Balan, Wandering Knight

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 30%
198 Wins
459 Losses

Summary

Balan, Wandering Knight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 657 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (198459) at an Elo of 1,660, ranking #141 globally.

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

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Balan, Wandering Knight's win rate?

Balan, Wandering Knight has a 30% win rate across 657 recorded Playgroup games (198 wins, 459 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: 8 days.

How many decks use Balan, Wandering Knight?

253 decks list Balan, Wandering Knight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 147 have played at least one recorded game.

Balan, Wandering Knight Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
141
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1660

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6
Average commander damage per game 17
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.72
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 253
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 147
No. games played with this commander 657
Total hours played 8 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1536 Hesporos (James) 1 1
2 1515 Luc.St. 14 3
3 1512 F3RR3T 2 1
4 1510 Wraithen 2 1
5 1500 Kudniry 2 1

How does this commander win?

When Balan, Wandering Knight wins, 80.28% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage
80.28%
Combat
14.79%
Alternative
2.11%
Poison
1.41%
Combo
0.7%
Non Combat Damage
0.7%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 206 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Balan, Wandering Knight wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 14.12% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.39% n=221
2
Seat 2
34.02% n=194
3
Seat 3
25.0% n=148
4
Seat 4
14.12% n=85
5
Seat 5
30.0% n=10
6
Seat 6
100.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Balan, Wandering Knight wins 29.58% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
29.58% n=355
1
1 mulligan
27.66% n=94
2
2 mulligans
13.04% n=23
3
3 mulligans
21.43% n=14
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=2
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Balan, Wandering Knight 3.61/5 on average, across 455 self-reports.

3.61 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Balan, Wandering Knight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.0% of the time across 206 tracked wins.

65.0 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Hazel of the Rootbloom commander art
53.85%
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden commander art
50.0%
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch commander art
40.0%
Narset, Enlightened Exile commander art
40.0%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
33.33%

Top 5 worst matchups

Teysa Karlov commander art
Teysa Karlov 11 games
0.0%
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit commander art
8.33%
Satya, Aetherflux Genius commander art
10.0%
The Wise Mothman commander art
The Wise Mothman 18 games
16.67%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 12 games
16.67%