Commander

Volo, Guide to Monsters

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders

690 Wins

1509 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Volo, Guide to Monsters is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,200 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (690–1509) at an Elo of 1,560, ranking #986 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 205 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 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 2200 recorded Playgroup games (690 wins, 1509 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: 23 days.

How many decks use Volo, Guide to Monsters?

796 decks list Volo, Guide to Monsters as their commander on Playgroup, of which 431 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

986

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1560

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 205

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 796

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 431

No. games played with this commander 2200

Total hours played 23 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	1592	Alex Martín	17	8	47 %
4	1583	Nathan Kaulback	17	7	41 %
5	1577	Boomdabah	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

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

4.71%

Commander Damage

2.02%

Non Combat Damage

2.02%

Combo

1.79%

Poison

1.35%

Mill

0.22%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 703 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.

+11.9 pp

Top card: Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Vivien, Champion of the Wilds Signature build 78 games · Signature build	+11.9 pp	78
2	Swiftfoot Boots 109 games	+8.3 pp	109
3	Solemn Simulacrum 151 games	+7.5 pp	151
4	Command Tower 216 games	+6.5 pp	216
5	Amphin Mutineer 143 games	+5.9 pp	143
6	Garruk's Uprising 129 games	+5.7 pp	129
7	Littjara Mirrorlake Signature build 68 games · Signature build	+4.5 pp	68
8	Return of the Wildspeaker 101 games	+4.0 pp	101
9	Negate 123 games	+2.5 pp	123
10	Augmenter Pugilist // Echoing Equation Signature build 72 games · Signature build	+2.3 pp	72

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Pongify 103 games	+1.9 pp	103
12	Temple of Mystery 107 games	+1.6 pp	107
13	Hinterland Harbor 164 games	+1.3 pp	164
14	Gruff Triplets Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+0.6 pp	36
15	Prosperous Innkeeper 164 games	+0.0 pp	164

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 35.08% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.08% n=590

Seat 2

32.76% n=635

Seat 3

27.11% n=509

Seat 4

24.76% n=315

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 32.64% after 0 mulligans and 20.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.64% n=1008

1 mulligan

31.77% n=299

2 mulligans

26.73% n=101

3 mulligans

18.75% n=32

4 mulligans

0.0% n=7

5 mulligans

20.0% n=5

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 1480 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.0% of the time across 703 tracked wins.

66.0 \%

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.