Teval, the Balanced Scale

Global Commander Stats

3037 Wins

6235 Losses

Summary

Teval, the Balanced Scale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 9,272 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (3037–6235) at an Elo of 1,617, ranking #378 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 174738 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Apr 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 9272 recorded Playgroup games (3037 wins, 6235 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: 5 months.

How many decks use Teval, the Balanced Scale? ▾

2,318 decks list Teval, the Balanced Scale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,675 have played at least one recorded game.

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

Global Rank

378

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1617

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 174738

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 2318

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1675

No. games played with this commander 9272

Total hours played 5 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1671	Guardi-ola	12	9	75 %
2	1648	Skandian	15	8	67 %
3	1632	Drakorex	7	6	86 %
4	1624	Wilcore	8	5	63 %
5	1621	evololleh	12	7	58 %

How does this commander win?

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, 56.48% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.48%

Non Combat Damage

24.79%

Commander Damage

6.05%

Alternative

5.07%

Combo

4.05%

Mill

3.34%

Poison

0.22%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 3125 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 40.74% of games from position 1 and 17.79% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.74% n=2786

Seat 2

33.65% n=2802

Seat 3

28.69% n=2217

Seat 4

24.33% n=1426

Seat 5

17.79% n=208

Seat 6

37.5% n=24

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 32.16% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.16% n=2295

1 mulligan

31.85% n=1529

2 mulligans

29.9% n=592

3 mulligans

28.78% n=139

4 mulligans

31.43% n=35

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 3.78/5 on average, across 6346 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.2% of the time across 3127 tracked wins.

67.2 \%

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.