Volo, Guide to Monsters

Global Commander Stats

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674 Wins

1475 Losses

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Summary

Volo, Guide to Monsters is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,149 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (674–1475) at an Elo of 1,597, ranking #550 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 210 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 2149 recorded Playgroup games (674 wins, 1475 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?

783 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

550

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1597

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 210

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 783

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

No. games played with this commander 2149

Total hours played 23 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1605	AnaVamp	9	4	57 %
2	1595	TheCostIsLow	13	6	46 %
3	1583	Nathan Kaulback	17	7	41 %
4	1577	Boomdabah	2	2	100 %
5	1554	Kreaty	2	2	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, 87.84% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

87.84%

Alternative

4.82%

Commander Damage

2.06%

Combo

1.83%

Non Combat Damage

1.83%

Poison

1.38%

Mill

0.23%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 687 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 35.06% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.06% n=579

Seat 2

32.05% n=624

Seat 3

27.4% n=500

Seat 4

24.84% n=306

Seat 5

27.78% n=36

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Volo, Guide to Monsters wins 32.39% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.39% n=991

1 mulligan

31.25% n=288

2 mulligans

26.0% n=100

3 mulligans

20.0% n=30

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 3.69/5 on average, across 1447 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Volo, Guide to Monsters wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.9% of the time across 686 tracked wins.

65.9 \%

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.