Commander

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders

1675 Wins

2848 Losses

Overview

Summary

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,566 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1675–2848) at an Elo of 1,665, ranking #162 globally.

Wins average 6 turns, with 511103 damage dealt and 0.59 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Oct 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 4566 recorded Playgroup games (1675 wins, 2848 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?

1,253 decks list Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness as their commander on Playgroup, of which 756 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

162

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1665

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 511103

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.59

Average turn length 11 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1253

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 756

No. games played with this commander 4566

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	1578	Elileda	13	7	54 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins, 32.01% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

32.01%

Combat

27.64%

Alternative

13.78%

Non Combat Damage

8.5%

Poison

7.12%

Mill

7.04%

Commander Damage

3.91%

Avg win turn 5.7 based on 1720 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.

+5.8 pp

Top card: Cultivate

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Cultivate 142 games	+5.8 pp	142
2	Cavern of Souls 396 games	+4.6 pp	396
3	Delina, Wild Mage 72 games	+3.8 pp	72
4	Command Beacon 53 games	+3.8 pp	53
5	Passionate Archaeologist Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+3.2 pp	55
6	Twinflame 624 games	+2.8 pp	624
7	Farseek 118 games	+2.2 pp	118
8	Blade of Selves 42 games	+1.9 pp	42
9	Conjurer's Closet 163 games	+1.7 pp	163
10	Panharmonicon 296 games	+1.5 pp	296

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Three Visits 71 games	+1.4 pp	71
12	Hellkite Courser 608 games	+0.8 pp	608
13	Nalfeshnee Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+0.6 pp	39
14	Nature's Lore 195 games	+0.6 pp	195
15	Delighted Halfling 552 games	+0.3 pp	552

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 44.61% of games from position 1 and 17.39% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.61% n=1309

Seat 2

36.99% n=1276

Seat 3

34.76% n=1099

Seat 4

28.65% n=754

Seat 5

17.39% n=69

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins 38.09% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.09% n=1499

1 mulligan

37.29% n=842

2 mulligans

34.64% n=511

3 mulligans

28.22% n=287

4 mulligans

19.73% n=147

5 mulligans

17.14% n=35

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 2774 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 36.7% of the time across 1723 tracked wins.

36.7 \%

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.