Commander

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard

Global commander stats

All Boros commanders

696 Wins

1486 Losses

Overview

Summary

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,197 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (696–1486) at an Elo of 1,531, ranking #1487 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Neyali, Suns' Vanguard's win rate?

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard has a 31% win rate across 2197 recorded Playgroup games (696 wins, 1486 losses).

How long do winning games with Neyali, Suns' Vanguard take?

Wins with Neyali, Suns' Vanguard take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 28 days.

How many decks use Neyali, Suns' Vanguard?

691 decks list Neyali, Suns' Vanguard as their commander on Playgroup, of which 426 have played at least one recorded game.

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1487

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1531

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 691

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 426

No. games played with this commander 2197

Total hours played 28 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1617	Hobbes	46	26	57 %
2	1613	RuneKirt	12	5	42 %
3	1584	Feenan	7	4	57 %
4	1557	UGUII	2	2	100 %
5	1534	whiteknight0403	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Neyali, Suns' Vanguard wins, 89.33% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

89.33%

Non Combat Damage

4.0%

Alternative

2.67%

Commander Damage

2.44%

Combo

1.33%

Poison

0.22%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 722 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard wins 38.4% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.4% n=655

Seat 2

32.77% n=682

Seat 3

26.38% n=470

Seat 4

25.18% n=274

Seat 5

26.92% n=52

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Neyali, Suns' Vanguard wins 32.52% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.52% n=1064

1 mulligan

33.09% n=272

2 mulligans

26.14% n=88

3 mulligans

30.0% n=20

4 mulligans

22.22% n=9

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Neyali, Suns' Vanguard 3.71/5 on average, across 1478 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Neyali, Suns' Vanguard wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.0% of the time across 725 tracked wins.

65.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Neyali, Suns' Vanguard. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.