Commander

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

538 Wins

902 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,441 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (538–902) at an Elo of 1,550, ranking #1135 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 91 damage dealt and 0.79 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 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 1441 recorded Playgroup games (538 wins, 902 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?

491 decks list Selvala, Heart of the Wilds as their commander on Playgroup, of which 256 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1135

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1550

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 91

Average commander damage per game 13

Average poison counters given per game 17

Average kills per game 0.79

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 491

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 256

No. games played with this commander 1441

Total hours played 14 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	1536	Joep	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins, 75.44% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.44%

Combo

11.83%

Non Combat Damage

4.44%

Alternative

2.96%

Commander Damage

1.78%

Poison

1.78%

Mill

1.78%

Avg win turn 6.8 based on 545 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.

+4.3 pp

Top card: Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus Signature build 81 games · Signature build	+4.3 pp	81
2	Quirion Ranger 100 games	+2.7 pp	100
3	Karametra's Acolyte Signature build 71 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	71
4	Reliquary Tower Signature build 44 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	44
5	Scryb Ranger 82 games	+2.2 pp	82
6	Staff of Domination Signature build 81 games · Signature build	+1.3 pp	81

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

46.32% n=421

Seat 2

38.42% n=367

Seat 3

28.57% n=315

Seat 4

25.93% n=216

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 36.88% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.88% n=667

1 mulligan

34.95% n=186

2 mulligans

30.53% n=95

3 mulligans

33.33% n=27

4 mulligans

0.0% n=7

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 917 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Selvala, Heart of the Wilds wins, opponents flag the game as salty 58.3% of the time across 547 tracked wins.

58.3 \%

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.