Commander

Teysa Karlov

Global commander stats

All Orzhov commanders

2168 Wins

3452 Losses

Overview

Summary

Teysa Karlov is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,637 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (2168–3452) at an Elo of 1,693, ranking #65 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.81 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 4 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Teysa Karlov's win rate?

Teysa Karlov has a 38% win rate across 5637 recorded Playgroup games (2168 wins, 3452 losses).

How long do winning games with Teysa Karlov take?

Wins with Teysa Karlov take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Teysa Karlov?

1,949 decks list Teysa Karlov as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,012 have played at least one recorded game.

Teysa Karlov Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1693

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.81

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1949

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1012

No. games played with this commander 5637

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1672	86JAKE86	26	12	46 %
2	1652	Nergale	15	8	53 %
3	1644	TRoberts1001	8	7	88 %
4	1640	Gabriel	12	7	64 %
5	1636	Moreirahmix	15	8	53 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Teysa Karlov wins, 59.01% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

59.01%

Combat

19.65%

Combo

15.88%

Alternative

4.03%

Commander Damage

0.78%

Mill

0.59%

Poison

0.07%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 2202 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Teysa Karlov

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

+5.6 pp

Top card: Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Drivnod, Carnage Dominus 446 games	+5.6 pp	446
2	Grim Haruspex 526 games	+5.4 pp	526
3	Elenda, the Dusk Rose 659 games	+5.4 pp	659
4	Funeral Room // Awakening Hall 188 games	+4.6 pp	188
5	Woe Strider 184 games	+4.5 pp	184
6	Carrion Feeder 420 games	+4.3 pp	420
7	Skullclamp 747 games	+3.5 pp	747
8	Delney, Streetwise Lookout 103 games	+3.5 pp	103
9	Reveillark 108 games	+3.3 pp	108
10	Ashnod's Altar 682 games	+3.1 pp	682

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Path to Exile 401 games	+2.6 pp	401
12	Rally the Ancestors 100 games	+2.3 pp	100
13	Swords to Plowshares 524 games	+2.3 pp	524
14	Altar of Dementia 100 games	+2.0 pp	100
15	Damn 282 games	+1.8 pp	282

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?

Teysa Karlov wins 44.07% of games from position 1 and 25.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.07% n=1653

Seat 2

37.97% n=1671

Seat 3

37.37% n=1251

Seat 4

30.31% n=795

Seat 5

31.75% n=126

Seat 6

25.0% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Teysa Karlov wins 40.19% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.19% n=2508

1 mulligan

37.8% n=885

2 mulligans

38.06% n=310

3 mulligans

33.33% n=90

4 mulligans

21.43% n=14

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Teysa Karlov 3.68/5 on average, across 3725 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Teysa Karlov wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.8% of the time across 2206 tracked wins.

65.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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