Commander

Teval, the Balanced Scale

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders Featured in Tarkir Dragonstorm

4160 Wins

8496 Losses

Overview

Summary

Teval, the Balanced Scale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 12,786 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (4160–8496) at an Elo of 1,617, ranking #408 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 190309 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Oct 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 12786 recorded Playgroup games (4160 wins, 8496 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: 18 days.

How many decks use Teval, the Balanced Scale?

3,215 decks list Teval, the Balanced Scale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,273 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

408

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1617

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 190309

Average commander damage per game 97507

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.69

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 3215

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2273

No. games played with this commander 12786

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1684	Guardi-ola	13	10	77 %
2	1648	Skandian	15	8	67 %
3	1645	Dodo	27	15	56 %
4	1623	SagePhoenixDM	13	8	62 %
5	1619	Wilcore	11	6	55 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, 56.96% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.96%

Non Combat Damage

24.4%

Commander Damage

6.28%

Alternative

5.06%

Combo

4.13%

Mill

3.01%

Poison

0.17%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 4269 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Teval, the Balanced Scale

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Teval, the Balanced Scale decks that leave them out.

+5.1 pp

Top card: Grave Researcher // Reanimate

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Grave Researcher // Reanimate 145 games	+5.1 pp	145
2	Golgari Grave-Troll 73 games	+3.9 pp	73
3	Herd Heirloom 133 games	+2.8 pp	133
4	Mistrise Village 232 games	+2.4 pp	232
5	Death Begets Life 222 games	+2.2 pp	222
6	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods 266 games	+2.0 pp	266
7	Path of Ancestry 42 games	+1.9 pp	42
8	Chthonian Nightmare 81 games	+1.9 pp	81
9	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 274 games	+1.8 pp	274
10	Undercity Sewers 325 games	+1.6 pp	325

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Undergrowth Stadium 343 games	+1.4 pp	343
12	Bojuka Bog 370 games	+1.4 pp	370
13	Dakmor Salvage 264 games	+1.3 pp	264
14	Formidable Speaker 89 games	+1.3 pp	89
15	Snow-Covered Forest 143 games	+1.2 pp	143

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?

Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 40.47% of games from position 1 and 18.53% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.47% n=3862

Seat 2

33.26% n=3865

Seat 3

29.07% n=3041

Seat 4

23.74% n=1931

Seat 5

18.53% n=286

Seat 6

32.14% n=28

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 32.5% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.5% n=3391

1 mulligan

32.16% n=2253

2 mulligans

31.0% n=850

3 mulligans

24.75% n=202

4 mulligans

30.16% n=63

5 mulligans

41.67% n=12

6 mulligans

40.0% n=5

Player reports

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 8582 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.0% of the time across 4272 tracked wins.

69.0 \%

Head to head

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.