Commander

Gisa and Geralf

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

724 Wins

1850 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Gisa and Geralf is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,586 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (724–1850) at an Elo of 1,302, ranking #4649 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 602770 damage dealt and 0.52 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Aug 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 2586 recorded Playgroup games (724 wins, 1850 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?

1,039 decks list Gisa and Geralf as their commander on Playgroup, of which 590 have played at least one recorded game.

Gisa and Geralf Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4649

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1302

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 603922

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.52

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1039

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 590

No. games played with this commander 2586

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	1560	Dhobby24	38	21	55 %
4	1531	Hobbes	56	17	30 %
5	1524	GildedRobin	9	4	44 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gisa and Geralf wins, 69.0% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

69.0%

Non Combat Damage

20.2%

Combo

4.2%

Alternative

4.2%

Commander Damage

1.4%

Mill

0.6%

Poison

0.4%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 761 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.

+2.1 pp

Top card: Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Grimgrin, Corpse-Born Signature build 54 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	54
2	Fleshbag Marauder 199 games	+1.2 pp	199
3	Archghoul of Thraben Signature build 45 games · Signature build	+0.7 pp	45
4	Island 212 games	+0.5 pp	212
5	Midnight Reaper 209 games	+0.4 pp	209

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 36.41% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.41% n=846

Seat 2

30.31% n=805

Seat 3

22.39% n=518

Seat 4

17.48% n=326

Seat 5

20.83% n=48

Seat 6

11.11% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gisa and Geralf wins 26.52% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

26.52% n=1252

1 mulligan

24.85% n=338

2 mulligans

22.34% n=94

3 mulligans

38.1% n=21

4 mulligans

20.0% n=5

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

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 3.63/5 on average, across 1901 self-reports.

3.63 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gisa and Geralf wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.5% of the time across 765 tracked wins.

74.5 \%

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.