Gylwain, Casting Director

Global Commander Stats {G} {W} All Selesnya commanders
Win Rate 28%
178 Wins
455 Losses

Summary

Gylwain, Casting Director is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 633 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (178455) at an Elo of 1,437, ranking #3918 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 10 damage dealt and 0.67 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 633 recorded Playgroup games (178 wins, 455 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: 9 days.
How many decks use Gylwain, Casting Director?
228 decks list Gylwain, Casting Director as their commander on Playgroup, of which 138 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
3918
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1437

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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 0.67
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 228
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 138
No. games played with this commander 633
Total hours played 9 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, 77.55% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
77.55%
Commander Damage
12.24%
Combo
5.1%
Alternative
4.08%
Mill
1.02%
Avg win turn 9.1 based on 181 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
33.15% n=181
2
Seat 2
29.45% n=163
3
Seat 3
25.5% n=149
4
Seat 4
19.59% n=97
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 28.95% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.95% n=266
1
1 mulligan
25.35% n=71
2
2 mulligans
40.63% n=32
3
3 mulligans
27.27% n=11
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 3.69/5 on average, across 400 self-reports.

3.69 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Gylwain, Casting Director wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.2% of the time across 181 tracked wins.

65.2 \%

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