Commander

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders

1623 Wins

2776 Losses

Overview

Summary

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,435 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1623–2776) at an Elo of 1,640, ranking #267 globally.

Wins average 6 turns, with 524152 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 24 Sep 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 4435 recorded Playgroup games (1623 wins, 2776 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: about 1 month.

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

1,204 decks list Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness as their commander on Playgroup, of which 723 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

267

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1640

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 524152

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1204

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 723

No. games played with this commander 4435

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1654	Mastermat	17	12	71 %
2	1618	TheRealDeal4195	3	3	100 %
3	1586	Anatidae	4	3	75 %
4	1582	deeg	11	9	82 %
5	1566	Anf	19	7	37 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins, 31.78% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

31.78%

Combat

28.06%

Alternative

13.52%

Non Combat Damage

8.54%

Poison

7.19%

Mill

7.04%

Commander Damage

3.87%

Avg win turn 5.7 based on 1675 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.

+5.9 pp

Top card: Cavern of Souls

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Cavern of Souls 372 games	+5.9 pp	372
2	Command Beacon 46 games	+5.7 pp	46
3	Delina, Wild Mage 58 games	+4.9 pp	58
4	Cultivate 130 games	+3.5 pp	130
5	Panharmonicon 272 games	+2.2 pp	272
6	Conjurer's Closet 149 games	+1.8 pp	149
7	Three Visits 52 games	+1.1 pp	52
8	Twinflame 569 games	+1.1 pp	569
9	Farseek 102 games	+1.0 pp	102
10	Elvish Mystic 254 games	+0.8 pp	254

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink 96 games	+0.8 pp	96
12	Nature's Lore 172 games	+0.3 pp	172
13	Beast Within 94 games	+0.1 pp	94

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 44.91% of games from position 1 and 16.92% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.91% n=1268

Seat 2

36.98% n=1252

Seat 3

34.26% n=1074

Seat 4

28.63% n=744

Seat 5

16.92% n=65

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins 38.1% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.1% n=1475

1 mulligan

36.99% n=826

2 mulligans

34.8% n=500

3 mulligans

28.47% n=281

4 mulligans

18.75% n=144

5 mulligans

18.18% n=33

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 2715 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 64.7% of the time across 1677 tracked wins.

64.7 \%

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.