Commander

Ghoulcaller Gisa

Global commander stats {B} All Black commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks
Win Rate 23%
451 Wins
1242 Losses
Overview

Summary

Ghoulcaller Gisa is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,900 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (451–1242) at an Elo of 1,483, ranking #4156 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 143887 damage dealt and 0.43 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghoulcaller Gisa's win rate?
Ghoulcaller Gisa has a 23% win rate across 1900 recorded Playgroup games (451 wins, 1242 losses).
How long do winning games with Ghoulcaller Gisa take?
Wins with Ghoulcaller Gisa take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 months.
How many decks use Ghoulcaller Gisa?
1,109 decks list Ghoulcaller Gisa as their commander on Playgroup, of which 690 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4156
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1483
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 143887
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.43
Average turn length 15 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1109
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 690
No. games played with this commander 1900
Total hours played 6 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1564 TheOneDrRandom 7 3
2 1563 Eldanoor 9 6
3 1548 MethD33r 1 1
4 1542 OSUNightfall 5 3
5 1537 SpeedLord 4 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ghoulcaller Gisa wins, 68.49% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
68.49%
Non Combat Damage
23.11%
Combo
4.62%
Commander Damage
2.1%
Alternative
1.26%
Mill
0.42%
Avg win turn 9.4 based on 447 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Ghoulcaller Gisa

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

+1.4 pp
Top card: Undead Warchief
# Card Lift
1
Undead Warchief
Undead Warchief 440 games
+1.4 pp
2
The Meathook Massacre
The Meathook Massacre 59 games
+1.2 pp
3
Zulaport Cutthroat
Zulaport Cutthroat 35 games
+1.0 pp
4
Defile
Defile 37 games
+0.8 pp
5
Dark Ritual
Dark Ritual 169 games
+0.8 pp
6
Undead Augur
Undead Augur 446 games
+0.4 pp

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?

Ghoulcaller Gisa wins 28.17% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
28.17% n=623
2
Seat 2
24.78% n=674
3
Seat 3
17.45% n=381
4
Seat 4
17.24% n=203
5
Seat 5
17.65% n=17
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=4
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghoulcaller Gisa wins 21.68% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
21.68% n=745
1
1 mulligan
25.17% n=296
2
2 mulligans
28.49% n=86
3
3 mulligans
32.0% n=25
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ghoulcaller Gisa 3.72/5 on average, across 965 self-reports.

3.72 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Ghoulcaller Gisa wins, opponents flag the game as salty 19.3% of the time across 451 tracked wins.

19.3 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Fire Lord Azula commander art
Fire Lord Azula 10 games
60.0%
Titania, Nature's Force commander art
45.45%
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos commander art
38.89%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
37.5%

Top 5 worst matchups