Commander

Sythis, Harvest's Hand

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

1066 Wins

1822 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Sythis, Harvest's Hand is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,897 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1066–1822) at an Elo of 1,636, ranking #279 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 109098 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 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 2897 recorded Playgroup games (1066 wins, 1822 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?

1,133 decks list Sythis, Harvest's Hand as their commander on Playgroup, of which 580 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

279

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1636

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 109098

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.68

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1133

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 580

No. games played with this commander 2897

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1746	Loyd Huhn	32	19	59 %
2	1719	Starman3000	17	12	71 %
3	1688	RofellosDeservedBetter	77	55	71 %
4	1678	Samuel S	23	11	48 %
5	1650	Juan Francisco Pineda	66	24	36 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sythis, Harvest's Hand wins, 55.09% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

55.09%

Commander Damage

17.07%

Alternative

10.76%

Combo

8.75%

Non Combat Damage

7.75%

Mill

0.43%

Poison

0.14%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1121 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.

+19.3 pp

Top card: Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dryad of the Ilysian Grove 134 games	+19.3 pp	134
2	Heroic Intervention Signature build 101 games · Signature build	+13.3 pp	101
3	Bountiful Promenade Signature build 108 games · Signature build	+13.2 pp	108
4	Hallowed Haunting 155 games	+13.2 pp	155
5	Authority of the Consuls 127 games	+12.2 pp	127
6	Grasp of Fate 147 games	+10.4 pp	147
7	Ghostly Prison 146 games	+9.7 pp	146
8	Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway Signature build 97 games · Signature build	+8.2 pp	97
9	Windswept Heath 123 games	+7.9 pp	123
10	Sungrass Prairie 113 games	+7.9 pp	113

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Hall of Heliod's Generosity 136 games	+7.8 pp	136
12	Path to Exile 129 games	+6.1 pp	129
13	Jukai Naturalist 165 games	+5.0 pp	165
14	Sunpetal Grove 124 games	+4.5 pp	124
15	Greater Auramancy Signature build 106 games · Signature build	+3.6 pp	106

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 21.82% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.89% n=793

Seat 2

41.11% n=810

Seat 3

32.81% n=631

Seat 4

25.11% n=442

Seat 5

21.82% n=55

Seat 6

60.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sythis, Harvest's Hand wins 38.06% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.06% n=1382

1 mulligan

36.46% n=410

2 mulligans

31.54% n=130

3 mulligans

36.84% n=38

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 1825 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sythis, Harvest's Hand wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.7% of the time across 1121 tracked wins.

60.7 \%

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.