Commander

Karlov of the Ghost Council

Global commander stats

All Orzhov commanders

549 Wins

937 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Karlov of the Ghost Council is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,487 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (549–937) at an Elo of 1,552, ranking #1066 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Karlov of the Ghost Council's win rate?

Karlov of the Ghost Council has a 36% win rate across 1487 recorded Playgroup games (549 wins, 937 losses).

How long do winning games with Karlov of the Ghost Council take?

Wins with Karlov of the Ghost Council take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 days.

How many decks use Karlov of the Ghost Council?

480 decks list Karlov of the Ghost Council as their commander on Playgroup, of which 286 have played at least one recorded game.

Karlov of the Ghost Council Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1066

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1552

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 480

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 286

No. games played with this commander 1487

Total hours played 7 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1647	cl3v3rtr3vor	9	7	78 %
2	1558	Eric	6	4	67 %
3	1556	Gask	2	2	100 %
4	1555	Goombill	2	2	100 %
5	1548	Thalioden	16	7	44 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Karlov of the Ghost Council wins, 40.25% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

40.25%

Combat

28.1%

Non Combat Damage

17.72%

Alternative

8.86%

Combo

5.06%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 559 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Karlov of the Ghost Council

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

+9.0 pp

Top card: Lurrus of the Dream-Den

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Lurrus of the Dream-Den Signature build 61 games · Signature build	+9.0 pp	61
2	Pristine Talisman 89 games	+7.2 pp	89
3	Blind Obedience 91 games	+6.2 pp	91
4	Swiftfoot Boots 102 games	+0.9 pp	102

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?

Karlov of the Ghost Council wins 44.35% of games from position 1 and 13.89% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.35% n=451

Seat 2

41.94% n=453

Seat 3

29.82% n=342

Seat 4

24.74% n=194

Seat 5

13.89% n=36

Seat 6

25.0% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Karlov of the Ghost Council wins 37.12% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.12% n=765

1 mulligan

37.04% n=216

2 mulligans

44.64% n=56

3 mulligans

18.75% n=16

4 mulligans

33.33% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Karlov of the Ghost Council 3.71/5 on average, across 979 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Karlov of the Ghost Council wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.6% of the time across 562 tracked wins.

62.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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