Commander

Balan, Wandering Knight

Global commander stats

All White commanders

230 Wins

530 Losses

Overview

Summary

Balan, Wandering Knight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 765 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (230–530) at an Elo of 1,587, ranking #659 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Balan, Wandering Knight's win rate?

Balan, Wandering Knight has a 30% win rate across 765 recorded Playgroup games (230 wins, 530 losses).

How long do winning games with Balan, Wandering Knight take?

Wins with Balan, Wandering Knight take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 days.

How many decks use Balan, Wandering Knight?

300 decks list Balan, Wandering Knight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 174 have played at least one recorded game.

Balan, Wandering Knight Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

659

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1587

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 16

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 300

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 174

No. games played with this commander 765

Total hours played 7 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1552	Fiery_Danny	4	2	50 %
2	1536	Hesporos (James)	1	1	100 %
3	1513	TOMTOM	2	1	50 %
4	1512	F3RR3T	2	1	50 %
5	1512	Maarten Delbrouck	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Balan, Wandering Knight wins, 77.3% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

77.3%

Combat

17.18%

Poison

2.45%

Alternative

1.84%

Combo

0.61%

Non Combat Damage

0.61%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 238 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Balan, Wandering Knight wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 15.31% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.99% n=253

Seat 2

35.43% n=223

Seat 3

24.29% n=177

Seat 4

15.31% n=98

Seat 5

23.08% n=13

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Balan, Wandering Knight wins 29.87% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.87% n=395

1 mulligan

29.06% n=117

2 mulligans

10.0% n=30

3 mulligans

21.43% n=14

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Balan, Wandering Knight 3.62/5 on average, across 524 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Balan, Wandering Knight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.5% of the time across 238 tracked wins.

68.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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