Commander

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders

587 Wins

1581 Losses

Overview

Summary

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,188 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (587–1581) at an Elo of 1,499, ranking #3530 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale's win rate?

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale has a 26% win rate across 2188 recorded Playgroup games (587 wins, 1581 losses).

How long do winning games with Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale take?

Wins with Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 25 days.

How many decks use Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale?

819 decks list Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 427 have played at least one recorded game.

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Buy on TCGplayer

Global rank

3530

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1499

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 13

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 819

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 427

No. games played with this commander 2188

Total hours played 25 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1707	12hailmary82	73	32	45 %
2	1576	Louie Wilmot	4	3	88 %
3	1542	DMJome	4	2	50 %
4	1537	sleeve	11	5	45 %
5	1537	Muppet123	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale wins, 45.92% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

45.92%

Combat

44.9%

Non Combat Damage

3.83%

Alternative

3.57%

Poison

1.02%

Combo

0.77%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 595 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale decks that leave them out.

+6.5 pp

Top card: Embereth Shieldbreaker // Battle Display

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Embereth Shieldbreaker // Battle Display 89 games	+6.5 pp	89
2	Danitha Capashen, Paragon 236 games	+4.5 pp	236
3	Puresteel Paladin 297 games	+2.9 pp	297
4	Axgard Armory 127 games	+1.8 pp	127
5	Cavern of Souls Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	59
6	Unclaimed Territory 120 games	+1.3 pp	120
7	Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor 104 games	+1.2 pp	104
8	Sram, Senior Edificer 153 games	+1.1 pp	153
9	Single Combat 125 games	+0.6 pp	125
10	Knight Exemplar 258 games	+0.2 pp	258

Show 1 more (ranks 11-11)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Leonin Shikari 108 games	+0.0 pp		108

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?

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale wins 32.32% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.32% n=594

Seat 2

29.93% n=598

Seat 3

21.98% n=521

Seat 4

18.04% n=316

Seat 5

23.73% n=59

Seat 6

0.0% n=11

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale wins 27.47% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.47% n=1021

1 mulligan

25.82% n=306

2 mulligans

16.83% n=101

3 mulligans

48.39% n=31

4 mulligans

22.22% n=9

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale 3.54/5 on average, across 1368 self-reports.

3.54 / 5

🧂

Opponent salt

When Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.7% of the time across 596 tracked wins.

32.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.