Commander

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

589 Wins

1426 Losses

Overview

Summary

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,038 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (589–1426) at an Elo of 1,598, ranking #609 globally.

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

Last full refresh 9 Nov 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 2038 recorded Playgroup games (589 wins, 1426 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?

766 decks list Skullbriar, the Walking Grave as their commander on Playgroup, of which 428 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

609

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1598

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 766

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 428

No. games played with this commander 2038

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	1561	GUST	32	9	28 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins, 71.68% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

71.68%

Combat

18.05%

Alternative

4.01%

Non Combat Damage

2.76%

Poison

1.75%

Combo

1.0%

Mill

0.75%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 601 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.

+4.3 pp

Top card: Gift of the Viper

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Gift of the Viper 197 games	+4.3 pp	197
2	Fangs of Kalonia 156 games	+2.3 pp	156
3	Invigorating Surge 231 games	+2.3 pp	231
4	Astarion's Thirst 150 games	+2.3 pp	150
5	Hardened Scales 245 games	+2.2 pp	245
6	Slippery Bogbonder 282 games	+2.0 pp	282
7	Rancor 169 games	+1.2 pp	169
8	Return of the Wildspeaker 109 games	+0.8 pp	109
9	Fully Grown 124 games	+0.7 pp	124
10	Scavenged Brawler 138 games	+0.7 pp	138

Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Qarsi Revenant 183 games	+0.5 pp	183
12	Command Tower 267 games	+0.3 pp	267
13	Cultivate 118 games	+0.2 pp	118
14	Terrasymbiosis 116 games	+0.1 pp	116

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 18.69% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.62% n=609

Seat 2

28.99% n=583

Seat 3

22.42% n=455

Seat 4

18.69% n=289

Seat 5

21.43% n=28

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins 28.73% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.73% n=971

1 mulligan

32.26% n=279

2 mulligans

21.7% n=106

3 mulligans

30.77% n=26

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 1342 self-reports.

3.57 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.9% of the time across 605 tracked wins.

34.9 \%

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.