Commander

Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

553 Wins

1066 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Karador, Ghost Chieftain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,619 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (553–1066) at an Elo of 1,579, ranking #743 globally.

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

Last full refresh 5 Aug 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 1619 recorded Playgroup games (553 wins, 1066 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?

525 decks list Karador, Ghost Chieftain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 299 have played at least one recorded game.

Karador, Ghost Chieftain Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

743

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1579

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

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 525

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 299

No. games played with this commander 1619

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1659	mystrandrsn	11	8	73 %
2	1626	Braedon Ross	31	18	58 %
3	1571	Michael	21	8	38 %
4	1566	CampsterJ	25	8	32 %
5	1536	OGFreeWilly	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Karador, Ghost Chieftain wins, 42.75% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

42.75%

Combo

30.43%

Non Combat Damage

16.18%

Alternative

4.83%

Mill

3.62%

Commander Damage

1.45%

Poison

0.72%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 563 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Karador, Ghost Chieftain decks that leave them out.

+9.9 pp

Top card: Undergrowth Stadium

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Undergrowth Stadium 74 games	+9.9 pp	74
2	Sol Ring 125 games	+7.3 pp	125
3	Hermit Druid 76 games	+5.0 pp	76
4	Eerie Ultimatum 137 games	+4.1 pp	137
5	Sakura-Tribe Elder 155 games	+2.5 pp	155
6	Thalia and The Gitrog Monster Signature build 78 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	78
7	Perpetual Timepiece Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+1.5 pp	59

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?

Karador, Ghost Chieftain wins 40.8% of games from position 1 and 21.43% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.8% n=527

Seat 2

36.82% n=497

Seat 3

27.32% n=366

Seat 4

22.58% n=186

Seat 5

21.43% n=14

Seat 6

40.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Karador, Ghost Chieftain wins 34.99% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.99% n=846

1 mulligan

37.89% n=190

2 mulligans

32.91% n=79

3 mulligans

20.0% n=15

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

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 916 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Karador, Ghost Chieftain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 53.9% of the time across 562 tracked wins.

53.9 \%

Head to head

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.