Commander

Volo, Guide to Monsters

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders

719 Wins

1563 Losses

Overview

Summary

Volo, Guide to Monsters is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,292 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (719–1563) at an Elo of 1,469, ranking #3975 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 202 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Sep 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 2292 recorded Playgroup games (719 wins, 1563 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?

847 decks list Volo, Guide to Monsters as their commander on Playgroup, of which 451 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

3975

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1469

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 202

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.63

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 847

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 451

No. games played with this commander 2292

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, 87.55% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

87.55%

Alternative

4.85%

Combo

2.11%

Non Combat Damage

2.11%

Commander Damage

1.9%

Poison

1.27%

Mill

0.21%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 730 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.

+9.5 pp

Top card: Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Vivien, Champion of the Wilds 80 games	+9.5 pp	80
2	Swiftfoot Boots 115 games	+7.3 pp	115
3	Garruk's Uprising 137 games	+5.0 pp	137
4	Littjara Mirrorlake Signature build 68 games · Signature build	+4.1 pp	68
5	Amphin Mutineer 153 games	+3.8 pp	153
6	Command Tower 233 games	+3.8 pp	233
7	Solemn Simulacrum 160 games	+3.4 pp	160
8	Temple of Mystery 111 games	+1.9 pp	111
9	Pongify 113 games	+1.9 pp	113
10	Return of the Wildspeaker 105 games	+1.3 pp	105

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway 105 games	+0.6 pp	105
12	Gruff Triplets Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+0.5 pp	38
13	Augmenter Pugilist // Echoing Equation Signature build 74 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp	74
14	Scute Swarm 133 games	+0.3 pp	133
15	Prosperous Innkeeper 176 games	+0.1 pp	176

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 35.28% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.28% n=618

Seat 2

32.43% n=666

Seat 3

27.02% n=533

Seat 4

25.08% n=327

Seat 5

27.03% n=37

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 32.62% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.62% n=1033

1 mulligan

31.96% n=316

2 mulligans

26.61% n=109

3 mulligans

20.59% n=34

4 mulligans

0.0% n=8

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 3.67/5 on average, across 1535 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.3% of the time across 733 tracked wins.

66.3 \%

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.