Commander

Child of Alara

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

317 Wins

787 Losses

Overview

Summary

Child of Alara is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,130 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (317–787) at an Elo of 1,530, ranking #1502 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 1003267 damage dealt and 0.42 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Child of Alara's win rate?

Child of Alara has a 28% win rate across 1130 recorded Playgroup games (317 wins, 787 losses).

How long do winning games with Child of Alara take?

Wins with Child of Alara take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 27 days.

How many decks use Child of Alara?

646 decks list Child of Alara as their commander on Playgroup, of which 348 have played at least one recorded game.

Child of Alara Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1502

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1530

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1004441

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.42

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 646

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

No. games played with this commander 1130

Total hours played 27 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1623	LemonBear22	6	5	83 %
2	1615	Calendal	3	3	100 %
3	1615	asian_fister3000	23	11	48 %
4	1573	Pasqui	2	2	100 %
5	1562	VerdantChaos	5	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Child of Alara wins, 42.32% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

42.32%

Combat

33.33%

Non Combat Damage

9.36%

Commander Damage

7.12%

Combo

6.37%

Mill

1.5%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 324 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Child of Alara

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

+13.9 pp

Top card: Sylvan Scrying

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sylvan Scrying 117 games	+13.9 pp	117
2	Splendid Reclamation 66 games	+13.6 pp	66
3	Maze's End 104 games	+10.9 pp	104
4	Tatyova, Benthic Druid 79 games	+8.9 pp	79
5	Boros Guildgate 101 games	+8.7 pp	101
6	Selesnya Guildgate 101 games	+8.7 pp	101
7	Gruul Guildgate 101 games	+8.7 pp	101
8	Growth Spiral 87 games	+8.4 pp	87
9	Sage of the Maze 77 games	+8.3 pp	77
10	Orzhov Guildgate 102 games	+8.2 pp	102

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Izzet Guildgate 102 games	+8.2 pp	102
12	Dimir Guildgate 88 games	+7.9 pp	88
13	Golgari Guildgate 88 games	+7.9 pp	88
14	Deadly Dispute 33 games	+7.8 pp	33
15	Crop Rotation 92 games	+7.6 pp	92

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?

Child of Alara wins 32.67% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.67% n=352

Seat 2

30.56% n=337

Seat 3

25.0% n=258

Seat 4

19.54% n=174

Seat 5

18.42% n=38

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Child of Alara wins 29.08% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.08% n=595

1 mulligan

31.36% n=169

2 mulligans

22.41% n=58

3 mulligans

8.33% n=12

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Child of Alara 3.59/5 on average, across 781 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Child of Alara wins, opponents flag the game as salty 41.0% of the time across 324 tracked wins.

41.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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