Teval, the Balanced Scale

Global Commander Stats

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3586 Wins

7322 Losses

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Summary

Teval, the Balanced Scale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 10,914 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (3586–7322) at an Elo of 1,710, ranking #34 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 184695 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Teval, the Balanced Scale's win rate?

Teval, the Balanced Scale has a 32% win rate across 10914 recorded Playgroup games (3586 wins, 7322 losses).

How long do winning games with Teval, the Balanced Scale take?

Wins with Teval, the Balanced Scale take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 months.

How many decks use Teval, the Balanced Scale?

2,676 decks list Teval, the Balanced Scale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,932 have played at least one recorded game.

Teval, the Balanced Scale Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1710

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 184695

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2676

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1932

No. games played with this commander 10914

Total hours played 7 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1684	Guardi-ola	13	10	77 %
2	1648	Skandian	15	8	67 %
3	1634	Dodo	24	13	54 %
4	1632	Drakorex	7	6	86 %
5	1623	SagePhoenixDM	12	7	58 %

How does this commander win?

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, 57.06% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.06%

Non Combat Damage

24.51%

Commander Damage

6.07%

Alternative

5.08%

Combo

3.95%

Mill

3.15%

Poison

0.19%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 3682 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 40.79% of games from position 1 and 19.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.79% n=3256

Seat 2

33.59% n=3287

Seat 3

29.01% n=2616

Seat 4

24.23% n=1684

Seat 5

19.11% n=246

Seat 6

33.33% n=27

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 32.52% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.52% n=2841

1 mulligan

31.66% n=1854

2 mulligans

29.91% n=692

3 mulligans

27.67% n=159

4 mulligans

28.57% n=42

5 mulligans

55.56% n=9

6 mulligans

40.0% n=5

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Teval, the Balanced Scale 3.77/5 on average, across 7461 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 3692 tracked wins.

67.1 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Teval, the Balanced Scale. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.