

34.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Squall, SeeD Mercenary. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.