Commander

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders Featured in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

6479 Wins

11918 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 18,445 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (6479–11918) at an Elo of 1,646, ranking #225 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 42848 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Pantlaza, Sun-Favored's win rate?

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored has a 35% win rate across 18445 recorded Playgroup games (6479 wins, 11918 losses).

How long do winning games with Pantlaza, Sun-Favored take?

Wins with Pantlaza, Sun-Favored take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 year.

How many decks use Pantlaza, Sun-Favored?

4,991 decks list Pantlaza, Sun-Favored as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,955 have played at least one recorded game.

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

225

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1646

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 42848

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3555444

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 4991

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2955

No. games played with this commander 18445

Total hours played about 1 year

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1688	Jarrett13	35	19	54 %
2	1682	Gore-Don	25	17	68 %
3	1647	Silent	24	13	54 %
4	1644	BadlandNick	34	15	44 %
5	1634	Leorth	39	21	54 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Pantlaza, Sun-Favored wins, 84.29% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

84.29%

Non Combat Damage

6.85%

Alternative

3.31%

Commander Damage

2.41%

Combo

1.94%

Poison

0.97%

Mill

0.23%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 6665 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Pantlaza, Sun-Favored decks that leave them out.

+7.3 pp

Top card: Legion's Initiative

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Legion's Initiative 197 games	+7.3 pp	197
2	Radiant Summit 45 games	+4.9 pp	45
3	Annie Joins Up Signature build 81 games · Signature build	+4.9 pp	81
4	Get Lost 117 games	+4.8 pp	117
5	Command Tower 2,288 games	+4.2 pp	2,288
6	Parting Gust 174 games	+3.2 pp	174
7	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise 95 games	+2.2 pp	95
8	Regal Behemoth 1,772 games	+1.6 pp	1,772
9	Swiftfoot Boots 267 games	+1.5 pp	267
10	Boros Charm 426 games	+1.5 pp	426

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	The Skullspore Nexus 858 games	+1.4 pp	858
12	Tranquil Frillback 601 games	+1.2 pp	601
13	Curious Altisaur 2,251 games	+1.0 pp	2,251
14	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire 89 games	+1.0 pp	89
15	Mosswort Bridge 1,682 games	+0.9 pp	1,682

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?

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored wins 43.86% of games from position 1 and 16.13% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.86% n=5582

Seat 2

35.84% n=5550

Seat 3

29.11% n=4243

Seat 4

25.19% n=2636

Seat 5

21.3% n=399

Seat 6

16.13% n=62

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Pantlaza, Sun-Favored wins 35.39% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.39% n=8125

1 mulligan

34.89% n=2843

2 mulligans

28.21% n=943

3 mulligans

29.33% n=300

4 mulligans

26.47% n=68

5 mulligans

45.0% n=20

6 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 3.69/5 on average, across 12703 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Pantlaza, Sun-Favored wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 6685 tracked wins.

67.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Pantlaza, Sun-Favored. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.