Commander

Sythis, Harvest's Hand

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

1084 Wins

1859 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Sythis, Harvest's Hand is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,955 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1084–1859) at an Elo of 1,578, ranking #767 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 106658 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sythis, Harvest's Hand's win rate?

Sythis, Harvest's Hand has a 36% win rate across 2955 recorded Playgroup games (1084 wins, 1859 losses).

How long do winning games with Sythis, Harvest's Hand take?

Wins with Sythis, Harvest's Hand take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Sythis, Harvest's Hand?

1,180 decks list Sythis, Harvest's Hand as their commander on Playgroup, of which 595 have played at least one recorded game.

Sythis, Harvest's Hand Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

767

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1578

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 106658

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1180

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 595

No. games played with this commander 2955

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1719	Starman3000	17	12	71 %
2	1715	Loyd Huhn	35	20	57 %
3	1711	RofellosDeservedBetter	80	58	73 %
4	1648	Yuta Juukotsu	8	7	88 %
5	1645	Samuel S	25	11	44 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sythis, Harvest's Hand wins, 55.01% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

55.01%

Commander Damage

17.07%

Alternative

10.72%

Combo

8.6%

Non Combat Damage

8.04%

Mill

0.42%

Poison

0.14%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1138 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Sythis, Harvest's Hand

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

+19.4 pp

Top card: Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dryad of the Ilysian Grove 140 games	+19.4 pp	140
2	Hallowed Haunting 172 games	+13.3 pp	172
3	Overgrown Farmland Signature build 102 games · Signature build	+13.1 pp	102
4	Authority of the Consuls 138 games	+12.9 pp	138
5	Grasp of Fate 157 games	+12.8 pp	157
6	Bountiful Promenade 118 games	+12.5 pp	118
7	Heroic Intervention Signature build 107 games · Signature build	+11.9 pp	107
8	Windswept Heath 132 games	+10.0 pp	132
9	Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway Signature build 103 games · Signature build	+7.3 pp	103
10	Hall of Heliod's Generosity 151 games	+5.2 pp	151

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Ghostly Prison 162 games	+4.9 pp	162
12	Sanctum Weaver 212 games	+4.5 pp	212
13	Sungrass Prairie 125 games	+4.2 pp	125
14	Greater Auramancy Signature build 116 games · Signature build	+3.8 pp	116
15	Sunpetal Grove 133 games	+3.4 pp	133

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?

Sythis, Harvest's Hand wins 60.0% of games from position 6 and 21.43% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.09% n=805

Seat 2

41.2% n=818

Seat 3

32.66% n=640

Seat 4

25.11% n=450

Seat 5

21.43% n=56

Seat 6

60.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sythis, Harvest's Hand wins 37.98% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.98% n=1398

1 mulligan

37.05% n=417

2 mulligans

31.06% n=132

3 mulligans

34.15% n=41

4 mulligans

36.36% n=11

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sythis, Harvest's Hand 3.68/5 on average, across 1855 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sythis, Harvest's Hand wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.9% of the time across 1137 tracked wins.

60.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sythis, Harvest's Hand. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.