Commander

Gavi, Nest Warden

Global commander stats

All Jeskai commanders

310 Wins

681 Losses

Overview

Summary

Gavi, Nest Warden is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,005 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (310–681) at an Elo of 1,657, ranking #184 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gavi, Nest Warden's win rate?

Gavi, Nest Warden has a 30% win rate across 1005 recorded Playgroup games (310 wins, 681 losses).

How long do winning games with Gavi, Nest Warden take?

Wins with Gavi, Nest Warden take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use Gavi, Nest Warden?

492 decks list Gavi, Nest Warden as their commander on Playgroup, of which 257 have played at least one recorded game.

Gavi, Nest Warden Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

184

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1657

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 492

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 257

No. games played with this commander 1005

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1586	josofm	7	4	57 %
2	1552	Seamus Tracy	6	3	60 %
3	1541	spaghettie stick	17	6	35 %
4	1536	Tyler clare	1	1	100 %
5	1529	Braunovic	5	3	60 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gavi, Nest Warden wins, 55.28% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

55.28%

Non Combat Damage

22.61%

Alternative

10.05%

Combo

6.53%

Commander Damage

3.52%

Mill

2.01%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 317 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Gavi, Nest Warden

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Gavi, Nest Warden decks that leave them out.

+18.8 pp

Top card: Exotic Orchard

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Exotic Orchard 76 games	+18.8 pp	76
2	New Perspectives 59 games	+18.2 pp	59
3	Boros Signet 64 games	+14.1 pp	64
4	Brallin, Skyshark Rider Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+9.1 pp	46
5	Remote Isle 81 games	+6.5 pp	81
6	Ash Barrens 76 games	+4.3 pp	76
7	Forsake the Worldly 56 games	+1.7 pp	56
8	Drake Haven 42 games	+1.6 pp	42
9	Cloud of Faeries Signature build 43 games · Signature build	+0.1 pp	43

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?

Gavi, Nest Warden wins 36.91% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.91% n=298

Seat 2

33.45% n=287

Seat 3

25.43% n=234

Seat 4

21.3% n=108

Seat 5

21.43% n=14

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gavi, Nest Warden wins 29.2% after 0 mulligans and 16.67% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.2% n=411

1 mulligan

33.56% n=146

2 mulligans

22.22% n=45

3 mulligans

25.0% n=20

4 mulligans

16.67% n=6

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gavi, Nest Warden 3.84/5 on average, across 656 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gavi, Nest Warden wins, opponents flag the game as salty 31.3% of the time across 316 tracked wins.

31.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Gavi, Nest Warden. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.