Commander

Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

573 Wins

1134 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Tayam, Luminous Enigma is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,708 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (573–1134) at an Elo of 1,808, ranking #4 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 332 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Tayam, Luminous Enigma's win rate?

Tayam, Luminous Enigma has a 33% win rate across 1708 recorded Playgroup games (573 wins, 1134 losses).

How long do winning games with Tayam, Luminous Enigma take?

Wins with Tayam, Luminous Enigma take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 15 days.

How many decks use Tayam, Luminous Enigma?

467 decks list Tayam, Luminous Enigma as their commander on Playgroup, of which 271 have played at least one recorded game.

Tayam, Luminous Enigma Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1808

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 332

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 467

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 271

No. games played with this commander 1708

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1744	Bheithir	29	20	69 %
2	1670	Sandish	17	10	59 %
3	1574	Kingfisher	17	9	53 %
4	1564	Peter Robinson (budsHanzoSword)	2	2	100 %
5	1545	Twomass	46	14	30 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Tayam, Luminous Enigma wins, 44.73% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

44.73%

Non Combat Damage

33.49%

Combat

16.16%

Alternative

4.22%

Commander Damage

0.7%

Mill

0.47%

Poison

0.23%

Avg win turn 7.5 based on 581 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Tayam, Luminous Enigma decks that leave them out.

+4.1 pp

Top card: Llanowar Elves

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Llanowar Elves 38 games	+4.1 pp	38
2	Insidious Roots 48 games	+3.4 pp	48
3	Exotic Orchard 39 games	+2.1 pp	39
4	Promise of Bunrei 30 games	+1.3 pp	30

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?

Tayam, Luminous Enigma wins 40.91% of games from position 5 and 21.67% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.3% n=458

Seat 2

37.81% n=439

Seat 3

28.22% n=404

Seat 4

21.67% n=300

Seat 5

40.91% n=22

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Tayam, Luminous Enigma wins 34.26% after 0 mulligans and 16.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.26% n=756

1 mulligan

34.25% n=327

2 mulligans

34.72% n=193

3 mulligans

20.83% n=72

4 mulligans

0.0% n=17

5 mulligans

16.67% n=6

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Tayam, Luminous Enigma 3.59/5 on average, across 1092 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Tayam, Luminous Enigma wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.6% of the time across 580 tracked wins.

66.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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