Commander

Gylwain, Casting Director

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

191 Wins

472 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Gylwain, Casting Director is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 665 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (191–472) at an Elo of 1,615, ranking #423 globally.

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

Last full refresh 3 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 665 recorded Playgroup games (191 wins, 472 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?

231 decks list Gylwain, Casting Director as their commander on Playgroup, of which 143 have played at least one recorded game.

Gylwain, Casting Director Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

423

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1615

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 231

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 143

No. games played with this commander 665

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, 77.36% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

77.36%

Commander Damage

12.26%

Combo

4.72%

Alternative

4.72%

Mill

0.94%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 194 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.

+1.9 pp

Top card: Archon of the Wild Rose

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Archon of the Wild Rose Signature build 45 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp		45
2	Aura Gnarlid Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp		46

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 15.38% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.04% n=188

Seat 2

30.41% n=171

Seat 3

25.0% n=152

Seat 4

21.21% n=99

Seat 5

15.38% n=13

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gylwain, Casting Director wins 29.04% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.04% n=272

1 mulligan

26.92% n=78

2 mulligans

38.46% n=39

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 420 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gylwain, Casting Director wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.5% of the time across 194 tracked wins.

65.5 \%

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.