Gylwain, Casting Director

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 28%
172 Wins
429 Losses

Summary

Gylwain, Casting Director is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 601 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (172429) at an Elo of 1,530, ranking #1346 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 10 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Gylwain, Casting Director's win rate?

Gylwain, Casting Director has a 28% win rate across 601 recorded Playgroup games (172 wins, 429 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: 8 days.

How many decks use Gylwain, Casting Director?

219 decks list Gylwain, Casting Director as their commander on Playgroup, of which 132 have played at least one recorded game.

Gylwain, Casting Director Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1346
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1530

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 10
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.69
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 219
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 132
No. games played with this commander 601
Total hours played 8 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1567 Berclee 3 3
2 1556 YellowMane 10 4
3 1552 Devius121 2 2
4 1500 Bäumchen 1 0
5 1488 FleshTide 1 0

How does this commander win?

When Gylwain, Casting Director wins, 77.42% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
77.42%
Commander Damage
12.9%
Combo
4.3%
Alternative
4.3%
Mill
1.08%
Avg win turn 9.2 based on 175 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Gylwain, Casting Director wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 15.38% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.94% n=170
2
Seat 2
30.13% n=156
3
Seat 3
26.62% n=139
4
Seat 4
20.65% n=92
5
Seat 5
15.38% n=13
6
Seat 6
50.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gylwain, Casting Director wins 28.57% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.57% n=259
1
1 mulligan
26.09% n=69
2
2 mulligans
41.38% n=29
3
3 mulligans
30.0% n=10
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=2
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gylwain, Casting Director 3.7/5 on average, across 380 self-reports.

3.7 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Gylwain, Casting Director wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.6% of the time across 173 tracked wins.

63.6 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist commander art
46.67%
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
40.0%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
30.77%
Bello, Bard of the Brambles commander art
30.77%

Top 5 worst matchups

Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
10.0%
Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 16 games
12.5%
Sauron, the Dark Lord commander art
14.29%
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
20.0%