Commander

Gisa and Geralf

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders Featured in Starter Commander Decks

809 Wins

2082 Losses

Overview

Summary

Gisa and Geralf is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,939 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (809–2082) at an Elo of 1,384, ranking #5130 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 645842 damage dealt and 0.49 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gisa and Geralf's win rate?

Gisa and Geralf has a 27% win rate across 2939 recorded Playgroup games (809 wins, 2082 losses).

How long do winning games with Gisa and Geralf take?

Wins with Gisa and Geralf take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Gisa and Geralf?

1,214 decks list Gisa and Geralf as their commander on Playgroup, of which 703 have played at least one recorded game.

Gisa and Geralf Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

5130

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1384

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 645842

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.49

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1214

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 703

No. games played with this commander 2939

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1594	Nathan m	6	4	67 %
2	1577	carcidi36	71	49	69 %
3	1569	Dragonking10	14	4	33 %
4	1559	Dhobby24	40	22	55 %
5	1545	Tattedlowlife7	6	4	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gisa and Geralf wins, 69.42% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

69.42%

Non Combat Damage

19.06%

Alternative

4.68%

Combo

4.5%

Commander Damage

1.44%

Mill

0.54%

Poison

0.36%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 846 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Gisa and Geralf

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Gisa and Geralf decks that leave them out.

+9.4 pp

Top card: Repository Skaab

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Repository Skaab 50 games	+9.4 pp	50
2	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Signature build 66 games · Signature build	+5.7 pp	66
3	Gravecrawler 177 games	+4.3 pp	177
4	Grimgrin, Corpse-Born 86 games	+2.4 pp	86
5	Morphic Pool Signature build 45 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	45
6	Vile Entomber 40 games	+0.4 pp	40
7	Carrion Feeder 114 games	+0.3 pp	114

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?

Gisa and Geralf wins 34.69% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.69% n=986

Seat 2

28.81% n=946

Seat 3

22.91% n=585

Seat 4

17.63% n=363

Seat 5

19.64% n=56

Seat 6

14.29% n=14

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gisa and Geralf wins 26.59% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

26.59% n=1350

1 mulligan

25.71% n=389

2 mulligans

24.55% n=110

3 mulligans

40.91% n=22

4 mulligans

20.0% n=5

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gisa and Geralf 3.64/5 on average, across 2083 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gisa and Geralf wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.5% of the time across 853 tracked wins.

32.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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