Commander

Gylwain, Casting Director

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

196 Wins

483 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Gylwain, Casting Director is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 681 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (196–483) at an Elo of 1,673, ranking #118 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Aug 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 681 recorded Playgroup games (196 wins, 483 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?

236 decks list Gylwain, Casting Director as their commander on Playgroup, of which 147 have played at least one recorded game.

Gylwain, Casting Director Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

118

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1673

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9

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 236

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 147

No. games played with this commander 681

Total hours played 9 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	2	2	100 %
4	1500	Bäumchen	1	0	0 %
5	1488	FleshTide	1	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gylwain, Casting Director wins, 79.44% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.44%

Commander Damage

10.28%

Combo

4.67%

Alternative

4.67%

Mill

0.93%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 199 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.

+10.2 pp

Top card: Boon of the Spirit Realm

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Boon of the Spirit Realm Signature build 69 games · Signature build	+10.2 pp	69
2	Umbra Mystic 75 games	+10.1 pp	75
3	Kodama of the West Tree Signature build 70 games · Signature build	+9.3 pp	70
4	Aura Gnarlid Signature build 50 games · Signature build	+8.2 pp	50
5	Utopia Sprawl Signature build 71 games · Signature build	+8.1 pp	71
6	Archon of the Wild Rose Signature build 51 games · Signature build	+6.8 pp	51

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 20.2% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.39% n=189

Seat 2

30.46% n=174

Seat 3

23.84% n=151

Seat 4

20.2% n=99

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 29.24% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.24% n=277

1 mulligan

28.75% n=80

2 mulligans

34.21% n=38

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 3.72/5 on average, across 426 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gylwain, Casting Director wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.3% of the time across 202 tracked wins.

66.3 \%

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.