Commander

Myrel, Shield of Argive

Global commander stats

All White commanders

723 Wins

1281 Losses

Overview

Summary

Myrel, Shield of Argive is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,014 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (723–1281) at an Elo of 1,633, ranking #297 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 18 damage dealt and 0.75 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Myrel, Shield of Argive's win rate?

Myrel, Shield of Argive has a 35% win rate across 2014 recorded Playgroup games (723 wins, 1281 losses).

How long do winning games with Myrel, Shield of Argive take?

Wins with Myrel, Shield of Argive take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Myrel, Shield of Argive?

694 decks list Myrel, Shield of Argive as their commander on Playgroup, of which 382 have played at least one recorded game.

Myrel, Shield of Argive Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

297

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1633

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 18

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.75

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 694

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 382

No. games played with this commander 2014

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1681	AXO	9	7	78 %
2	1652	Ionized575	27	10	38 %
3	1630	Sir block a lot	15	7	47 %
4	1611	Robin	14	8	57 %
5	1584	Dinosaw	95	49	52 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Myrel, Shield of Argive wins, 85.66% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

85.66%

Commander Damage

6.26%

Alternative

5.86%

Combo

1.21%

Non Combat Damage

0.61%

Poison

0.2%

Mill

0.2%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 738 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Myrel, Shield of Argive

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Myrel, Shield of Argive decks that leave them out.

+5.1 pp

Top card: Reliquary Tower

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Reliquary Tower Signature build 63 games · Signature build	+5.1 pp	63
2	Three Tree City 72 games	+2.3 pp	72
3	Clever Concealment 43 games	+2.2 pp	43
4	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire 33 games	+1.9 pp	33

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?

Myrel, Shield of Argive wins 47.15% of games from position 1 and 11.54% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

47.15% n=596

Seat 2

40.03% n=572

Seat 3

28.66% n=485

Seat 4

24.44% n=311

Seat 5

11.54% n=52

Seat 6

33.33% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Myrel, Shield of Argive wins 37.25% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.25% n=988

1 mulligan

32.17% n=258

2 mulligans

31.53% n=111

3 mulligans

33.33% n=30

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Myrel, Shield of Argive 3.69/5 on average, across 1381 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Myrel, Shield of Argive wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.5% of the time across 747 tracked wins.

69.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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