Commander

Gisa and Geralf

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

739 Wins

1873 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Gisa and Geralf is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,625 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (739–1873) at an Elo of 1,490, ranking #3381 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 594363 damage dealt and 0.52 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gisa and Geralf's win rate?

Gisa and Geralf has a 28% win rate across 2625 recorded Playgroup games (739 wins, 1873 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?

1,066 decks list Gisa and Geralf as their commander on Playgroup, of which 594 have played at least one recorded game.

Gisa and Geralf Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3381

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1490

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 594363

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 1066

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 594

No. games played with this commander 2625

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	1574	Dhobby24	39	22	56 %
4	1535	heratarn	1	1	100 %
5	1531	Hobbes	56	17	30 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Gisa and Geralf wins, 69.14% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

69.14%

Non Combat Damage

20.12%

Combo

4.3%

Alternative

4.1%

Commander Damage

1.37%

Mill

0.59%

Poison

0.39%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 778 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.

+2.3 pp

Top card: Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Grimgrin, Corpse-Born Signature build 54 games · Signature build	+2.3 pp	54
2	Fleshbag Marauder 205 games	+1.4 pp	205
3	Archghoul of Thraben Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+0.3 pp	46
4	Island 219 games	+0.1 pp	219

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 36.26% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.26% n=855

Seat 2

30.46% n=811

Seat 3

22.67% n=525

Seat 4

17.93% n=329

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 26.58% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

26.58% n=1264

1 mulligan

25.66% n=343

2 mulligans

23.71% n=97

3 mulligans

40.91% n=22

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 3.64/5 on average, across 1927 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gisa and Geralf wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.7% of the time across 780 tracked wins.

74.7 \%

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.