Tellah, Great Sage

Global Commander Stats

All Izzet commanders

101 Wins

191 Losses

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Summary

Tellah, Great Sage is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 292 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (101–191) at an Elo of 1,660, ranking #170 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.91 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Tellah, Great Sage's win rate?

Tellah, Great Sage has a 34% win rate across 292 recorded Playgroup games (101 wins, 191 losses).

How long do winning games with Tellah, Great Sage take?

Wins with Tellah, Great Sage take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 days.

How many decks use Tellah, Great Sage?

83 decks list Tellah, Great Sage as their commander on Playgroup, of which 64 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

170

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1660

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.91

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 83

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 64

No. games played with this commander 292

Total hours played 3 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1518	mrgame1357	6	2	33 %
2	1487	Adam Clowes	4	1	25 %
3	1413	shrey	30	6	21 %

How does this commander win?

When Tellah, Great Sage wins, 72.73% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

72.73%

Combat

13.64%

Combo

6.82%

Alternative

4.55%

Commander Damage

2.27%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 106 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Tellah, Great Sage wins 43.53% of games from position 1 and 22.22% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.53% n=85

Seat 2

31.71% n=82

Seat 3

35.38% n=65

Seat 4

27.66% n=47

Seat 5

22.22% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Tellah, Great Sage wins 34.78% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.78% n=92

1 mulligan

28.33% n=60

2 mulligans

31.82% n=22

3 mulligans

33.33% n=3

4 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Tellah, Great Sage 4.0/5 on average, across 201 self-reports.

4.0 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Tellah, Great Sage wins, opponents flag the game as salty 58.5% of the time across 106 tracked wins.

58.5 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Tellah, Great Sage. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.