Commander

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

96 Wins

304 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 400 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (96–304) at an Elo of 1,506, ranking #1843 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Tetsuo, Imperial Champion's win rate?

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion has a 24% win rate across 400 recorded Playgroup games (96 wins, 304 losses).

How long do winning games with Tetsuo, Imperial Champion take?

Wins with Tetsuo, Imperial Champion take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 5 days.

How many decks use Tetsuo, Imperial Champion?

156 decks list Tetsuo, Imperial Champion as their commander on Playgroup, of which 84 have played at least one recorded game.

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1843

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1506

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 156

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 84

No. games played with this commander 400

Total hours played 5 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1522	idahomee	12	3	25 %
2	1510	Merc_L2N	3	1	33 %
3	1476	michaelpeitz1@gmx.de	3	0	0 %
4	1466	Arty	10	2	20 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Tetsuo, Imperial Champion wins, 50.0% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

50.0%

Combat

38.16%

Non Combat Damage

6.58%

Poison

3.95%

Alternative

1.32%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 96 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion wins 30.7% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.7% n=114

Seat 2

21.62% n=111

Seat 3

23.4% n=94

Seat 4

14.29% n=56

Seat 5

0.0% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Tetsuo, Imperial Champion wins 22.86% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

22.86% n=140

1 mulligan

25.49% n=51

2 mulligans

31.82% n=22

3 mulligans

33.33% n=6

4 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Tetsuo, Imperial Champion 3.6/5 on average, across 296 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Tetsuo, Imperial Champion wins, opponents flag the game as salty 79.2% of the time across 96 tracked wins.

79.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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