Commander

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders

1461 Wins

2540 Losses

Playtest a community deck

Overview

Summary

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,005 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1461–2540) at an Elo of 1,650, ranking #202 globally.

Wins average 6 turns, with 382947 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 4005 recorded Playgroup games (1461 wins, 2540 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?

1,059 decks list Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness as their commander on Playgroup, of which 640 have played at least one recorded game.

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

Buy on TCGplayer

Global rank

202

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1650

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 382947

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 1059

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 640

No. games played with this commander 4005

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1668	Mastermat	13	10	77 %
2	1618	TheRealDeal4195	3	3	100 %
3	1566	Anf	19	7	37 %
4	1561	CTRL	12	6	50 %
5	1557	Dejump	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins, 31.24% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

31.24%

Combat

28.72%

Alternative

14.1%

Non Combat Damage

8.36%

Mill

7.48%

Poison

6.7%

Commander Damage

3.39%

Avg win turn 5.8 based on 1510 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.

+3.0 pp

Top card: Elvish Mystic

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Elvish Mystic Signature build 205 games · Signature build	+3.0 pp	205
2	Llanowar Elves Signature build 145 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp	145
3	Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink Signature build 58 games · Signature build	+0.9 pp	58
4	Snow-Covered Forest Signature build 141 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp	141
5	Snow-Covered Mountain Signature build 141 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp	141
6	Cultivate 96 games	+0.2 pp	96
7	Cavern of Souls 313 games	+0.2 pp	313

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 45.06% of games from position 1 and 17.19% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.06% n=1114

Seat 2

36.73% n=1108

Seat 3

34.25% n=984

Seat 4

28.76% n=692

Seat 5

17.19% n=64

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins 37.78% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.78% n=1371

1 mulligan

37.34% n=758

2 mulligans

33.11% n=453

3 mulligans

28.63% n=255

4 mulligans

18.6% n=129

5 mulligans

14.81% n=27

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 3.81/5 on average, across 2488 self-reports.

3.81 / 5

🧂

Opponent salt

When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.8% of the time across 1509 tracked wins.

62.8 \%

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.