Commander

Gylwain, Casting Director

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

204 Wins

505 Losses

Overview

Summary

Gylwain, Casting Director is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 713 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (204–505) at an Elo of 1,564, ranking #942 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 10 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gylwain, Casting Director's win rate?

Gylwain, Casting Director has a 28% win rate across 713 recorded Playgroup games (204 wins, 505 losses).

How long do winning games with Gylwain, Casting Director take?

Wins with Gylwain, Casting Director take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 10 days.

How many decks use Gylwain, Casting Director?

247 decks list Gylwain, Casting Director as their commander on Playgroup, of which 153 have played at least one recorded game.

Gylwain, Casting Director Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

942

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1564

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 10

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 247

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 153

No. games played with this commander 713

Total hours played 10 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1567	Berclee	3	3	100 %
2	1556	YellowMane	10	4	40 %
3	1552	Devius121	3	2	67 %
4	1526	HeyyCookiie	6	3	50 %
5	1500	Bäumchen	1	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gylwain, Casting Director wins, 79.82% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.82%

Commander Damage

9.65%

Combo

5.26%

Alternative

4.39%

Mill

0.88%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 208 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Gylwain, Casting Director

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Gylwain, Casting Director decks that leave them out.

+2.3 pp

Top card: Utopia Sprawl

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Utopia Sprawl Signature build 72 games · Signature build	+2.3 pp		72
2	Umbra Mystic 77 games	+1.9 pp		77

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?

Gylwain, Casting Director wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 19.61% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.33% n=204

Seat 2

32.64% n=193

Seat 3

24.69% n=162

Seat 4

19.61% n=102

Seat 5

21.43% n=14

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gylwain, Casting Director wins 29.23% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.23% n=284

1 mulligan

30.59% n=85

2 mulligans

31.71% n=41

3 mulligans

30.77% n=13

4 mulligans

40.0% n=5

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gylwain, Casting Director 3.74/5 on average, across 439 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gylwain, Casting Director wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.3% of the time across 208 tracked wins.

67.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Gylwain, Casting Director. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.