Neyali, Suns' Vanguard

Global Commander Stats

636 Wins

1330 Losses

Summary

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,966 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (636–1330) at an Elo of 1,557, ranking #981 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard has a 32% win rate across 1966 recorded Playgroup games (636 wins, 1330 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: 27 days.

How many decks use Neyali, Suns' Vanguard?

637 decks list Neyali, Suns' Vanguard as their commander on Playgroup, of which 390 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

981

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1557

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.68

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 637

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 390

No. games played with this commander 1966

Total hours played 27 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1613	RuneKirt	12	5	42 %
2	1606	Hobbes	43	24	56 %
3	1584	Feenan	7	4	57 %
4	1532	evocity1985@yahoo.com	18	5	28 %
5	1523	Rory	2	2	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Neyali, Suns' Vanguard wins, 89.41% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

89.41%

Non Combat Damage

3.69%

Alternative

2.96%

Commander Damage

2.71%

Combo

0.99%

Poison

0.25%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 661 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard wins 38.69% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.69% n=579

Seat 2

33.72% n=608

Seat 3

27.01% n=422

Seat 4

25.7% n=249

Seat 5

29.17% n=48

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Neyali, Suns' Vanguard wins 33.13% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.13% n=978

1 mulligan

32.91% n=237

2 mulligans

29.17% n=72

3 mulligans

30.0% n=20

4 mulligans

25.0% n=8

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Neyali, Suns' Vanguard 3.7/5 on average, across 1329 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Neyali, Suns' Vanguard wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.7% of the time across 663 tracked wins.

63.7 \%

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.