Commander

Galea, Kindler of Hope

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

568 Wins

1325 Losses

Overview

Summary

Galea, Kindler of Hope is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,901 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (568–1325) at an Elo of 1,405, ranking #5118 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Galea, Kindler of Hope's win rate?

Galea, Kindler of Hope has a 29% win rate across 1901 recorded Playgroup games (568 wins, 1325 losses).

How long do winning games with Galea, Kindler of Hope take?

Wins with Galea, Kindler of Hope take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 17 days.

How many decks use Galea, Kindler of Hope?

812 decks list Galea, Kindler of Hope as their commander on Playgroup, of which 440 have played at least one recorded game.

Galea, Kindler of Hope Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

5118

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1405

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.62

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 812

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 440

No. games played with this commander 1901

Total hours played 17 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1617	Rondiii	10	6	60 %
2	1589	Zen2oo	4	3	100 %
3	1533	Luke S	1	1	100 %
4	1525	CeeeDeeez__	5	3	75 %
5	1524	Luis Antonio Picado Fernández	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Galea, Kindler of Hope wins, 58.09% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

58.09%

Combat

34.07%

Poison

5.39%

Alternative

1.47%

Non Combat Damage

0.98%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 574 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Galea, Kindler of Hope

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Galea, Kindler of Hope decks that leave them out.

+4.9 pp

Top card: Bear Umbra

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Bear Umbra 90 games	+4.9 pp	90
2	Kaldra Compleat 51 games	+1.7 pp	51
3	Nettlecyst 109 games	+0.2 pp	109

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?

Galea, Kindler of Hope wins 36.46% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.46% n=565

Seat 2

32.46% n=570

Seat 3

23.67% n=414

Seat 4

15.79% n=228

Seat 5

29.63% n=27

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Galea, Kindler of Hope wins 30.28% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.28% n=885

1 mulligan

28.36% n=275

2 mulligans

22.22% n=81

3 mulligans

26.09% n=23

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Galea, Kindler of Hope 3.64/5 on average, across 1254 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Galea, Kindler of Hope wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.2% of the time across 574 tracked wins.

32.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Galea, Kindler of Hope. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.