Volo, Guide to Monsters

Global Commander Stats

654 Wins

1449 Losses

Summary

Volo, Guide to Monsters is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,103 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (654–1449) at an Elo of 1,509, ranking #1740 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 216 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Volo, Guide to Monsters's win rate?

Volo, Guide to Monsters has a 31% win rate across 2103 recorded Playgroup games (654 wins, 1449 losses).

How long do winning games with Volo, Guide to Monsters take?

Wins with Volo, Guide to Monsters take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 22 days.

How many decks use Volo, Guide to Monsters?

771 decks list Volo, Guide to Monsters as their commander on Playgroup, of which 423 have played at least one recorded game.

Volo, Guide to Monsters Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1740

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1509

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 216

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 771

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 423

No. games played with this commander 2103

Total hours played 22 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1605	AnaVamp	9	4	57 %
2	1595	Nathan Kaulback	16	7	44 %
3	1595	TheCostIsLow	13	6	46 %
4	1577	Boomdabah	2	2	100 %
5	1555	Shaffer88	22	8	36 %

How does this commander win?

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, 87.89% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

87.89%

Alternative

4.99%

Commander Damage

2.14%

Combo

1.9%

Non Combat Damage

1.66%

Poison

1.43%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 666 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 35.21% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.21% n=568

Seat 2

31.41% n=608

Seat 3

27.03% n=492

Seat 4

24.33% n=300

Seat 5

29.41% n=34

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 31.89% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.89% n=969

1 mulligan

30.82% n=279

2 mulligans

26.8% n=97

3 mulligans

17.24% n=29

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Volo, Guide to Monsters 3.68/5 on average, across 1415 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.8% of the time across 666 tracked wins.

65.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Volo, Guide to Monsters. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.