Commander

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders

1749 Wins

2944 Losses

Overview

Summary

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,750 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1749–2944) at an Elo of 1,641, ranking #274 globally.

Wins average 6 turns, with 494294 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness's win rate?

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness has a 36% win rate across 4750 recorded Playgroup games (1749 wins, 2944 losses).

How long do winning games with Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness take?

Wins with Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness take on average 6 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 months.

How many decks use Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness?

1,310 decks list Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness as their commander on Playgroup, of which 793 have played at least one recorded game.

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

274

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1641

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 494294

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length 11 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1310

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 793

No. games played with this commander 4750

Total hours played 6 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1671	Mastermat	18	13	72 %
2	1618	TheRealDeal4195	3	3	100 %
3	1601	deeg	13	11	85 %
4	1586	Anatidae	4	3	75 %
5	1579	jendrik	36	15	42 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins, 32.09% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

32.09%

Combat

27.35%

Alternative

13.27%

Non Combat Damage

8.24%

Poison

7.29%

Mill

7.29%

Commander Damage

4.45%

Avg win turn 5.7 based on 1794 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness decks that leave them out.

+10.1 pp

Top card: Sheltered Thicket

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sheltered Thicket 30 games	+10.1 pp	30
2	The Fire Crystal Signature build 61 games · Signature build	+6.4 pp	61
3	Cultivate 171 games	+3.5 pp	171
4	Delina, Wild Mage 90 games	+3.2 pp	90
5	Cavern of Souls 415 games	+3.1 pp	415
6	Farseek 144 games	+1.9 pp	144
7	The Great Henge Signature build 66 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	66
8	Rionya, Fire Dancer 718 games	+1.6 pp	718
9	Twinflame 797 games	+1.5 pp	797
10	Hellkite Courser 769 games	+0.9 pp	769

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Conjurer's Closet 188 games	+0.5 pp	188
12	Nature's Lore 224 games	+0.5 pp	224
13	Three Visits 98 games	+0.2 pp	98
14	Command Beacon 73 games	+0.1 pp	73
15	Boseiju, Who Endures 709 games	+0.0 pp	709

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?

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins 45.0% of games from position 1 and 18.57% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.0% n=1360

Seat 2

37.17% n=1337

Seat 3

34.55% n=1146

Seat 4

28.68% n=774

Seat 5

18.57% n=70

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins 38.38% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.38% n=1541

1 mulligan

37.54% n=875

2 mulligans

35.33% n=535

3 mulligans

28.14% n=295

4 mulligans

20.53% n=151

5 mulligans

18.92% n=37

6 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 3.83/5 on average, across 2832 self-reports.

3.83 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.4% of the time across 1803 tracked wins.

35.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.