Volo, Itinerant Scholar

Global Commander Stats

150 Wins

317 Losses

Summary

Volo, Itinerant Scholar is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 467 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (150–317) at an Elo of 1,612, ranking #435 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Volo, Itinerant Scholar's win rate?

Volo, Itinerant Scholar has a 32% win rate across 467 recorded Playgroup games (150 wins, 317 losses).

How long do winning games with Volo, Itinerant Scholar take?

Wins with Volo, Itinerant Scholar take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 days.

How many decks use Volo, Itinerant Scholar?

167 decks list Volo, Itinerant Scholar as their commander on Playgroup, of which 99 have played at least one recorded game.

Volo, Itinerant Scholar Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

435

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1612

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 167

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 99

No. games played with this commander 467

Total hours played 6 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1525	Ronald Reuma de derde	2	1	50 %
2	1519	Paxx90	5	2	40 %
3	1502	Seth	13	4	31 %
4	1488	BurtonC420	1	0	0 %
5	1465	Sycoraxya	3	0	0 %

How does this commander win?

When Volo, Itinerant Scholar wins, 61.26% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

61.26%

Alternative

18.02%

Non Combat Damage

9.91%

Combo

4.5%

Commander Damage

4.5%

Poison

0.9%

Mill

0.9%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 152 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Volo, Itinerant Scholar wins 39.2% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.2% n=125

Seat 2

32.43% n=111

Seat 3

27.1% n=107

Seat 4

24.14% n=87

Seat 5

20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Volo, Itinerant Scholar wins 32.3% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.3% n=226

1 mulligan

24.42% n=86

2 mulligans

37.5% n=24

3 mulligans

18.18% n=11

4 mulligans

100.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Volo, Itinerant Scholar 3.55/5 on average, across 306 self-reports.

3.55 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Volo, Itinerant Scholar wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.8% of the time across 152 tracked wins.

67.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

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