Commander

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders

565 Wins

1497 Losses

Overview

Summary

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,068 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (565–1497) at an Elo of 1,587, ranking #676 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Sep 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 27% win rate across 2068 recorded Playgroup games (565 wins, 1497 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: 24 days.

How many decks use Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale?

783 decks list Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 397 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

676

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1587

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 0.66

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 784

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 397

No. games played with this commander 2068

Total hours played 24 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1703	12hailmary82	71	31	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, 47.21% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

47.21%

Combat

44.3%

Non Combat Damage

3.45%

Alternative

3.18%

Poison

1.06%

Combo

0.8%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 573 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.

+5.3 pp

Top card: Danitha Capashen, Paragon

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Danitha Capashen, Paragon 199 games	+5.3 pp	199
2	Embereth Shieldbreaker // Battle Display Signature build 80 games · Signature build	+3.4 pp	80
3	Midnight Reaper Signature build 72 games · Signature build	+1.8 pp	72
4	Unclaimed Territory 107 games	+0.5 pp	107

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 33.27% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.27% n=559

Seat 2

30.77% n=559

Seat 3

22.41% n=493

Seat 4

17.51% n=297

Seat 5

24.14% n=58

Seat 6

0.0% n=11

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale wins 28.11% after 0 mulligans and 22.22% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.11% n=980

1 mulligan

26.67% n=285

2 mulligans

16.84% n=95

3 mulligans

50.0% n=30

4 mulligans

22.22% n=9

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale 3.53/5 on average, across 1313 self-reports.

3.53 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale wins, opponents flag the game as salty 61.1% of the time across 574 tracked wins.

61.1 \%

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.