Commander

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Global commander stats

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1754 Wins

3087 Losses

Overview

Summary

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,880 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (1754–3087) at an Elo of 1,652, ranking #211 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 480678 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 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 4880 recorded Playgroup games (1754 wins, 3087 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: 2 months.

How many decks use Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait?

1,754 decks list Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait as their commander on Playgroup, of which 982 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

211

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1652

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 480678

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.62

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1754

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 982

No. games played with this commander 4880

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1802	Алексей Кулаков	66	40	62 %
2	1689	Jooosh	32	17	53 %
3	1639	Erica	18	11	61 %
4	1609	Blue Mage	10	5	50 %
5	1608	SpicyToast	8	6	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait wins, 71.68% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

71.68%

Alternative

10.92%

Combo

9.41%

Commander Damage

4.03%

Mill

2.1%

Non Combat Damage

1.43%

Poison

0.42%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 1812 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.

+23.9 pp

Top card: Strip Mine

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Strip Mine 46 games	+23.9 pp	46
2	Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary 42 games	+20.0 pp	42
3	Azusa, Lost but Seeking 316 games	+16.1 pp	316
4	Mystic Sanctuary 167 games	+14.7 pp	167
5	An Offer You Can't Refuse 75 games	+11.0 pp	75
6	Tireless Provisioner 157 games	+11.0 pp	157
7	Scute Swarm 324 games	+10.2 pp	324
8	Oracle of Mul Daya 182 games	+9.2 pp	182
9	Brokers Hideout 100 games	+8.1 pp	100
10	Walk the Aeons 108 games	+7.9 pp	108

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Fabled Passage 155 games	+5.0 pp	155
12	Exploration 241 games	+4.2 pp	241
13	Deprive Signature build 41 games · Signature build	+3.5 pp	41
14	Ashaya, Soul of the Wild 206 games	+3.1 pp	206
15	Wooded Foothills 32 games	+2.9 pp	32

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 45.27% of games from position 1 and 19.42% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.27% n=1479

Seat 2

36.27% n=1497

Seat 3

28.4% n=1074

Seat 4

28.54% n=650

Seat 5

19.42% n=103

Seat 6

25.0% n=12

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait wins 36.22% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.22% n=2413

1 mulligan

37.02% n=705

2 mulligans

31.93% n=238

3 mulligans

33.87% n=62

4 mulligans

55.0% n=10

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 3.78/5 on average, across 3214 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.5% of the time across 1818 tracked wins.

64.5 \%

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.