Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

Global Commander Stats

496 Wins

1174 Losses

Summary

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,670 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (496–1174) at an Elo of 1,656, ranking #167 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.75 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 16 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave has a 29% win rate across 1670 recorded Playgroup games (496 wins, 1174 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: 23 days.

How many decks use Skullbriar, the Walking Grave?

622 decks list Skullbriar, the Walking Grave as their commander on Playgroup, of which 335 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

167

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1656

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.75

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 622

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 335

No. games played with this commander 1670

Total hours played 23 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1639	Thomas	11	8	73 %
2	1635	niCEFACTORY	11	8	73 %
3	1616	ari	24	12	50 %
4	1578	GUST	31	9	29 %
5	1549	Koryh	43	22	51 %

How does this commander win?

When Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins, 70.5% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

70.5%

Combat

17.99%

Alternative

4.42%

Non Combat Damage

2.95%

Poison

2.06%

Combo

1.18%

Mill

0.88%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 510 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 20.39% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.46% n=491

Seat 2

29.28% n=461

Seat 3

23.94% n=376

Seat 4

20.39% n=255

Seat 5

28.57% n=21

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins 29.3% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.3% n=867

1 mulligan

33.18% n=217

2 mulligans

23.53% n=85

3 mulligans

31.58% n=19

4 mulligans

33.33% n=6

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

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 1140 self-reports.

3.57 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.8% of the time across 512 tracked wins.

64.8 \%

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.