Selvala, Explorer Returned

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 26%
128 Wins
354 Losses

Summary

Selvala, Explorer Returned is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 482 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (128354) at an Elo of 1,442, ranking #3405 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 11 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Selvala, Explorer Returned's win rate?

Selvala, Explorer Returned has a 26% win rate across 482 recorded Playgroup games (128 wins, 354 losses).

How long do winning games with Selvala, Explorer Returned take?

Wins with Selvala, Explorer Returned take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 days.

How many decks use Selvala, Explorer Returned?

226 decks list Selvala, Explorer Returned as their commander on Playgroup, of which 127 have played at least one recorded game.

Selvala, Explorer Returned Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
3405
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1442

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 11
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.53
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 226
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 127
No. games played with this commander 482
Total hours played 7 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1667 niCEFACTORY 17 9
2 1513 WaluigisBulge 2 1
3 1500 Leica64 1 0
4 1479 Kalipto 9 2
5 1457 Mungus 4 0

How does this commander win?

When Selvala, Explorer Returned wins, 60.87% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
60.87%
Combo
17.39%
Alternative
9.78%
Non Combat Damage
6.52%
Commander Damage
3.26%
Poison
1.09%
Mill
1.09%
Avg win turn 8.5 based on 130 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Selvala, Explorer Returned wins 42.86% of games from position 5 and 18.52% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
30.23% n=129
2
Seat 2
21.31% n=122
3
Seat 3
29.2% n=137
4
Seat 4
18.52% n=81
5
Seat 5
42.86% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Selvala, Explorer Returned wins 26.55% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
26.55% n=226
1
1 mulligan
24.14% n=87
2
2 mulligans
31.43% n=35
3
3 mulligans
27.27% n=11
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Selvala, Explorer Returned 3.9/5 on average, across 365 self-reports.

3.9 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Selvala, Explorer Returned wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.8% of the time across 130 tracked wins.

70.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow commander art
36.36%
Lathril, Blade of the Elves commander art
35.71%
Edgar Markov commander art
Edgar Markov 11 games
27.27%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
26.67%

Top 5 worst matchups

Kaalia of the Vast commander art
8.33%
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice commander art
13.33%
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom commander art
13.33%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 12 games
16.67%