Commander

Leonardo, the Balance

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders Featured in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Win Rate 27%
1245 Wins
3103 Losses
Overview

Summary

Leonardo, the Balance is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,462 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1245–3103) at an Elo of 1,495, ranking #3497 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 159269 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Leonardo, the Balance's win rate?
Leonardo, the Balance has a 27% win rate across 4462 recorded Playgroup games (1245 wins, 3103 losses).
How long do winning games with Leonardo, the Balance take?
Wins with Leonardo, the Balance take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 7 months.
How many decks use Leonardo, the Balance?
1,539 decks list Leonardo, the Balance as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,170 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3497
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1495
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 159269
Average commander damage per game 18
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.57
Average turn length 8 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1539
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1170
No. games played with this commander 4462
Total hours played 7 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1617 Vegas 34 15
2 1601 TapLand02 5 4
3 1573 Evuz 2 2
4 1565 Andy Vazquez 8 3
5 1553 Raulator2000 4 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Leonardo, the Balance wins, 69.76% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
69.76%
Commander Damage
20.82%
Non Combat Damage
4.47%
Alternative
3.88%
Combo
0.71%
Poison
0.35%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 1274 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Leonardo, the Balance

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Leonardo, the Balance decks that leave them out.

+6.6 pp
Top card: Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)
# Card Lift
11
Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
Michelangelo, Mutant BFF 222 games
+1.3 pp
12
Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order 293 games
+0.9 pp
13
The Ozolith
The Ozolith 183 games
+0.3 pp

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?

Leonardo, the Balance wins 35.59% of games from position 1 and 14.44% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
35.59% n=1364
2
Seat 2
29.8% n=1416
3
Seat 3
21.76% n=1048
4
Seat 4
20.19% n=592
5
Seat 5
14.44% n=90
6
Seat 6
22.22% n=9
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Leonardo, the Balance wins 27.38% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
27.38% n=1410
1
1 mulligan
26.49% n=706
2
2 mulligans
22.22% n=153
3
3 mulligans
28.57% n=35
4
4 mulligans
18.18% n=11
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
6 mulligans
50.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Leonardo, the Balance 3.73/5 on average, across 2858 self-reports.

3.73 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Leonardo, the Balance wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.8% of the time across 1280 tracked wins.

34.8 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

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61.11%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy commander art
54.55%
Volo, Guide to Monsters commander art
54.55%
Mendicant Core, Guidelight commander art
52.94%
Byrke, Long Ear of the Law commander art
52.94%

Top 5 worst matchups