Commander

Chulane, Teller of Tales

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

706 Wins

1199 Losses

Overview

Summary

Chulane, Teller of Tales is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,913 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (706–1199) at an Elo of 1,594, ranking #603 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 407439 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Sep 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 1913 recorded Playgroup games (706 wins, 1199 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?

687 decks list Chulane, Teller of Tales as their commander on Playgroup, of which 332 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

603

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1594

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 407439

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 687

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 332

No. games played with this commander 1913

Total hours played 20 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1697	Reylaw	23	12	52 %
2	1640	Skullblade	25	19	76 %
3	1575	Tudor	58	23	40 %
4	1543	Mycah Reid	9	4	44 %
5	1541	TheFinalBos	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Chulane, Teller of Tales wins, 56.14% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.14%

Alternative

24.19%

Combo

12.27%

Non Combat Damage

3.97%

Commander Damage

2.53%

Mill

0.72%

Poison

0.18%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 723 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.

+13.1 pp

Top card: Lotus Cobra

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Lotus Cobra 36 games	+13.1 pp	36
2	Selesnya Sanctuary 38 games	+7.7 pp	38
3	Simic Growth Chamber 38 games	+7.7 pp	38
4	Hinterland Harbor 36 games	+5.8 pp	36
5	Breeding Pool 42 games	+1.2 pp	42
6	Hallowed Fountain 43 games	+0.2 pp	43

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 45.51% of games from position 1 and 17.95% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.51% n=623

Seat 2

38.56% n=599

Seat 3

31.41% n=417

Seat 4

24.53% n=212

Seat 5

17.95% n=39

Seat 6

42.86% n=14

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Chulane, Teller of Tales wins 36.37% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.37% n=888

1 mulligan

44.33% n=282

2 mulligans

31.13% n=106

3 mulligans

39.47% n=38

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 3.71/5 on average, across 1249 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Chulane, Teller of Tales wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.1% of the time across 727 tracked wins.

65.1 \%

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.