Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Global Commander Stats

All Abzan commanders

533 Wins

1032 Losses

Summary

Karador, Ghost Chieftain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,565 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (533–1032) at an Elo of 1,541, ranking #1205 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Karador, Ghost Chieftain's win rate?

Karador, Ghost Chieftain has a 34% win rate across 1565 recorded Playgroup games (533 wins, 1032 losses).

How long do winning games with Karador, Ghost Chieftain take?

Wins with Karador, Ghost Chieftain take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.

How many decks use Karador, Ghost Chieftain?

511 decks list Karador, Ghost Chieftain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 293 have played at least one recorded game.

Karador, Ghost Chieftain Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1205

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1541

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 511

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 293

No. games played with this commander 1565

Total hours played 18 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1627	mystrandrsn	10	7	70 %
2	1626	Braedon Ross	31	18	58 %
3	1570	Michael	21	8	38 %
4	1567	CampsterJ	25	8	32 %
5	1536	OGFreeWilly	2	1	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Karador, Ghost Chieftain wins, 43.32% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

43.32%

Combo

30.98%

Non Combat Damage

14.61%

Alternative

5.04%

Mill

3.78%

Commander Damage

1.51%

Poison

0.76%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 543 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Karador, Ghost Chieftain wins 40.98% of games from position 1 and 21.43% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.98% n=510

Seat 2

36.72% n=482

Seat 3

26.91% n=353

Seat 4

22.65% n=181

Seat 5

21.43% n=14

Seat 6

40.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Karador, Ghost Chieftain wins 35.15% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.15% n=825

1 mulligan

39.11% n=179

2 mulligans

29.73% n=74

3 mulligans

21.43% n=14

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Karador, Ghost Chieftain 3.75/5 on average, across 876 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Karador, Ghost Chieftain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 53.3% of the time across 542 tracked wins.

53.3 \%

Best and worst matchups

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