Commander

Myrel, Shield of Argive

Global commander stats

All White commanders

671 Wins

1194 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Myrel, Shield of Argive is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,867 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (671–1194) at an Elo of 1,679, ranking #103 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 17 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 Aug 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 1867 recorded Playgroup games (671 wins, 1194 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?

636 decks list Myrel, Shield of Argive as their commander on Playgroup, of which 348 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

103

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1679

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 17

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 636

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 348

No. games played with this commander 1867

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1662	AXO	8	6	75 %
2	1652	Ionized575	27	10	38 %
3	1611	Robin	14	8	57 %
4	1604	Sir block a lot	14	6	43 %
5	1584	Dinosaw	94	49	52 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Myrel, Shield of Argive wins, 85.1% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

85.1%

Commander Damage

6.7%

Alternative

5.83%

Combo

1.3%

Non Combat Damage

0.65%

Poison

0.22%

Mill

0.22%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 688 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.

+1.1 pp

Top card: Clever Concealment

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Clever Concealment Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp		35

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 47.79% of games from position 1 and 12.24% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

47.79% n=544

Seat 2

40.23% n=517

Seat 3

28.35% n=448

Seat 4

24.15% n=294

Seat 5

12.24% n=49

Seat 6

33.33% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Myrel, Shield of Argive wins 37.05% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.05% n=942

1 mulligan

31.09% n=238

2 mulligans

31.96% n=97

3 mulligans

34.62% n=26

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 3.7/5 on average, across 1300 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Myrel, Shield of Argive wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.0% of the time across 693 tracked wins.

69.0 \%

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.