Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Global Commander Stats

229 Wins

467 Losses

Summary

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 696 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (229–467) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #965 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Gisela, Blade of Goldnight's win rate?

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight has a 32% win rate across 696 recorded Playgroup games (229 wins, 467 losses).

How long do winning games with Gisela, Blade of Goldnight take?

Wins with Gisela, Blade of Goldnight take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 days.

How many decks use Gisela, Blade of Goldnight?

270 decks list Gisela, Blade of Goldnight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 137 have played at least one recorded game.

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

965

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1559

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 12

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 270

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 137

No. games played with this commander 696

Total hours played 6 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1580	AK98	50	19	38 %
2	1508	Roxas48	6	1	17 %
3	1488	MilkManProxies	11	4	44 %
4	1488	adoracurtiz@yahoo.com	1	0	0 %
5	1488	brazenMagic	1	0	0 %

How does this commander win?

When Gisela, Blade of Goldnight wins, 55.9% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

55.9%

Commander Damage

18.63%

Non Combat Damage

17.39%

Alternative

4.35%

Combo

2.48%

Poison

1.24%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 240 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight wins 42.42% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.42% n=198

Seat 2

33.49% n=212

Seat 3

27.61% n=163

Seat 4

27.66% n=94

Seat 5

7.41% n=27

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight wins 35.56% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.56% n=329

1 mulligan

31.33% n=83

2 mulligans

30.77% n=26

3 mulligans

40.0% n=5

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Gisela, Blade of Goldnight 3.52/5 on average, across 486 self-reports.

3.52 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Gisela, Blade of Goldnight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.5% of the time across 240 tracked wins.

67.5 \%

Best and worst matchups

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