Volo, Guide to Monsters

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 31%
605 Wins
1342 Losses

Summary

Volo, Guide to Monsters is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,947 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (6051342) at an Elo of 1,613, ranking #411 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 52 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

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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 1947 recorded Playgroup games (605 wins, 1342 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: 20 days.

How many decks use Volo, Guide to Monsters?

727 decks list Volo, Guide to Monsters as their commander on Playgroup, of which 393 have played at least one recorded game.

Volo, Guide to Monsters Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
411
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1613

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 52
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 727
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 393
No. games played with this commander 1947
Total hours played 20 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1605 AnaVamp 9 4
2 1595 Nathan Kaulback 16 7
3 1595 TheCostIsLow 13 6
4 1577 Boomdabah 2 2
5 1557 Dakota 15 7

How does this commander win?

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, 87.79% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
87.79%
Alternative
4.94%
Combo
2.08%
Commander Damage
1.82%
Non Combat Damage
1.82%
Poison
1.56%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 617 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 35.38% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.38% n=520
2
Seat 2
30.76% n=569
3
Seat 3
27.59% n=453
4
Seat 4
23.27% n=275
5
Seat 5
32.26% n=31
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 31.73% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.73% n=914
1
1 mulligan
30.86% n=256
2
2 mulligans
28.24% n=85
3
3 mulligans
18.52% n=27
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=5
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 3.67/5 on average, across 1303 self-reports.

3.67 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.2% of the time across 617 tracked wins.

65.2 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Satya, Aetherflux Genius commander art
55.56%
Marwyn, the Nurturer commander art
53.57%
Norin the Wary commander art
Norin the Wary 12 games
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Henzie "Toolbox" Torre commander art
5.56%
Omnath, Locus of Creation commander art
7.69%
Raffine, Scheming Seer commander art
8.33%
Prosper, Tome-Bound commander art
8.33%