Commander

Gishath, Sun's Avatar

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders

2929 Wins

5818 Losses

Overview

Summary

Gishath, Sun's Avatar is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 8,855 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (2929–5818) at an Elo of 1,611, ranking #447 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 229842 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gishath, Sun's Avatar's win rate?

Gishath, Sun's Avatar has a 33% win rate across 8855 recorded Playgroup games (2929 wins, 5818 losses).

How long do winning games with Gishath, Sun's Avatar take?

Wins with Gishath, Sun's Avatar take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.

How many decks use Gishath, Sun's Avatar?

2,773 decks list Gishath, Sun's Avatar as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,486 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global rank

447

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1611

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 229842

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2773

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1486

No. games played with this commander 8855

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1684	Kuni	56	34	61 %
2	1647	Saad Samee	8	6	75 %
3	1641	Raphael xguerramuerte7x	15	8	53 %
4	1625	SwimAlarm	5	4	80 %
5	1624	Momo	5	4	80 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gishath, Sun's Avatar wins, 81.71% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

81.71%

Commander Damage

9.61%

Non Combat Damage

3.28%

Combo

1.91%

Poison

1.75%

Alternative

1.64%

Mill

0.11%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 3014 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Gishath, Sun's Avatar

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

+7.4 pp

Top card: Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep 109 games	+7.4 pp	109
2	Patchwork Banner 141 games	+6.6 pp	141
3	Springbloom Druid 69 games	+6.3 pp	69
4	Faith's Reward 74 games	+6.3 pp	74
5	Yavimaya Hollow 87 games	+6.2 pp	87
6	Return the Favor 86 games	+6.1 pp	86
7	Wood Elves 78 games	+5.8 pp	78
8	Tranquil Frillback 427 games	+4.7 pp	427
9	Final Showdown 101 games	+4.4 pp	101
10	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth 140 games	+4.4 pp	140

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Savage Beating 98 games	+4.2 pp	98
12	Sawhorn Nemesis 267 games	+4.1 pp	267
13	Topiary Stomper 864 games	+3.8 pp	864
14	Curious Altisaur 757 games	+3.8 pp	757
15	Teferi's Protection 391 games	+3.6 pp	391

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?

Gishath, Sun's Avatar wins 41.04% of games from position 1 and 6.45% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.04% n=2663

Seat 2

34.12% n=2594

Seat 3

27.22% n=1967

Seat 4

22.88% n=1132

Seat 5

21.18% n=203

Seat 6

6.45% n=31

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gishath, Sun's Avatar wins 33.72% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.72% n=3775

1 mulligan

35.18% n=1248

2 mulligans

28.1% n=452

3 mulligans

27.86% n=140

4 mulligans

33.33% n=39

5 mulligans

65.0% n=10

6 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gishath, Sun's Avatar 3.68/5 on average, across 5648 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gishath, Sun's Avatar wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.3% of the time across 3033 tracked wins.

63.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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