Commander

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

553 Wins

934 Losses

Overview

Summary

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,492 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (553–934) at an Elo of 1,644, ranking #246 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 201 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 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 37% win rate across 1492 recorded Playgroup games (553 wins, 934 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: 14 days.

How many decks use Selvala, Heart of the Wilds?

510 decks list Selvala, Heart of the Wilds as their commander on Playgroup, of which 266 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

246

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1644

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 201

Average commander damage per game 13

Average poison counters given per game 17

Average kills per game 0.78

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 510

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 266

No. games played with this commander 1492

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1655	Mastermat	19	12	63 %
2	1598	LEX4N	22	8	36 %
3	1598	lukecwolf	8	2	25 %
4	1557	Gustavo Moreira	8	4	50 %
5	1554	Garibaldi666	21	7	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins, 75.71% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.71%

Combo

11.71%

Non Combat Damage

4.29%

Alternative

3.14%

Commander Damage

1.71%

Poison

1.71%

Mill

1.71%

Avg win turn 6.8 based on 558 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.

+7.1 pp

Top card: Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus Signature build 87 games · Signature build	+7.1 pp	87
2	Defiler of Vigor Signature build 52 games · Signature build	+5.9 pp	52
3	Quirion Ranger 106 games	+3.0 pp	106
4	Staff of Domination 86 games	+2.8 pp	86
5	Reliquary Tower Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+1.7 pp	46
6	Craterhoof Behemoth 82 games	+0.2 pp	82
7	Scryb Ranger 85 games	+0.2 pp	85

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 17.39% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.03% n=441

Seat 2

37.31% n=386

Seat 3

29.26% n=323

Seat 4

25.55% n=227

Seat 5

17.39% n=23

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins 36.82% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.82% n=679

1 mulligan

35.86% n=191

2 mulligans

30.3% n=99

3 mulligans

32.14% n=28

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 937 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins, opponents flag the game as salty 59.3% of the time across 562 tracked wins.

59.3 \%

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.