Commander

Teval, the Balanced Scale

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders Featured in Tarkir Dragonstorm

4485 Wins

9099 Losses

Overview

Summary

Teval, the Balanced Scale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,711 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (4485–9099) at an Elo of 1,642, ranking #261 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 206099 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Nov 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 13711 recorded Playgroup games (4485 wins, 9099 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: 30 days.

How many decks use Teval, the Balanced Scale?

3,575 decks list Teval, the Balanced Scale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,495 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

261

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1642

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Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 206099

Average commander damage per game 91402

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.68

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 3575

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2495

No. games played with this commander 13711

Total hours played 30 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, 56.83% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.83%

Non Combat Damage

24.18%

Commander Damage

6.33%

Alternative

5.13%

Combo

4.42%

Mill

2.93%

Poison

0.19%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 4588 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.

+4.9 pp

Top card: Golgari Grave-Troll

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Golgari Grave-Troll 97 games	+4.9 pp	97
2	Culling Ritual 184 games	+4.6 pp	184
3	Herd Heirloom 168 games	+4.3 pp	168
4	Snow-Covered Swamp 173 games	+3.5 pp	173
5	Dimir Aqueduct 225 games	+3.5 pp	225
6	Snow-Covered Forest 194 games	+3.3 pp	194
7	Snow-Covered Island 174 games	+3.1 pp	174
8	Grave Researcher // Reanimate 222 games	+2.9 pp	222
9	Endurance 173 games	+2.8 pp	173
10	Turbulent Wilderness Signature build 51 games · Signature build	+2.5 pp	51

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Death Begets Life 244 games	+2.4 pp	244
12	Deathcap Glade 227 games	+2.1 pp	227
13	Dakmor Salvage 349 games	+1.7 pp	349
14	Underground River 205 games	+1.6 pp	205
15	The Meathook Massacre 198 games	+1.6 pp	198

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 40.56% of games from position 1 and 19.26% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.56% n=4161

Seat 2

33.55% n=4141

Seat 3

29.26% n=3248

Seat 4

23.65% n=2040

Seat 5

19.26% n=296

Seat 6

32.14% n=28

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 32.78% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.78% n=3589

1 mulligan

32.54% n=2422

2 mulligans

31.1% n=905

3 mulligans

26.05% n=215

4 mulligans

30.88% n=68

5 mulligans

38.46% n=13

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 9087 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.3% of the time across 4612 tracked wins.

34.3 \%

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.