Commander

Chulane, Teller of Tales

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

728 Wins

1237 Losses

Overview

Summary

Chulane, Teller of Tales is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,977 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (728–1237) at an Elo of 1,629, ranking #311 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 394082 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Chulane, Teller of Tales's win rate?

Chulane, Teller of Tales has a 36% win rate across 1977 recorded Playgroup games (728 wins, 1237 losses).

How long do winning games with Chulane, Teller of Tales take?

Wins with Chulane, Teller of Tales take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 20 days.

How many decks use Chulane, Teller of Tales?

688 decks list Chulane, Teller of Tales as their commander on Playgroup, of which 343 have played at least one recorded game.

Chulane, Teller of Tales Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

311

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1629

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 394082

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.56

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 688

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 343

No. games played with this commander 1977

Total hours played 20 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1725	Reylaw	24	13	54 %
2	1640	Skullblade	25	19	76 %
3	1575	Tudor	64	25	40 %
4	1546	luuk12	2	2	100 %
5	1541	TheFinalBos	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Chulane, Teller of Tales wins, 56.06% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.06%

Alternative

23.55%

Combo

13.01%

Non Combat Damage

3.87%

Commander Damage

2.64%

Mill

0.7%

Poison

0.18%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 745 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Chulane, Teller of Tales

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Chulane, Teller of Tales decks that leave them out.

+16.2 pp

Top card: Bloom Tender

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Bloom Tender 32 games	+16.2 pp	32
2	Birds of Paradise 37 games	+8.4 pp	37
3	Lotus Cobra 54 games	+8.1 pp	54
4	Eternal Witness 47 games	+3.8 pp	47
5	Hallowed Fountain 58 games	+2.4 pp	58
6	Tireless Provisioner 31 games	+1.5 pp	31
7	Selesnya Sanctuary 49 games	+1.0 pp	49
8	Simic Growth Chamber 49 games	+1.0 pp	49
9	Shrieking Drake 50 games	+0.9 pp	50
10	Craterhoof Behemoth 31 games	+0.8 pp	31

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?

Chulane, Teller of Tales wins 45.75% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.75% n=635

Seat 2

38.06% n=620

Seat 3

31.19% n=436

Seat 4

25.79% n=221

Seat 5

16.67% n=42

Seat 6

42.86% n=14

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Chulane, Teller of Tales wins 36.5% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.5% n=904

1 mulligan

43.49% n=292

2 mulligans

31.36% n=118

3 mulligans

38.46% n=39

4 mulligans

60.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Chulane, Teller of Tales 3.72/5 on average, across 1289 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Chulane, Teller of Tales wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.4% of the time across 749 tracked wins.

65.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Chulane, Teller of Tales. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.