Commander

Yuma, Proud Protector

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders Featured in Outlaws of Thunder Junction

1225 Wins

3033 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yuma, Proud Protector is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,265 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1225–3033) at an Elo of 1,500, ranking #1973 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 181 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yuma, Proud Protector's win rate?

Yuma, Proud Protector has a 28% win rate across 4265 recorded Playgroup games (1225 wins, 3033 losses).

How long do winning games with Yuma, Proud Protector take?

Wins with Yuma, Proud Protector take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Yuma, Proud Protector?

1,354 decks list Yuma, Proud Protector as their commander on Playgroup, of which 840 have played at least one recorded game.

Yuma, Proud Protector Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1973

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1500

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 181

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 17

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 1354

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 840

No. games played with this commander 4265

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1657	EEC42	14	7	50 %
2	1643	Hobbes	34	17	50 %
3	1572	Derek Van Buren	18	6	33 %
4	1570	Monkeydgoofy	2	2	100 %
5	1536	Moh	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yuma, Proud Protector wins, 86.49% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.49%

Non Combat Damage

5.9%

Alternative

2.61%

Commander Damage

2.38%

Combo

1.82%

Mill

0.68%

Poison

0.11%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 1264 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Yuma, Proud Protector

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Yuma, Proud Protector decks that leave them out.

+2.9 pp

Top card: Icetill Explorer

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Icetill Explorer 124 games	+2.9 pp	124
2	Crop Rotation 190 games	+1.8 pp	190
3	Lazotep Quarry 108 games	+0.6 pp	108
4	Life from the Loam 210 games	+0.2 pp	210
5	Endless Sands Signature build 45 games · Signature build	+0.2 pp	45

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?

Yuma, Proud Protector wins 33.18% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.18% n=1281

Seat 2

31.37% n=1326

Seat 3

25.52% n=1019

Seat 4

19.06% n=661

Seat 5

20.59% n=102

Seat 6

12.5% n=16

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yuma, Proud Protector wins 28.61% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.61% n=2462

1 mulligan

27.59% n=551

2 mulligans

21.47% n=191

3 mulligans

29.63% n=54

4 mulligans

0.0% n=10

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 Yuma, Proud Protector 3.7/5 on average, across 3216 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yuma, Proud Protector wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.3% of the time across 1267 tracked wins.

71.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Yuma, Proud Protector. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.