Commander

Yuma, Proud Protector

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders Featured in Outlaws of Thunder Junction

1202 Wins

2969 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yuma, Proud Protector is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,172 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1202–2969) at an Elo of 1,531, ranking #1390 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 185 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 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 4172 recorded Playgroup games (1202 wins, 2969 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: 2 months.

How many decks use Yuma, Proud Protector?

1,308 decks list Yuma, Proud Protector as their commander on Playgroup, of which 817 have played at least one recorded game.

Yuma, Proud Protector Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1390

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1531

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 185

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 18

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1308

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 817

No. games played with this commander 4172

Total hours played 2 months

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	1534	Steambud101	3	3	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yuma, Proud Protector wins, 86.43% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.43%

Non Combat Damage

5.8%

Alternative

2.67%

Commander Damage

2.44%

Combo

1.86%

Mill

0.7%

Poison

0.12%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 1242 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.

+0.0 pp

Top card: Endless Sands

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Endless Sands Signature build 45 games · Signature build	+0.0 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 33.1% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.1% n=1260

Seat 2

31.62% n=1306

Seat 3

25.5% n=1004

Seat 4

19.38% n=640

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 28.67% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.67% n=2428

1 mulligan

27.59% n=540

2 mulligans

21.69% n=189

3 mulligans

28.85% n=52

4 mulligans

0.0% n=10

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

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 3150 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yuma, Proud Protector wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.2% of the time across 1245 tracked wins.

71.2 \%

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.