Commander

Volo, Guide to Monsters

Global commander stats

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706 Wins

1531 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Volo, Guide to Monsters is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,244 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (706–1531) at an Elo of 1,594, ranking #573 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 206 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 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 2244 recorded Playgroup games (706 wins, 1531 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: 24 days.

How many decks use Volo, Guide to Monsters?

837 decks list Volo, Guide to Monsters as their commander on Playgroup, of which 440 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

573

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1594

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Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 206

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 837

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 440

No. games played with this commander 2244

Total hours played 24 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1605	AnaVamp	9	4	57 %
2	1595	TheCostIsLow	13	6	46 %
3	1593	Shaffer88	25	10	40 %
4	1592	Alex Martín	17	8	47 %
5	1583	Nathan Kaulback	17	7	41 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, 88.1% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

88.1%

Alternative

4.55%

Combo

1.95%

Commander Damage

1.95%

Non Combat Damage

1.95%

Poison

1.3%

Mill

0.22%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 720 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Volo, Guide to Monsters

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Volo, Guide to Monsters decks that leave them out.

+10.7 pp

Top card: Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Vivien, Champion of the Wilds 79 games	+10.7 pp	79
2	Swiftfoot Boots 112 games	+6.5 pp	112
3	Solemn Simulacrum 155 games	+5.4 pp	155
4	Garruk's Uprising 130 games	+5.0 pp	130
5	Amphin Mutineer 148 games	+4.4 pp	148
6	Littjara Mirrorlake Signature build 68 games · Signature build	+4.4 pp	68
7	Command Tower 223 games	+3.7 pp	223
8	Return of the Wildspeaker 102 games	+3.4 pp	102
9	Temple of Mystery 108 games	+2.5 pp	108
10	Augmenter Pugilist // Echoing Equation Signature build 72 games · Signature build	+2.2 pp	72

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Hinterland Harbor 165 games	+2.1 pp	165
12	Prosperous Innkeeper 169 games	+2.1 pp	169
13	Negate 125 games	+1.2 pp	125
14	Pongify 107 games	+1.2 pp	107
15	Gruff Triplets Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+0.6 pp	36

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?

Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 35.39% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.39% n=599

Seat 2

32.81% n=643

Seat 3

27.17% n=519

Seat 4

25.08% n=319

Seat 5

27.78% n=36

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 32.91% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.91% n=1024

1 mulligan

31.82% n=308

2 mulligans

26.61% n=109

3 mulligans

18.18% n=33

4 mulligans

0.0% n=7

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

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 1509 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.5% of the time across 720 tracked wins.

66.5 \%

Head to head

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.