Teval, the Balanced Scale

Global Commander Stats

All Sultai commanders

3455 Wins

7050 Losses

Summary

Teval, the Balanced Scale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 10,505 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (3455–7050) at an Elo of 1,662, ranking #153 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 191491 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 24 Jun 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 10505 recorded Playgroup games (3455 wins, 7050 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?

2,583 decks list Teval, the Balanced Scale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,854 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

153

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1662

Global Elo Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 191491

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2583

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1854

No. games played with this commander 10505

Total hours played 7 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1684	Guardi-ola	13	10	77 %
2	1651	Dodo	24	13	54 %
3	1648	Skandian	15	8	67 %
4	1632	Drakorex	7	6	86 %
5	1624	Wilcore	8	5	63 %

How does this commander win?

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, 56.85% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.85%

Non Combat Damage

24.76%

Commander Damage

5.98%

Alternative

5.12%

Combo

3.9%

Mill

3.19%

Poison

0.2%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 3551 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 40.66% of games from position 1 and 18.72% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.66% n=3131

Seat 2

33.75% n=3179

Seat 3

28.97% n=2534

Seat 4

24.44% n=1620

Seat 5

18.72% n=235

Seat 6

33.33% n=27

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 32.49% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.49% n=2696

1 mulligan

31.51% n=1771

2 mulligans

29.9% n=669

3 mulligans

28.38% n=148

4 mulligans

29.27% n=41

5 mulligans

62.5% n=8

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 7183 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 3559 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.