Selvala, Explorer Returned

Global Commander Stats

All Selesnya commanders

134 Wins

370 Losses

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Summary

Selvala, Explorer Returned is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 504 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (134–370) at an Elo of 1,552, ranking #1057 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 10 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Selvala, Explorer Returned's win rate?

Selvala, Explorer Returned has a 26% win rate across 504 recorded Playgroup games (134 wins, 370 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?

239 decks list Selvala, Explorer Returned as their commander on Playgroup, of which 134 have played at least one recorded game.

Selvala, Explorer Returned Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1057

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1552

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 10

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.51

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 239

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 134

No. games played with this commander 504

Total hours played 7 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1667	niCEFACTORY	17	9	53 %
2	1513	WaluigisBulge	2	1	50 %
3	1500	Leica64	1	0	0 %
4	1479	Kalipto	9	2	22 %
5	1457	Mungus	4	0	0 %

How does this commander win?

When Selvala, Explorer Returned wins, 59.6% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

59.6%

Combo

19.19%

Alternative

10.1%

Non Combat Damage

6.06%

Commander Damage

3.03%

Poison

1.01%

Mill

1.01%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 136 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Selvala, Explorer Returned wins 42.86% of games from position 5 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

29.63% n=135

Seat 2

23.26% n=129

Seat 3

28.67% n=143

Seat 4

18.29% n=82

Seat 5

42.86% n=7

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Selvala, Explorer Returned wins 26.16% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

26.16% n=237

1 mulligan

23.08% n=91

2 mulligans

30.56% n=36

3 mulligans

41.67% n=12

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 3.88/5 on average, across 389 self-reports.

3.88 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Selvala, Explorer Returned wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.8% of the time across 136 tracked wins.

72.8 \%

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.