Commander

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

566 Wins

1383 Losses

Overview

Summary

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,968 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (566–1383) at an Elo of 1,387, ranking #5001 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 20 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Skullbriar, the Walking Grave's win rate?

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave has a 28% win rate across 1968 recorded Playgroup games (566 wins, 1383 losses).

How long do winning games with Skullbriar, the Walking Grave take?

Wins with Skullbriar, the Walking Grave take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Skullbriar, the Walking Grave?

733 decks list Skullbriar, the Walking Grave as their commander on Playgroup, of which 409 have played at least one recorded game.

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

5001

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1387

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 733

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 409

No. games played with this commander 1968

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1639	Thomas	11	8	73 %
2	1636	niCEFACTORY	11	8	73 %
3	1616	ari	24	12	50 %
4	1567	creepyfridge	7	4	57 %
5	1566	JustMeTheDude	17	7	41 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins, 70.94% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

70.94%

Combat

18.32%

Alternative

4.19%

Non Combat Damage

2.88%

Poison

1.83%

Combo

1.05%

Mill

0.79%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 580 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Skullbriar, the Walking Grave decks that leave them out.

+3.8 pp

Top card: Gift of the Viper

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Gift of the Viper 174 games	+3.8 pp	174
2	Rancor 148 games	+3.1 pp	148
3	Invigorating Surge 205 games	+1.8 pp	205
4	Hardened Scales 218 games	+1.3 pp	218
5	Astarion's Thirst 130 games	+1.1 pp	130
6	Fangs of Kalonia 136 games	+1.0 pp	136
7	Scavenged Brawler 126 games	+0.3 pp	126

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?

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 19.22% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.19% n=590

Seat 2

28.39% n=560

Seat 3

22.85% n=442

Seat 4

19.22% n=281

Seat 5

22.22% n=27

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins 28.79% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.79% n=962

1 mulligan

32.23% n=273

2 mulligans

21.0% n=100

3 mulligans

28.0% n=25

4 mulligans

42.86% n=7

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Skullbriar, the Walking Grave 3.57/5 on average, across 1322 self-reports.

3.57 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.0% of the time across 583 tracked wins.

36.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Skullbriar, the Walking Grave. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.