Commander

Galadriel, Light of Valinor

Global commander stats

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1315 Wins

2795 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Galadriel, Light of Valinor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,114 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1315–2795) at an Elo of 1,640, ranking #263 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 269 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Galadriel, Light of Valinor's win rate?

Galadriel, Light of Valinor has a 31% win rate across 4114 recorded Playgroup games (1315 wins, 2795 losses).

How long do winning games with Galadriel, Light of Valinor take?

Wins with Galadriel, Light of Valinor take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Galadriel, Light of Valinor?

1,296 decks list Galadriel, Light of Valinor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 733 have played at least one recorded game.

Galadriel, Light of Valinor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

263

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1640

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 269

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 1296

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 733

No. games played with this commander 4114

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1646	nlgilbert27	13	8	62 %
2	1639	bassdude564	5	5	100 %
3	1622	Envinyatar	7	7	100 %
4	1606	86JAKE86	20	8	40 %
5	1606	Drajul	27	15	68 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Galadriel, Light of Valinor wins, 86.38% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.38%

Commander Damage

3.92%

Combo

3.51%

Alternative

3.1%

Non Combat Damage

1.86%

Poison

0.83%

Mill

0.41%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1348 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Galadriel, Light of Valinor

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Galadriel, Light of Valinor decks that leave them out.

+7.4 pp

Top card: Adarkar Wastes

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Adarkar Wastes 68 games	+7.4 pp	68
2	Seedborn Muse Signature build 62 games · Signature build	+5.5 pp	62
3	Farewell Signature build 61 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	61
4	Aura Shards 129 games	+3.3 pp	129
5	Soulherder Signature build 31 games · Signature build	+2.8 pp	31
6	Eternal Witness 64 games	+1.9 pp	64
7	Temple of Plenty 39 games	+0.6 pp	39
8	Rhystic Study 83 games	+0.4 pp	83
9	Galadriel's Dismissal 332 games	+0.1 pp	332

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?

Galadriel, Light of Valinor wins 40.26% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.26% n=1289

Seat 2

31.24% n=1197

Seat 3

27.59% n=946

Seat 4

24.75% n=602

Seat 5

20.48% n=83

Seat 6

11.11% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Galadriel, Light of Valinor wins 32.52% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.52% n=1891

1 mulligan

34.27% n=715

2 mulligans

31.4% n=258

3 mulligans

35.38% n=65

4 mulligans

8.33% n=12

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Galadriel, Light of Valinor 3.69/5 on average, across 2895 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Galadriel, Light of Valinor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.7% of the time across 1353 tracked wins.

70.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Galadriel, Light of Valinor. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.