Commander

Teval, the Balanced Scale

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders Featured in Tarkir Dragonstorm

4298 Wins

8746 Losses

Overview

Summary

Teval, the Balanced Scale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,211 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (4298–8746) at an Elo of 1,596, ranking #612 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 183346 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 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 13211 recorded Playgroup games (4298 wins, 8746 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: 23 days.

How many decks use Teval, the Balanced Scale?

3,349 decks list Teval, the Balanced Scale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,374 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

612

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1596

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Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 183346

Average commander damage per game 94483

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.69

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 3349

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2374

No. games played with this commander 13211

Total hours played 23 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	1640	Guido de Gregorio	13	8	62 %
4	1639	Blue Mage	22	9	41 %
5	1623	SagePhoenixDM	13	8	62 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, 56.94% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.94%

Non Combat Damage

24.41%

Commander Damage

6.23%

Alternative

5.14%

Combo

4.21%

Mill

2.92%

Poison

0.16%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 4396 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.

+4.7 pp

Top card: Golgari Grave-Troll

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Golgari Grave-Troll 87 games	+4.7 pp	87
2	Grave Researcher // Reanimate 185 games	+3.5 pp	185
3	Herd Heirloom 138 games	+3.2 pp	138
4	Dakmor Salvage 284 games	+2.6 pp	284
5	Path of Ancestry 44 games	+2.4 pp	44
6	Death Begets Life 231 games	+2.3 pp	231
7	Underground Mortuary 453 games	+2.1 pp	453
8	Mistrise Village 267 games	+2.0 pp	267
9	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 293 games	+1.9 pp	293
10	Twilight Mire 46 games	+1.7 pp	46

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Undercity Sewers 350 games	+1.6 pp	350
12	Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway Signature build 31 games · Signature build	+1.5 pp	31
13	The Meathook Massacre 191 games	+1.3 pp	191
14	Zagoth Triome 508 games	+1.3 pp	508
15	Undergrowth Stadium 415 games	+1.2 pp	415

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 40.25% of games from position 1 and 18.62% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.25% n=3994

Seat 2

33.52% n=3981

Seat 3

28.9% n=3128

Seat 4

23.88% n=1987

Seat 5

18.62% n=290

Seat 6

32.14% n=28

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 32.3% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.3% n=3492

1 mulligan

32.31% n=2321

2 mulligans

30.83% n=884

3 mulligans

25.48% n=208

4 mulligans

30.77% n=65

5 mulligans

41.67% n=12

6 mulligans

33.33% n=6

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 8807 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.2% of the time across 4409 tracked wins.

35.2 \%

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.