Commander

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

572 Wins

971 Losses

Overview

Summary

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,551 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (572–971) at an Elo of 1,622, ranking #426 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 193 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 20 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Selvala, Heart of the Wilds's win rate?

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds has a 36% win rate across 1551 recorded Playgroup games (572 wins, 971 losses).

How long do winning games with Selvala, Heart of the Wilds take?

Wins with Selvala, Heart of the Wilds take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: 15 days.

How many decks use Selvala, Heart of the Wilds?

535 decks list Selvala, Heart of the Wilds as their commander on Playgroup, of which 277 have played at least one recorded game.

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

426

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1622

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 193

Average commander damage per game 18

Average poison counters given per game 17

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 535

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 277

No. games played with this commander 1551

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1655	Mastermat	19	12	63 %
2	1598	lukecwolf	8	2	25 %
3	1598	LEX4N	22	8	36 %
4	1557	Gustavo Moreira	8	4	50 %
5	1546	Mib	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins, 76.31% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

76.31%

Combo

11.57%

Non Combat Damage

4.13%

Alternative

3.03%

Commander Damage

1.65%

Poison

1.65%

Mill

1.65%

Avg win turn 6.8 based on 576 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Selvala, Heart of the Wilds decks that leave them out.

+5.8 pp

Top card: Staff of Domination

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Staff of Domination 96 games	+5.8 pp	96
2	Defiler of Vigor 59 games	+5.2 pp	59
3	Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus 94 games	+4.4 pp	94
4	Beast Whisperer Signature build 74 games · Signature build	+2.3 pp	74
5	Quirion Ranger 113 games	+2.1 pp	113
6	Scryb Ranger 89 games	+0.9 pp	89

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?

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 16.67% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.27% n=455

Seat 2

38.75% n=400

Seat 3

28.59% n=341

Seat 4

25.42% n=236

Seat 5

16.67% n=24

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins 36.95% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.95% n=686

1 mulligan

36.88% n=202

2 mulligans

30.39% n=102

3 mulligans

33.33% n=27

4 mulligans

0.0% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Selvala, Heart of the Wilds 3.71/5 on average, across 965 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.9% of the time across 581 tracked wins.

32.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Selvala, Heart of the Wilds. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.