Commander

Teval, the Balanced Scale

Global commander stats

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3707 Wins

7610 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Teval, the Balanced Scale is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 11,345 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (3707–7610) at an Elo of 1,588, ranking #640 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 177916 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 11345 recorded Playgroup games (3707 wins, 7610 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?

2,810 decks list Teval, the Balanced Scale as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,002 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

640

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1588

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 177916

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 2810

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2002

No. games played with this commander 11345

Total hours played 7 months

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	1634	Dodo	24	13	54 %
4	1623	SagePhoenixDM	13	8	62 %
5	1616	Drakorex	8	6	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, 57.14% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.14%

Non Combat Damage

24.43%

Commander Damage

6.04%

Alternative

5.09%

Combo

3.99%

Mill

3.11%

Poison

0.18%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 3811 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.

+3.9 pp

Top card: Grave Researcher // Reanimate

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Grave Researcher // Reanimate 98 games	+3.9 pp	98
2	Negate Signature build 85 games · Signature build	+3.4 pp	85
3	Chthonian Nightmare Signature build 62 games · Signature build	+2.9 pp	62
4	Herd Heirloom 106 games	+2.4 pp	106
5	Formidable Speaker 76 games	+1.7 pp	76
6	Mistrise Village 184 games	+1.7 pp	184
7	Snow-Covered Forest 115 games	+0.6 pp	115
8	Undergrowth Stadium 258 games	+0.5 pp	258
9	Evolving Wilds 171 games	+0.3 pp	171
10	Fanatic of Rhonas 75 games	+0.3 pp	75

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 40.71% of games from position 1 and 19.22% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.71% n=3365

Seat 2

33.56% n=3376

Seat 3

28.92% n=2683

Seat 4

24.32% n=1739

Seat 5

19.22% n=255

Seat 6

33.33% n=27

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Teval, the Balanced Scale wins 32.27% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.27% n=2972

1 mulligan

31.76% n=1952

2 mulligans

30.29% n=723

3 mulligans

26.16% n=172

4 mulligans

26.67% n=45

5 mulligans

50.0% n=10

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 7729 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Teval, the Balanced Scale wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.4% of the time across 3818 tracked wins.

67.4 \%

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.