Commander

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Global commander stats

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1881 Wins

3282 Losses

Overview

Summary

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,258 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (1881–3282) at an Elo of 1,709, ranking #34 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 453984 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait's win rate?

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait has a 35% win rate across 5258 recorded Playgroup games (1881 wins, 3282 losses).

How long do winning games with Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait take?

Wins with Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 months.

How many decks use Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait?

1,879 decks list Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,080 have played at least one recorded game.

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1709

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 453984

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1879

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1080

No. games played with this commander 5258

Total hours played 4 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1802	Алексей Кулаков	66	40	62 %
2	1672	Jooosh	33	17	52 %
3	1639	Erica	18	11	61 %
4	1614	Kore	15	10	67 %
5	1609	Blue Mage	10	5	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait wins, 71.87% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

71.87%

Alternative

10.4%

Combo

9.38%

Commander Damage

4.41%

Mill

2.05%

Non Combat Damage

1.5%

Poison

0.39%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 1939 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait decks that leave them out.

+15.3 pp

Top card: Case of the Locked Hothouse

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Case of the Locked Hothouse 35 games	+15.3 pp	35
2	Mystic Sanctuary 202 games	+14.2 pp	202
3	Mystic Remora 42 games	+11.7 pp	42
4	Scute Swarm 411 games	+10.4 pp	411
5	Brokers Hideout 112 games	+9.8 pp	112
6	Oracle of Mul Daya 255 games	+8.6 pp	255
7	Exploration 316 games	+8.0 pp	316
8	Azusa, Lost but Seeking 507 games	+7.5 pp	507
9	Ashaya, Soul of the Wild 233 games	+7.0 pp	233
10	Abundance 57 games	+6.8 pp	57

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory 49 games	+6.2 pp	49
12	Dryad of the Ilysian Grove 243 games	+6.0 pp	243
13	Snow-Covered Island Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+5.7 pp	35
14	Snow-Covered Forest Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+5.7 pp	35
15	Crop Rotation 248 games	+5.0 pp	248

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?

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait wins 44.86% of games from position 1 and 20.37% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.86% n=1606

Seat 2

36.27% n=1628

Seat 3

28.63% n=1135

Seat 4

27.58% n=698

Seat 5

20.37% n=108

Seat 6

25.0% n=12

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait wins 36.18% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.18% n=2497

1 mulligan

35.98% n=756

2 mulligans

33.08% n=263

3 mulligans

33.8% n=71

4 mulligans

59.09% n=11

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait 3.79/5 on average, across 3386 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.8% of the time across 1940 tracked wins.

34.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.